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The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 35N from deep moorings, floats, and satellite altimeter

<p>These are the data that accompany the publication &quot;The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 35N from deep moorings, floats, and satellite altimeter&quot; 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 &quot;AMOCdepth&quot;: the AMOC transport in depth space; &quot;AMOCsigma&quot;: the AMOC transport in density space (specifically potential density referenced to 2000m); &quot;psi&quot;: the integrated across-basin transport streamfunction in depth space; and &quot;Ekman&quot;: 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 &quot;vg&quot; (in m/s): the geostrophic velocity through the section; &quot;sigma2&quot; (in kg/m<sup>3</sup>): the potential density anomaly referenced to 2000m; &quot;bathymetry&quot; (in m): the depth of the sea floor along the section; and &quot;area&quot; (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 &quot;date&quot; (in python datetime format) and &quot;depth&quot; (in m). The alternatives &quot;time&quot; (in decimal years) and &quot;pressure&quot; (in db) are also available. AMOC35_gridded_velocities.nc additionally includes the coordinate &quot;distance&quot; (in km) with longitude (&quot;lon&quot;) and latitude (&quot;lat&quot;), also available.</p>

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