Five Year Mean Bottom to Surface Temperature Differences in the Northern Gulf of Mexico for 2005 through 2009

Description

These images were created by combining the estimates of the mean bottom to surface temperature differences to produce seasonal representations for winter, spring, summer and fall. Winter includes the months of January, February and March; spring includes the months of April, May and June; summer includes the months of July, August and September; fall includes the months of October, November and December. Estimates of bottom to surface temperature differences (Delta t) were originally obtained from the Naval Research Laboratory at the Stennis Space Center (NRL/SSC). NRL/SSC derived these estimates from a reanalysis of NRL/SSC Intra-Americas Sea Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System (IASNFS). The NRL IASNFS is a 3-dimensional circulation model based on the Navy Coast Model (NCOM) (Ko et al. 2003). The model has a 1/24 degree resolution or about ~5.8 km at the northern Gulf of Mexico and 40 vertical layers. It covers the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea and uses Navy Global NCOM for the open boundary conditions. IASNFS assimilates satellite altimeter data from GFO, Jason-1, ERS-1/2, EnviSat and TOPEX and sea surface temperature from NOAA AVHRR and MODIS (Ko et al. 2008). The surface forcing includes wind, heat fluxes and sea level air-pressure derived from Navy operational global weather forecast model NOGAPS. The temperature differences were calculated from temperature at surface layer and at bottom layer or to 100 m depth and interpolated onto a 2 minute grid for northern Gulf Coast.

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Name Format Description Link
23 http://service.ncddc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DataAtlas/CMECS_WaterColumnStabilityModifier_Fall/MapServer
23 http://service.ncddc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DataAtlas/CMECS_WaterColumnStabilityModifier_Spring/MapServer
23 http://service.ncddc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DataAtlas/CMECS_WaterColumnStabilityModifier_Summer/MapServer
23 http://service.ncddc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/DataAtlas/CMECS_WaterColumnStabilityModifier_Winter/MapServer
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48037
0 Online Resource https://coast.noaa.gov/
0 Online Resource https://gulfatlas.noaa.gov/
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48037.pdf
0 http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/website/DataAtlas/atlas.htm?plate=Water%20Column%20Stability%20-%20CMECS
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov

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  • water column
  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • sea surface
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • environmental monitoring
  • continent
  • mississippi
  • noaa
  • marine ecosystems
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • atlantic ocean
  • delta t
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • texas
  • environmental impacts
  • ocean
  • pelagic
  • florida
  • epipelagic
  • louisiana
  • alabama
  • north atlantic ocean
  • western florida
  • gulfregion

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