• This directory includes data for high and coarse-resolution Hurricane simulations for Harvey (2017) and Ida (2021)\ using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.

• This is an open access dataset under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits \ use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

• For reference, please cite the following paper: Sina Khani and Clinton N. Dawson. Potential vorticity diagnostics of hurricane movement: case studies for Hurricanes Harvey (2017) and Ida (2021),\ Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, (2023), Submitted.

• NETCDF files are listed below, and inculde discretizations for r: longitude x, p: latitude y, l: time, q: vertical pressure level z.

Pot_Temp : Potential Temperature T

Precipt : Accumulated Precipitation

Pressu : Pressure P

PV : Potential Vorticity Q

PVX : DQ/Dx

PVY : DQ/Dy

WindVel : Wind Velocity at the surface U10 and V10 (includes zonal velocity U and meridional velocity V)

UVel : Wind Velocity at all vertical levels (includes zonal velocity U and meridional velocity V)

UPVY : U*DQ/Dy

wrfout : All WRF output variables

GrT : Temperature gradient DT/Dz

Vortz : Absolute vorticity

• d02 and d01 tails denote nest and main domains (see Khani and Dawson 2023).
• HHar and HIda denotes Harvey and Ida simulations.
• 15km5km tail denote the coarse-reoslution simulation.

To access outputs of WRF simulations and NETCDF files, please contact: [email protected], or [email protected], or [email protected]