The Gulf of Mexico Eddy Dataset (GOMED), a census of statistically significant eddy-like events from all available surface drifter data

<p>This dataset uses trajectory data from a large set of drifters to extract and analyze displacement signals associated with coherent eddies in the Gulf of Mexico, using a multivariate wavelet ridge analysis as presented in Lilly and P&eacute;rez-Brunius (2021). The data includes eddy displacement signals for all ridges, as well as the time-varying ellipse parameters and estimated ellipse center location. The instantaneous frequency is also included, as is the instantaneous bias estimate derived by Lilly and Olhede (2012). The data are organized as appended trajectory data that can be readily separated through the use of the &quot;ids&quot; field. &nbsp;The ridge length (<span class="math-tex">\(L\)</span>),and ridge-averaged circularity (<span class="math-tex">\(\overline{\xi}\)</span>)&nbsp;&nbsp;are also included, as is measure of statistical significance denoted by (<span class="math-tex">\(\rho\)</span>). The dataset is available for download as a NetCDF file.</p> <p>Lilly, J. M. and P. P&eacute;rez-Brunius (2021).&nbsp; Extracting statistically significant eddy signals from large Lagrangian datasets using wavelet ridge analysis, with application to the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp;<em>Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics</em>, 28: 181&ndash;212.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-181-2021">https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-181-2021</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Lilly, J. M. and Olhede, S. C.: Analysis of modulated multivariate oscillations, IEEE T. Signal Proces., 60, 600&ndash;612, 2012.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2011.2173681">10.1109/TSP.2011.2173681</a></p>