afeder17 (2026) afeder17/MPAS-to-ERA5-Adaptor: v2.0: Bilinear wind interpolation

Identification

• Journal: Open MIND
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-04-10
• Authors: afeder17
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19501570

Research Groups

afeder17 (Creator/Developer)

Short Summary

This software provides an interpolation script to convert MPAS model outputs into ERA5-style files, specifically for Eulerian moisture tracking, making them compatible with the WAM2Layers model.

Objective

• To facilitate the use of MPAS model outputs for Eulerian moisture tracking within the WAM2Layers model by converting them into a compatible ERA5-style data format.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Processes outputs from global atmospheric models (MPAS, ERA5).
• Temporal Scale: Not directly applicable to the software itself; processes time-series data from atmospheric models.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: MPAS (Model for Prediction Across Scales), WAM2Layers (Water Accounting Model 2 Layers). The interpolation method used is bilinear wind interpolation.
• Data sources: Input: MPAS-style model outputs. Output format: ERA5-style files.

Main Results

• The software successfully extracts variables important for Eulerian moisture tracking from MPAS outputs and generates ERA5-style files, enabling their use with the WAM2Layers model.

Contributions

• Provides a crucial interoperability tool that bridges the data format gap between MPAS and WAM2Layers, simplifying the process of using MPAS data for moisture tracking studies.

Funding

• Not specified in the provided text.

Citation

@article{afeder172026afeder17MPAStoERA5Adaptor,
  author = {afeder17},
  title = {afeder17/MPAS-to-ERA5-Adaptor: v2.0: Bilinear wind interpolation},
  journal = {Open MIND},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19501570},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19501570}
}