Abstract:

Data generated by two runs of the Gulf circulation using ROMS-Agrif. One run is a 5km horizontal resolution with 70 vertical layers, the second is two-way nested in the northern part of the domain, where the resolution is 1.6km. ECMWF forcing; nudging to climatological salinities; passive tracer dye released below 500m at various locations along the continental slope

Suggested Citation:

Annalisa Bracco and Hao Luo. 2016. 5km and 2-way Nested runs of Gulf circulation using ROMS-Agrif, North Gulf of Mexico, 2010-2012. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7028PF7

Publications:

Bracco, A., Choi, J., Joshi, K., Luo, H., & McWilliams, J. C. (2016). Submesoscale currents in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Deep phenomena and dispersion over the continental slope. Ocean Modelling, 101, 43–58. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.03.002

Luo, H., Bracco, A., Cardona, Y., & McWilliams, J. C. (2016). Submesoscale circulation in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Surface processes and the impact of the freshwater river input. Ocean Modelling, 101, 68–82. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.03.003

Purpose:

The modeling data were generated to explore the role of submesoscale dynamics in the transport of pollutants at the ocean surface and at depth (below 1000 m)

Data Parameters and Units:

double zeta_west (free-surface western boundary condition, m); double zeta_east (free-surface eastern boundary condition, m); double zeta_south (free-surface southern boundary condition, m); double zeta_north (free-surface northern boundary condition, m); double ubar_west (2D u-momentum western boundary condition, meter second-1); double ubar_east (2D u-momentum eastern boundary condition, meter second-1);double ubar_south (2D u-momentum southern boundary condition, meter second-1);double ubar_north (2D u-momentum northern boundary condition, meter second-1); double vbar_west (2D v-momentum western boundary condition, meter second-1); double vbar_east (2D v-momentum eastern boundary condition, meter second-1); double vbar_south (2D v-momentum southern boundary condition, meter second-1);double vbar_north (2D v-momentum northern boundary condition, meter second-1); double u_west (3D u-momentum western boundary condition, meter second-1); double u_east (3D u-momentum eastern boundary condition, meter second-1); double u_south (3D u-momentum southern boundary condition, meter second-1); double u_north (3D u-momentum northern boundary condition, meter second-1); double v_west (3D v-momentum western boundary condition, meter second-1); double v_east (3D v-momentum eastern boundary condition, meter second-1); double v_south (3D v-momentum southern boundary condition, meter second-1); double v_north (3D v-momentum northern boundary condition, meter second-1); double temp_west (potential temperature western boundary condition, Celsius); double temp_east (potential temperature eastern boundary condition, Celsius); double temp_south (potential temperature southern boundary condition, Celsius); double temp_north (potential temperature northern boundary condition, Celsius); double salt_west (salinity western boundary condition, PSU); double salt_east (salinity eastern boundary condition, PSU); double salt_south (salinity southern boundary condition, PSU); double salt_north (salinity northern boundary condition, PSU)

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