Abstract:

The 1/50 deg Northern Gulf of Mexico HYCOM (NGOM-HYCOM) is nested in the NRL's 1/25 deg Gulf of Mexico HYCOM (GOM-HYCOM). NGOM-HYCOM is forced with the 3hourly COAMPS atmospheric forcing and has 30 vertical hybrid layers with extra upper layers to accomodate self circulation. Seventeen rivers are implemented with daily discharges. This dataset contains daily surface variables (U-vel, V-vel, Temperature and Salinity) from day 100 (Apr 10) to day 199 (Jul 18) of 2010. More details of model description can be obtained from Villy Kourafalou: vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu.

Suggested Citation:

Kourafalou, Villy. 2014. NGOM-HYCOM 1/50 degree Sea Surface Temperature and Velocity, Salinity, Florida Panhandle Bight to Houston, 4/1-7/1, 2010.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7F769KG

Publications:

Kourafalou, V. H., & Androulidakis, Y. S. (2013). Influence of Mississippi River induced circulation on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill transport. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(8), 3823–3842. doi:10.1002/jgrc.20272

Purpose:

To develop a regional 3D Earth System Model that includes interfacial exchange processes between sediment, water, and atmosphere; biogeochemical processes, the transport of organisms, and the effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on all of these processes.

Data Parameters and Units:

surface velocity, Sea Surface Temperature (SST), salinity netCDF surface files (MT, Date, Latitude, Longitude, sss)

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