{"title":"ALERA-V Version 1.0: An Objective Analysis Dataset of the Venus Atmosphere","authors":"Yukiko Fujisawa, Shin-ya Murakami, Norihiko Sugimoto, Nobumasa Komori, Masahiro Takagi, Takeshi Imamura, Takeshi Horinouchi, George L. Hashimoto, Masaki Ishiwatari, Takeshi Enomoto, Takemasa Miyoshi, Hiroki Kashimura, Toshiki Matsushima, Yoshi-Yuki Hayashi","doi":"10.1002/gdj3.70080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.70080","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An objective analysis dataset of the Venus atmosphere, ALERA-V version 1.0, has been released. This objective analysis provides the best estimate of the state of the Venus atmosphere produced by combining observations and a forecast model weighted according to their respective levels of uncertainty. The accumulation of frequent observations by the Venus Climate Orbiter ‘Akatsuki’ has, for the first time, enabled an objective analysis of the Venus atmosphere. ALERA-V stands for AFES-LETKF experimental ensemble objective (re)analysis of the Venus atmosphere, and is generated by ALEDAS-V, the AFES-LETKF data assimilation system for the Venus atmosphere. ALEDAS-V uses AFES-Venus (Atmospheric General Circulation Model for the Earth Simulator for Venus) as a forecast model and the LETKF (Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter) for data assimilation. The observations of the zonal and meridional winds obtained by a cloud tracking technique from images taken by Akatsuki's UVI (Ultraviolet Imager) are assimilated to produce ALERA-V version 1.0. The dataset consists of atmospheric variables defined on a grid of 128 longitude and 64 latitude points, and 60 vertical levels, with output every 6 Earth hours from September to December 2018, including the intensive observation period of November. ALERA-V is expected to be useful for both scientific and engineering research, such as understanding the dynamical mechanisms of various atmospheric phenomena and planning for future satellite missions, with appropriate consideration of its quality and limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gdj3.70080","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148048162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148066840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cheryl Harrison, William Faulkner, Joshua Coupe, E. Kesse Asante, Charles Bardeen, Victoria Garza, Ryan Heneghan, Jonas Jägermeyr, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Alan Robock, Karen Rojas, Kim Scherrer, O. Brian Toon, Lili Xia
{"title":"Accessible Climate and Impact Model Output for Studying the Human and Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Conflict","authors":"Cheryl Harrison, William Faulkner, Joshua Coupe, E. Kesse Asante, Charles Bardeen, Victoria Garza, Ryan Heneghan, Jonas Jägermeyr, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Alan Robock, Karen Rojas, Kim Scherrer, O. Brian Toon, Lili Xia","doi":"10.1002/gdj3.70076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.70076","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nuclear winter refers to the suite of physical and biological consequences that may follow nuclear conflict, particularly the cooling and darkening of Earth's surface due to black carbon soot in the upper atmosphere. While the associated changes in temperature, precipitation, and food system productivity have been the subject of climate modelling for decades, the outputs of models used to project these effects are stored in large files with formats unfamiliar to the broader research community. This paper introduces a standardized, user-friendly repository of simulated nuclear conflict climate impact data designed to lower barriers for non-specialist researchers. The data product provides simplified, spreadsheet-ready datasets derived from established Earth System Model simulations and includes variables relevant to human and environmental impacts: temperature, precipitation, ultraviolet radiation, crop yields, fish catch, and sea ice thickness for a range of nuclear conflict scenarios. This repository aims to facilitate interdisciplinary research into the long-term consequences of nuclear detonations to support policy development.</p>","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gdj3.70076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148046874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148064337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148096530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacquelyn C. Witte, William Brown, Leila Carvalho, Terry Hock, Steven Oncley, Matthew Paulus, Christopher Roden, John Sobtzak, Isabel Suhr, Holger Vömel
