Abstract:

This dataset is based on archives of the high resolution (1/100deg) Florida Straits, South Florida and Keys Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (FKeyS-HYCOM) from 2004 to 2016; Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Sea Surface Salinity (SSS), Sea Surface Height (SSH), Mixed Layer Depth (MLD), Currents (U&V), Kinetic Energy (KE), Florida Current position (latitude of the 20C isotherm at 150m along 83W), weekly mean transports. Those included fields on particular time were used in the paper: Kourafalou, V., Androulidakis, Y., Le Hénaff, M., & Kang, H. (2017). The Dynamics of Cuba Anticyclones (CubANs) and Interaction With the Loop Current/Florida Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(10), 7897–7923. doi:10.1002/2017jc012928

Suggested Citation:

Kourafalou, Villy, vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu; Kang, HeeSook, hkang@rsmas.miami.edu; Androulidakis, Ioannis, iandroulidakis@rsmas.miami.edu. 2018. Dataset for: The Dynamics of Cuba Anticyclones (CubANs) and Interaction With the Loop Current/Florida Current System. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7833QKC

Publications:

Kourafalou, V., Androulidakis, Y., Le Hénaff, M., & Kang, H. (2017). The Dynamics of Cuba Anticyclones (CubANs) and Interaction With the Loop Current/Florida Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(10), 7897–7923. doi:10.1002/2017jc012928

Purpose:

To identify mesoscale anticyclonic eddies along the northern Cuban Coast (CubANs) and to study the dynamics of CubAN eddies and their interaction with the LC/FC system.

Data Parameters and Units:

Seasonally adjusted monthly Sea Surface Temperature (SST) derived from FKEYS-HYCOM from 2004-2016 for the study region [22N-27.5N, 78-84.5W]. File: Seasonally_adusted_monthly_Sea_Surface_TemperaureSST_derived_from_FKEYS-HYCOM_from_2004-2016.dat Parameters: Date (MM/DD/YY), SST (degrees Celsius) Monthly detrended Sea Surface Height (SSH) as derived from FKEYS-HYCOM from 2004-2016. File: Monthly_detrended_SSH_as_derived_from_FKEYS-HYCOM_from_2004-2016.dat Parameters: Date (Mon-YY), SSH (m) Monthly Kinetic Energy (KE) of vertically averaged currents from the FKEYS-HYCOM simulation and the respective measured currents (ADCP) at Pulley Ridge for 2013 and 2014. File: Monthly_Kinetic_Energy_of_vertically_averaged_currents_from_the_FKEYS-HYCOM_simulation_and_the_respective_measured_currentsADCP_at_Pulley_Ridge_for_2013_and_2014.dat Parameters: Date (Mon-YY), ADCP KE (cm2/s2), FKEY-HYCOM KE (cm2/s2) Time series of the annual number of days when the Florida Current (FC) position (latitude of the 20°C isotherm at 150 m along 83°W) is located north of 23.85°N as derived from the FKEYS-HYCOM. File: 85N_as_derived_from_the_FKEYS-HYCOM.dat Parameters: Year, Number of days Number of days of CubAN presence for each year. Parameters: Year, Number of days FKEYS-HYCOM near surface currents and SSH simulations for the study region [22N-27.5N, 78-84.5W] and following dates: 2004 (Apr 1, Apr 25, Jun 1, Jun 15, Jun 20), 2007 (Sep 15, Oct 1, Oct 20, Nov 1), 2012 (Oct 5, Oct 10, Oct 17, Oct 25, Oct 29, Nov 1, Nov 3, Nov 5), 2016 (Aug 13, Aug15, Sep 1). Folder: SSH+Currents_2004-2016, Parameters: Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees), SSH (cm), sea surface currents U-component (U; m/s), sea surface currents V-component (V; m/s) Mix Layer Depth (MLD) from October 5, 2012 – November 5, 2012 along the Cuban track. File: MLD_from_Oct_05_2012-Nov_05_2012_along_the_Cuban_track_presented_in_Figure_7d.dat Parameters: Date (MM/DD/YYYY), MLD (m), Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees) N stratification frequency (Nstratification frequency (Brunt‐Väisälä frequency) from October 5, 2012 – November 5, 2012 along the Cuban track. File: N_stratification_frequency_from_Oct_05_2012-Nov_05_2012_along_the_Cuban_track_presented_in_Figure_7e.dat Parameters: Date (MM/DD/YYYY), N (1/s), Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees) MLD for the study region [22N-27.5N, 78-84.5W] and following dates in 2016: Aug 13, Aug 15, and Sep 1. Files inside folder MLD_2016. Parameters: Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees), MLD (m) Weekly mean transport across (Q) section S1 derived from the FKEYS-HYCOM simulation and averaged over the upper 100 m for the years 2004, 2007, 2012, and 2016. File: dat Parameters: Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Q (m3/s) Folder: 13Aug-1Sep_2016_surface_TSUV/: Cross-sectional distribution of meridional velocities and temperature over the upper 100 m of August 13, 2016 and September 1, 2016. File CoordSections.dat have the latitude and longitude (decimal degrees) for the transects (S1, S2, S3 and S4)

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