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WINDS-C: A 1/50° decadal regional simulation of the Southwestern Indian Ocean with high frequency surface currents for Lagrangian applications (climatological forcing based on 1993-2018)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2022-10-03
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2022-10-12
DOI Publication Date: 2022-11-08
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 49 Files | 5TB

Abstract

WINDS-C (Western Indian Ocean Simulation, Climatological) is a high-resolution (1/50° in the horizontal) regional ocean simulation spanning the SW Indian Ocean under climatological forcing (1993-2018), using the Coastal and Regional Ocean Community model (CROCO). WINDS-C is forced at the lateral boundaries by a monthly climatology from the 1/12° CMEMS (Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service) GLORYS12V1 global ocean reanalysis and barotropic tides from TPXO9, at the surface by a monthly climatology from ERA5, and also includes climatological riverine fluxes. High frequency (0.5h) surface currents are provided for Lagrangian analyses, and other surface fields are provided at a daily frequency. Full 3D zonal velocity, meridional velocity, temperature, and salinity (U/V/T/S) fields are provided every 5 days.

Citable as:  Vogt-Vincent, N.; Johnson, H. (2022): WINDS-C: A 1/50° decadal regional simulation of the Southwestern Indian Ocean with high frequency surface currents for Lagrangian applications (climatological forcing based on 1993-2018). NERC British Oceanographic Data Centre, 08 November 2022. doi:10.5285/b2b9bfe408f14ea7a79d9ff7aee0d0b8. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/b2b9bfe408f14ea7a79d9ff7aee0d0b8
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Indian Ocean, ocean current, surface velocity, temperature, salinity, ocean model, CROCO, dispersal, coral reef

Details

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Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

This dataset consists of two simulations of the Southwest Indian Ocean with high frequency surface currents. One simulation was climatological (WINDS-C) and one used realistic forcing (WINDS-M) from 1993-2020. The simulations were funded through PhD project NE/S007474/1, Marine dispersal and retention in the western Indian Ocean, held by Noam Vogt-Vincent who was supervised by Helen Johnson, both at University of Oxford. The outputs are archived on BODC's space at CEDA and assigned a CEDA DOI. No QC was done by BODC.

Data Quality:
Data as supplied to BODC - no additional quality checks performed
File Format:
Data are CF-Compliant NetCDF formatted data files

Citations: 1

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Vogt-Vincent, N. S., & Johnson, H. L. (2022). Multidecadal and climatological surface current simulations for the southwestern Indian Ocean at 1/50° resolution. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2022-228

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Coastal and Regional Ocean Community model

Abstract

Ocean (lateral) forcing (1993-2018 climatology): CMEMS Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00021) Atmospheric (surface) forcing (1993-2018 climatology): ERA5: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate (http://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3803) Tidal forcing: TPXO9-atlas-v2a (https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0183:EIMOBO>2.0.CO;2) Climatological river fluxes: Dai and Trenberth (2002) Estimates of Freshwater Discharge from Continents: Latitudinal and Seasonal Variations (https://doi.org/10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003%3C0660:EOFDFC%3E2.0.CO;2)

