Data formats

 

Variables

Files contain single or grouped variables, with the following names:

• atm_flux_diag :  various diagnostics related to atmospheric fluxes
• ice_force :  various diagnostics related to sea-ice and forcing
• ocean_eta_t :  sea surface height
• ocean_force :  various diagnostics related to surface forcing
• ocean_mld :  mixed layer depth
• ocean_salt :  salinity
• ocean_temp :  temperature
• ocean_tx_trans_int_z :  horizontal component of vertically integrated water mass transport in the x-direction
• ocean_ty_trans_int_z :  horizontal component of vertically integrated water mass transport in the y-direction
• ocean_u :  u-component of current
• ocean_v :  v-component of current
• ocean_w :  w-component of current

The units are MKS for all variables and u and v are eastwards and northwards pointing velocity components respectively.

Daily means

Daily values are stored under the daily/ directory as monthly files that contain daily data. They have names like ocean_VAR_yyyy_mm.nc where VAR = eta_t, salt, temp, u or v (with the obvious meanings), yyyy is the year and mm is the month.

Monthly means

Monthly means are stored under the month/ directory as single monthly files. They have names like ocean_VAR_mth_yyyy_mm.nc

Annual means

Annual files are stored under the annual/ directory as single annual files. They have names like ocean_VAR_ann_yyyy.nc

Static files

Static files are the model grid specification (grid_spec.nc) and the ocean grid (ocean_grid.nc).

 

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