Abstract:

This dataset contains atmosphere, wave, and ocean fields from the Unified Wave INterface Coupled Model (UWIN-CM), which was run in real-time support of the LAgrangian Submesoscale ExpeRiment (LASER). All fields are output on a grid covering the Gulf of Mexico at 4-km horizontal resolution. The fields are output at hourly intervals ranging from 01 January - 29 March, 2016.

Suggested Citation:

Shuyi S. Chen, Milan Curcic. 2018. Unified Wave INterface Coupled Model (UWIN-CM) output from LASER. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7KW5DH7

Publications:

D’Asaro, E. A., Shcherbina, A. Y., Klymak, J. M., Molemaker, J., Novelli, G., Guigand, C. M., … Özgökmen, T. M. (2018). Ocean convergence and the dispersion of flotsam. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201718453. doi:10.1073/pnas.1718453115

Haza, A. C., D’Asaro, E., Chang, H., Chen, S., Curcic, M., Guigand, C., … Shcherbina, A. (2018). Drogue-Loss Detection for Surface Drifters during the Lagrangian Submesoscale Experiment (LASER). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(4), 705–725. doi:10.1175/jtech-d-17-0143.1

Lodise, J., Özgökmen, T., Griffa, A., & Berta, M. (2019). Vertical structure of ocean surface currents under high winds from massive arrays of drifters. Ocean Science, 15(6), 1627–1651. doi:10.5194/os-15-1627-2019

Haza, A. C., Paldor, N., Özgökmen, T. M., Curcic, M., Chen, S. S., & Jacobs, G. (2019). Wind‐Based Estimations of Ocean Surface Currents From Massive Clusters of Drifters in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(8), 5844–5869. doi:10.1029/2018jc014813

Purpose:

Provide coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean forecasts in support of ship and aircraft operations during LASER.

Data Parameters and Units:

sinalpha (local sine of map rotation; unitless), cosalpha (local cosine of map rotation; unitless), xland (land mask; 1=land, 2 =water; unitless), u10 (u-component wind velocity at 10 m; m/s), v10 (v-component wind velocity at 10 m; m/s), q2 (vertical stress at 2m; kg/kg), t2(temperature at 2m; deg. C), tsk (surface skin temperature; deg K), ust (u* in similarity theory; m/s), hfx (upward heat flux at the surface; W/m^2), qfx (upward moisture at the surface; kg/m^2/s), lh (latent heat flux at the surface; W/m^2), glw (downward long wave flux at ground surface; W/m^2), swdown (downward short wave flux at ground surface; W/m^2), albedo (unitless), psfc (surface pressure; Pa), rainc (accumulated total cumulus precipitation; mm), rainnc (accumulated total grid scale precipitation; mm), raincv (time-step cumulus precipitation; mm), rainncv (time-step non-convective precipitation; mm) lon (longitude; deg. E), lat (latitude; deg. N), seamask (non-dimensional), depth (ocean depth; m), swh (significant wave height; m), mss (mean square slope; non-dimensional), mwd (mean wave direction; radians), mwl (mean wavelength; m), mwp (mean wave period; seconds), dwd (dominant wave direction; radians), dwl (dominant wavelength; m), dwp (dominant wave period; s), rhoa (air density; kg/m^3), rhow (water density; kg/m^3), taux_form (form drag, x-component; N/m^2), tauy_form (form drag, y-component; N/m^2), taux_skin (skin drag, x-component; N/m^2), tauy_skin (skin drag, y-component; N/m^2), taux_ocn (momentum flux from breaking waves to ocean top, x-component; N/m^2), tauy_ocn (momentum flux from breaking waves to ocean top, y-component; N/m^2), u_stokes (stokes drift x-component; m/s), v_stokes (stokes drift y-component; m/s), d_stokes (stokes drift e-folding depth; m), uc (ocean current, x-component; m/s), vc (ocean current, y-component; m/s)

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