Input Description

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Output Description

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Software Reference

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  • long_name: Coriolis parameter at RHO-points
  • units: second-1
  • var_id: f
  • names: Coriolis parameter at RHO-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: Deep bathymetry clipping depth
  • var_id: depthmax
  • names: Deep bathymetry clipping depth
  • var_id: h
  • units: meter
  • long_name: Final bathymetry at RHO-points
  • names: Final bathymetry at RHO-points
  • long_name: Grid type logical switch
  • var_id: spherical
  • names: Grid type logical switch
  • units: N/m2
  • long_name: Kinematic wind stress
  • var_id: wstr
  • names: Kinematic wind stress
  • long_name: Latent surface heat flux
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • var_id: shflx_lat
  • names: Latent surface heat flux
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: Long-wave surface radiation
  • var_id: shflx_rlw
  • names: Long-wave surface radiation
  • long_name: S-coordinate bottom control parameter
  • var_id: theta_b
  • names: S-coordinate bottom control parameter
  • long_name: S-coordinate parameter, critical depth
  • var_id: hc
  • names: S-coordinate parameter, critical depth
  • long_name: S-coordinate stretching curves at RHO-points
  • var_id: sc_r
  • names: S-coordinate stretching curves at RHO-points
  • long_name: S-coordinate stretching curves at W-points
  • var_id: sc_w
  • names: S-coordinate stretching curves at W-points
  • long_name: S-coordinate surface control parameter
  • var_id: theta_s
  • names: S-coordinate surface control parameter
  • long_name: S-coordinate surface/bottom layer width
  • var_id: Tcline
  • names: S-coordinate surface/bottom layer width
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: Sensible surface heat flux
  • var_id: shflx_sen
  • names: Sensible surface heat flux
  • units: meter
  • long_name: Shallow bathymetry clipping depth
  • var_id: depthmin
  • names: Shallow bathymetry clipping depth
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: Short-wave surface radiation
  • var_id: radsw
  • names: Short-wave surface radiation
  • long_name: Tidal current ellipse semi-minor axis
  • units: Meter second-1
  • var_id: tide_Cmin
  • names: Tidal current ellipse semi-minor axis
  • long_name: Tidal current inclination angle
  • units: Degrees between semi-major axis and East
  • var_id: tide_Cangle
  • names: Tidal current inclination angle
  • units: Degrees
  • long_name: Tidal current phase angle
  • var_id: tide_Cphase
  • names: Tidal current phase angle
  • units: Meter second-1
  • long_name: Tidal current, ellipse semi-major axis
  • var_id: tide_Cmax
  • names: Tidal current, ellipse semi-major axis
  • long_name: Tidal elevation amplitude
  • units: Meter
  • var_id: tide_Eamp
  • names: Tidal elevation amplitude
  • units: Degrees
  • long_name: Tidal elevation phase angle
  • var_id: tide_Ephase
  • names: Tidal elevation phase angle
  • units: Meter
  • long_name: Tidal potential amplitude
  • var_id: tide_Pamp
  • names: Tidal potential amplitude
  • units: Degrees
  • long_name: Tidal potential phase angle
  • var_id: tide_Pphase
  • names: Tidal potential phase angle
  • long_name: Tide angular period
  • units: Hours
  • var_id: tide_period
  • names: Tide angular period
  • long_name: Weights between coarse and fine grids at RHO-points
  • var_id: alpha
  • names: Weights between coarse and fine grids at RHO-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: Working bathymetry at RHO-points
  • var_id: hraw
  • names: Working bathymetry at RHO-points
  • units: radians
  • long_name: angle between XI-axis and EAST
  • var_id: mask_rho
  • names: angle between XI-axis and EAST
  • var_id: angle
  • units: radian
  • long_name: angle between xi axis and east
  • names: angle between xi axis and east
  • var_id: h
  • units: meter
  • long_name: bathymetry at RHO-points
  • names: bathymetry at RHO-points
  • units: days
  • long_name: bulk formulation execution time
  • var_id: bulk_time
  • names: bulk formulation execution time
  • units: meter-1
  • var_id: pn
  • long_name: curvilinear coordinate metric in ETA
  • names: curvilinear coordinate metric in ETA
  • var_id: pm
  • units: meter-1
  • long_name: curvilinear coordinate metric in XI
  • names: curvilinear coordinate metric in XI
  • long_name: curvilinear coordinates metric in ETA
  • units: meter-1
  • var_id: pn
  • names: curvilinear coordinates metric in ETA
  • var_id: pm
  • units: meter-1
  • long_name: curvilinear coordinates metric in XI
  • names: curvilinear coordinates metric in XI
  • units: meter
  • long_name: domain length in the ETA-direction
  • var_id: el
  • names: domain length in the ETA-direction
  • units: meter
  • long_name: domain length in the XI-direction
  • var_id: xl
  • names: domain length in the XI-direction
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: downward longwave radiation
  • var_id: radlw_in
  • names: downward longwave radiation
  • units: meter
  • long_name: eta derivative of inverse metric factor pm
  • var_id: dmde
  • names: eta derivative of inverse metric factor pm
  • units: meter
  • long_name: free-surface
  • standard_name: sea_surface_height
  • var_id: zeta
  • names: free-surface, sea_surface_height
  • units: degree_north
  • long_name: latitude of PSI-points
  • var_id: lat_psi
  • names: latitude of PSI-points
  • units: degree_north
  • long_name: latitude of RHO-points
  • var_id: lat_rho
  • names: latitude of RHO-points
  • units: degree_north
  • var_id: lat_u
  • long_name: latitude of U-points
  • names: latitude of U-points
  • units: degree_north
  • var_id: lat_v
  • long_name: latitude of V-points
  • names: latitude of V-points
  • units: degree_east
