SCOTIA Datasets =============== SCOTIA_overturning_diagnostics.nc --------------------------------- Dataset Overview ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Project**: SCOTIA - **Description**: Monthly overturning diagnostics of the Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA), computed in neutral-density space across the subpolar North Atlantic - **Source File**: SCOTIA_overturning_diagnostics.nc - **Data Product**: Monthly overturning diagnostics of the Scotland-Canada overturning array in neutral-density (gamma-n) space - **License**: CC-BY-4.0 - **Time Coverage**: 2004-01-15 to 2024-06-15 - **Record Length**: 246 observations (20.4 years) - **Sampling Frequency**: monthly **Citation:** Jones, S. C., Fox, A., Burmeister, K., & Fraser, N. (2026). Code and data for "The Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA)" [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19682610 **Acknowledgement:** The authors request that Fox et al. (2026) be cited alongside this dataset. Dataset Visualization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. figure:: ../_static/reports/scotia_timeseries.png :alt: AMOC time series plot :align: center :scale: 80% Time series plot for SCOTIA dataset. Dataset Statistics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Total Variables**: 7 - **Total Coordinates**: 2 - **Dataset Size**: 7.53 MB Coordinate Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows information about the dataset coordinates in the standardised version, including coordinate name remapping from the original, if any: .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Coordinate - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - *gamma_n_bin* → **GAMMA** - neutral density - kg m-3 - (2000,) - 10.00 - 29.99 - 0.0% * - *time* → **TIME** - Time - seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z - (246,) - 2004-01-15 - 2024-06-15 - 0.0% Variable Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows the mapping from original variable names to standardized names, along with key statistics for each variable. .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Variable - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - *df* → **DENSITY_FLUX** - **northward density flux across line**: Northward density flux across the SCOTIA section (integral of the streamfunction in density) - Gg s-1 - (246,) - -13.94 - -0.61 - 0.0% * - *gamma_moc* → **GAMMA_MOC** - **neutral density at overturning maximum**: Neutral density at which the maximum of the overturning streamfunction occurs - kg m-3 - (246,) - 27.62 - 27.95 - 0.0% * - *ff* → **MFT** - **northward ocean freshwater transport**: Northward freshwater flux across the SCOTIA section, referenced to the section-mean salinity - sverdrup - (246,) - -0.63 - -0.24 - 0.0% * - *hf* → **MHT** - **northward ocean heat transport**: Northward heat flux across the SCOTIA section - PW - (246,) - 0.32 - 0.77 - 0.0% * - *moc* → **MOC_GAMMA** - **meridional overturning circulation**: Maximum over neutral density of the overturning streamfunction - sverdrup - (246,) - 7.18 - 29.44 - 0.0% * - *psi* → **PSI_GAMMA** - **ocean meridional overturning streamfunction**: Overturning streamfunction across the SCOTIA section, cumulative in neutral density - sverdrup - (246, 2000) - -8.26 - 29.44 - 0.0% * - *transport* → **TRANS_GAMMA** - **sea water volume transport across line by neutral density class**: Sea water volume transport within each neutral-density class across the SCOTIA section - sverdrup - (246, 2000) - -3.56 - 2.87 - 0.0% Metadata (edits applied noted) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following metadata describes this dataset: - **Summary**: Monthly overturning diagnostics of the Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA), computed in neutral-density space across the subpolar North Atlantic - **Description\***: Monthly overturning diagnostics of the Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA), computed in neutral-density space across the subpolar North Atlantic - **Program\***: SCOTIA - **Project\***: SCOTIA - **License\***: CC-BY-4.0 - **Acknowledgment**: The authors request that Fox et al. (2026) be cited alongside this dataset. - **References\***: Fox, A. D., Fraser, N. J., Burmeister, K., Jones, S. C., Cunningham, S. A., Drysdale, L. A., Dilmahamod, A. F., and Karstensen, J. (2026). The Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA): twenty years of meridional overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic. Ocean Science, 22, 1439-1456. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1439-2026 - **Weblink\***: https://thredds.sams.ac.uk/thredds/catalog/Fox_et_al_2026/catalog.html - **Data Product\***: Monthly overturning diagnostics of the Scotland-Canada overturning array in neutral-density (gamma-n) space - **Time Coverage Start\***: 2004-01-15 - **Time Coverage End\***: 2024-06-15 - **Contributor Name\***: Sam Jones, Alan Fox, Kristin Burmeister, Neil Fraser - **Contributor Role\***: originator, originator, originator, originator - **Contributor Role Vocabulary\***: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/ - **Contributor Email**: , , , - **Contributor Id**: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7371-9014, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9047-1986, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-0298, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9060 - **Contributing Institutions\***: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) - **Contributing Institutions Vocabulary**: https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/44 - **Contributing Institutions Role**: - **Conventions\***: CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, OceanSITES-1.5 - **featureType\***: timeSeries - **featureType_vocabulary**: https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#_features_and_feature_types - **Source File\***: SCOTIA_overturning_diagnostics.nc - **Source Path\***: ~/.amocatlas_data/SCOTIA_overturning_diagnostics.nc - **Source Url\***: https://thredds.sams.ac.uk/thredds/fileServer/Fox_et_al_2026/SCOTIA_overturning_diagnostics.nc - **Date Modified**: 2026-08-01T00:00:00Z - **Processing Software**: http://github.com/AMOCcommunity/amocatlas - **Processing Version**: v0.4.0 - **Processing Datasource\***: scotia - **Applied Variable Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 11 items] - **Report Plot Variable\***: MOC_GAMMA