{"title":"NSF NCAR's In Situ Sensing Facility Measurement System During the Sundowner Wind EXperiment (SWEX)","authors":"Jacquelyn C. Witte, William Brown, Leila Carvalho, Terry Hock, Steven Oncley, Matthew Paulus, Christopher Roden, John Sobtzak, Isabel Suhr, Holger Vömel","doi":"10.1002/gdj3.70074","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gdj3.70074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) In situ Sensing Facility (ISF) deployed all of its instrumentation in the Sundowner Wind EXperiment (SWEX) in April–May 2022 to characterize downslope winds along the southern slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains in Santa Barbara (SB) County, California. The goal was to understand boundary layer processes and mechanisms that favour sundowners. ISF provided ground-based surface and remote sensing observations, sounding systems, operations expertise, data quality control and archiving. This paper describes the measurement system employed and important aspects of the data quality control and management process. The ISF observing system can serve as a prototype to build an integrated network of profiling and flux measuring instruments to better understand the complexity and inhomogeneities within the lower troposphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gdj3.70074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148039910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Irish Hydrometric Reference Network, Version 2.0","authors":"Paul O'Connor, Conor Murphy, Niamh Cahill","doi":"10.1002/gdj3.70075","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gdj3.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present an update of the Irish Hydrometric Reference Network (IHRN) of river gauging stations from across the Republic of Ireland that have been deemed suitable for assessing climate-driven changes in high, mean and low flows. Selection criteria, analysis of metadata and historical flows, and stakeholder feedback are applied to identify 51 stations for inclusion in the network. Missing daily data were infilled using a conceptual hydrological model and an Artificial Neural Network. As well as providing a dataset for monitoring and detecting the impact of changing climatic conditions on Irish catchments, the updated IHRN offers utility for assessing extremes of flood and drought and for modelling future flow regimes via climate change impact assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gdj3.70075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148039936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148091671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148085413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Cresi, A. Cimenti, O. Pisani, F. Acquaotta, A. Senese, G. Coppa, E. Piano, A. Piquet, M. Tolve, G. Nicolosi, S. Mammola, M. Isaia
{"title":"Temperature Series for 19 Caves Across the Western Italian Alps","authors":"L. Cresi, A. Cimenti, O. Pisani, F. Acquaotta, A. Senese, G. Coppa, E. Piano, A. Piquet, M. Tolve, G. Nicolosi, S. Mammola, M. Isaia","doi":"10.1002/gdj3.70073","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gdj3.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Caves represent challenging systems for monitoring temperature dynamics. While caves are often portrayed as textbook examples of systems with high thermal inertia and minimal annual temperature variability (typically less than 1°C in their deepest sections), the reality is more complex. Site-specific climatic anomalies, particularly in shallow caves, introduce significant variation. To better understand these localized conditions, long-term temperature records from multiple caves with diverse characteristics within a single region are needed. This paper presents a dataset comprising air temperature records from 19 (mostly shallow) caves in the Piedmont region (Western Italian Alps), collected in 2012 and from 2019 to 2025. Temperature sensors were deployed at two distinct locations in each cave—one at the entrance and one in internal sectors—capturing thermal signals and buffering effects. This yielded a dataset suitable for both climatological modelling and ecological applications. Calculation of data uncertainty was performed through post-calibration corrections. The complete dataset is available in figshare (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29108090.v1). This resource is intended to support empirical testing of thermal models, improve the accuracy of climate studies in subterranean ecosystems, and facilitate comparative analyses across cave types. The development of a high-quality dataset with strong ecological relevance provides a basis for interdisciplinary research at the intersection of climate science, speleology, and subterranean biology. The dataset is particularly suited for investigating ecological thresholds in thermally constrained cave fauna, being interoperable with faunal datasets available from the same area, as well as for evaluating cave microclimates as early indicators of surface climate anomalies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54351,"journal":{"name":"Geoscience Data Journal","volume":"13 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gdj3.70073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148039845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}