  • long_name: longitude of PSI-points
  • var_id: lon_psi
  • names: longitude of PSI-points
  • units: degree_east
  • long_name: longitude of RHO-points
  • var_id: lon_rho
  • names: longitude of RHO-points
  • units: degree_east
  • var_id: lon_u
  • long_name: longitude of U-points
  • names: longitude of U-points
  • units: degree_east
  • var_id: lon_v
  • long_name: longitude of V-points
  • names: longitude of V-points
  • long_name: mask on PSI-points
  • var_id: mask_psi
  • names: mask on PSI-points
  • var_id: mask_rho
  • long_name: mask on RHO-points
  • names: mask on RHO-points
  • long_name: mask on U-points
  • var_id: mask_u
  • names: mask on U-points
  • long_name: mask on V-points
  • var_id: mask_v
  • names: mask on V-points
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: net outgoing longwave radiation
  • var_id: radlw
  • names: net outgoing longwave radiation
  • long_name: ocean s roms coordinate at rho point
  • var_id: Cs_r
  • names: ocean s roms coordinate at rho point
  • long_name: ocean s roms coordinate at w point
  • var_id: Cs_w
  • names: ocean s roms coordinate at w point
  • var_id: temp
  • units: Celsius
  • long_name: potential temperature
  • names: potential temperature
  • long_name: precipitation rate
  • units: cm day-1
  • var_id: prate
  • names: precipitation rate
  • long_name: relative humidity
  • units: fraction
  • var_id: rhum
  • names: relative humidity
  • long_name: runoff discharge
  • units: m3.s-1
  • var_id: Qbar
  • names: runoff discharge
  • long_name: runoff time
  • var_id: runoff_name
  • names: runoff time
  • var_id: s_rho
  • var_id: s_rho_2
  • names: s_rho
  • var_id: s_w
  • units: PSU
  • long_name: salinity
  • var_id: salt
  • names: salinity
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • var_id: radsw
  • long_name: shortwave radiation
  • names: shortwave radiation
  • units: Celsius
  • var_id: tair
  • long_name: surface air temperature
  • names: surface air temperature
  • long_name: surface freshwater flux (E-P)
  • units: centimeter day-1
  • var_id: swflx
  • names: surface freshwater flux (E-P)
  • units: Watts meter-2
  • long_name: surface net heat flux
  • var_id: shflx
  • names: surface net heat flux
  • units: PSU
  • long_name: surface salinity
  • var_id: salt_surf
  • names: surface salinity
  • units: Celsius
  • long_name: surface temperature
  • var_id: temp_surf
  • names: surface temperature
  • long_name: surface u-momentum stress
  • var_id: sustr
  • units: Newton meter-2
  • names: surface u-momentum stress
  • long_name: surface v-momentum stress
  • var_id: svstr
  • units: Newton meter-2
  • names: surface v-momentum stress
  • var_id: time
  • long_name: time (in s) since beginning
  • units: second
  • names: time (in s) since beginning
  • long_name: time step and record numbers from initialisation
  • var_id: time_step
  • names: time step and record numbers from initialisation
  • var_id: u
  • units: meter second-1
  • long_name: u-momentum component
  • names: u-momentum component
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: u-wind
  • var_id: uwnd
  • names: u-wind
  • var_id: v
  • units: meter second-1
  • long_name: v-momentum component
  • names: v-momentum component
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: v-wind
  • var_id: vwnd
  • names: v-wind
  • long_name: vertical terrain-following transformation equation
  • var_id: Vtransform
  • names: vertical terrain-following transformation equation
  • var_id: ubar
  • long_name: vertically integrated u-momentum component
  • standard_name: barotropic_sea_water_x_velocity_at_u_location
  • units: meter second-1
  • names: barotropic_sea_water_x_velocity_at_u_location, vertically integrated u-momentum component
  • var_id: vbar
  • units: meter second-1
  • long_name: vertically integrated v-momentum component
  • standard_name: barotropic_sea_water_y_velocity_at_v_location
  • names: barotropic_sea_water_y_velocity_at_v_location, vertically integrated v-momentum component
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: wspd
  • long_name: wind speed 10m
  • names: wind speed 10m
  • units: meter
  • long_name: x location of PSI-points
  • var_id: x_psi
  • names: x location of PSI-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: x location of RHO-points
  • var_id: x_rho
  • names: x location of RHO-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: x location of U-points
  • var_id: x_u
  • names: x location of U-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: x location of V-points
  • var_id: x_v
  • names: x location of V-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: xi derivative of inverse metric factor pn
  • var_id: dndx
  • names: xi derivative of inverse metric factor pn
  • units: meter
  • long_name: y location of PSI-points
  • var_id: y_psi
  • names: y location of PSI-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: y location of RHO-points
  • var_id: y_rho
  • names: y location of RHO-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: y location of U-points
  • var_id: y_u
  • names: y location of U-points
  • units: meter
  • long_name: y location of V-points
  • var_id: y_v
  • names: y location of V-points

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude
  • var_id: nav_lat_v
  • names: latitude, Latitude
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude
  • var_id: nav_lon_v
  • names: longitude, Longitude
  • standard_name: time
  • long_name: Time axis
  • var_id: time_counter
  • names: time, Time axis
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: second
  • long_name: time since initialization
  • names: time, time since initialization
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1993-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2018-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
0.0000°
 
34.3700°
 
77.3000°
 
-23.3000°