Abstract:

This dataset contains output from a Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) model simulation which spans the period from 2012-01-01 - 2014-09-28. This dataset is a continuation of the GRIIDC dataset R1.x137.108:0007 (https://doi.org/10.7266/N7VH5KSK), which covers the period from Feb-2003 to Dec-2011. This dataset contains internal model parameters, grid points, and land-ocean masks along with physical parameters for currents, temperature, salinity, surface and bottom stresses, and the free-surface elevation. Other files in the dataset contain the latitude and longitude of the various grid points.

Suggested Citation:

Hetland, Robert. 2018. ROMS-Shelf, Shelf Regional Ocean Modeling System Jan-2012 to Sept-2014 Hindcast for the Texas-Louisiana Shelf. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N70000JK

Publications:

Thyng, K. M., & Hetland, R. D. (2017). Texas and Louisiana coastal vulnerability and shelf connectivity. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116(1-2), 226–233. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.074

Chapman, P., DiMarco, S., Hetland, R., & Socolofsky, S. (2018). From Bubbles to Beaches: An Integrated Modeling Approach to Oil Spill Response. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(6), 91–94. doi:10.4031/mtsj.52.6.4

Thyng, K. M. (2019). Deepwater Horizon Oil could have naturally reached Texas beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110527. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110527

Thyng, K. M., & Hetland, R. D. (2018). Seasonal and interannual cross-shelf transport over the Texas and Louisiana continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 160, 23–35. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2018.03.006

Ruiz Xomchuk, V., Hetland, R. D., & Qu, L. (2021). Small‐Scale Variability of Bottom Oxygen in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(1). doi:10.1029/2020jc016279

Purpose:

These model outputs are useful for conducting tracer studies on the Texas-Louisiana shelf during the Deepwater Horizon event in 2010 and subsequent years.

Data Parameters and Units:

currents (U,V,W) [m/s], temperature [deg-C], salinity [per mille], surface height [m], surface and bottom stress [newton meter^2], time-steps [seconds], time stamp [days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00], mixing coefficient [m^2/s], drag coefficient [m/s], bottom roughness [m], inverse time scale [/day or /second], mean density [kg/m], domain length [m], width [m], depth [m], location (X or Y) [m], angle [radians]

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