The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 35N from deep moorings, floats, and satellite altimeter
<p>These are the data that accompany the publication "The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 35N from deep moorings, floats, and satellite altimeter" by Le Bras, Willis, and Fenty.</p> <p>The netcdf file AMOC35.nc includes the final Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) transports presented in the manuscript. It includes "AMOCdepth": the AMOC transport in depth space; "AMOCsigma": the AMOC transport in density space (specifically potential density referenced to 2000m); "psi": the integrated across-basin transport streamfunction in depth space; and "Ekman": is the Ekman transport time series derived from CCMP as described in the manuscript. Note that the Ekman transport is included in the total AMOC transport; we provide it here so that it can be easily removed. All variables in AMOC35.nc have units of Sverdrups (Sv).</p> <p>The netcdf file AMOC35_gridded_velocities.nc is significantly larger. It includes "vg" (in m/s): the geostrophic velocity through the section; "sigma2" (in kg/m<sup>3</sup>): the potential density anomaly referenced to 2000m; "bathymetry" (in m): the depth of the sea floor along the section; and "area" (in m<sup>2</sup>): the area of each grid point. Note that no total transport correction has been applied to this geostrophic velocity; the AMOC transport cannot be extracted directly from it. This velocity and the auxiliary fields are provided for those who wish to reproduce and test our results.</p> <p>Both files were saved as structured python xarray Datasets with labeled coordinates (https://docs.xarray.dev/en/stable/generated/xarray.Dataset.html). In AMOC35.nc, the coordinates are "date" (in python datetime format) and "depth" (in m). The alternatives "time" (in decimal years) and "pressure" (in db) are also available. AMOC35_gridded_velocities.nc additionally includes the coordinate "distance" (in km) with longitude ("lon") and latitude ("lat"), also available.</p>
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