FESOM 2.0 Computations of Ocean Streamfunctions on Unstructured Meshes

FESOM 2.0 dataset and Python code accompany the article 'Simple algorithms to compute meridional overturning and barotropic streamfunction on unstructured meshes' submitted to GMD in 2019. The dataset was produced by Dmitry Sidorenko at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung. It contains computational results for ocean circulation analysis.

Use Cases

• Validate ocean model algorithms based on computed streamfunction data.
• Benchmark computational performance for unstructured mesh calculations.
• Analyze meridional overturning circulation patterns based on model outputs.
• Study barotropic streamfunction dynamics in ocean simulations.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a peer-reviewed submission to the journal Geoscientific Model Development (GMD).
• Includes Python code for reproducing the computational algorithms described in the article.

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

Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Collection Method

Computational output from the FESOM 2.0 ocean model.