Idealized Weddell Gyre Model Sensitivity Data for JGR:Oceans Paper

Andrew Styles from the University of Oxford created restart files and namelists for a published ocean modeling study. The data supports the paper 'The Sensitivity of an Idealized Weddell Gyre to Horizontal Resolution' in JGR:Oceans. It is available under an Open Access (green) license.

Use Cases

• Reproduce the model experiments from the JGR:Oceans paper based on the provided restart files.
• Analyze the sensitivity of an idealized ocean gyre to horizontal resolution based on the simulation namelists.
• Benchmark new ocean model configurations against the published Weddell Gyre simulations.
• Study parameterization effects in climate models using the provided model configuration files.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in JGR:Oceans with a known DOI.
• Created by a researcher at the University of Oxford, suggesting academic rigor.
• Available under an Open Access (green) license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Oxford

Collection Method

Likely generated from numerical ocean model simulations for a specific research paper.

Geography

Weddell Sea region of the Southern Ocean