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mocha_mht_data_ERA5_v2020.nc
Dataset Overview
Project: RAPID-MOCHA
Description: No description available
Source File: mocha_mht_data_ERA5_v2020.nc
Data Product: MOCHA heat transport at 26.5°N
Date Created: 2023-08-26T00:14:33Z
Time Coverage: 2004-04-02 to 2020-12-14
Record Length: 12,202 observations (16.7 years)
Sampling Frequency: 12H
Citation:
Johns, W. E., Elipot, S., Smeed, D. A., Moat, B., King, B., Volkov, D. L., Smith, R. H. 2023. Towards two decades of Atlantic Ocean mass and heat transport at 26.5° N. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 381: 20220188. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0188
Acknowledgement:
Funding source: the US National Science Foundation.
Dataset Visualization
Time series plot for MOCHA dataset.
Dataset Statistics
Total Variables: 20
Total Coordinates: 2
Dataset Size: 115.63 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:
Coordinate |
Description |
Units |
Size |
Min Value |
Max Value |
Missing % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
z → DEPTH |
Depth: Depth below surface of the water |
m |
(307,) |
0.00 |
5995.07 |
0.0% |
time → TIME |
Time: time array that corresponds to the profile variables |
datetime64[ns] |
(12202,) |
2004-04-02 |
2020-12-14 |
0.0% |
Variable Information
The following table shows the mapping from original variable names to standardized names, along with key statistics for each variable.
Variable |
Description |
Units |
Size |
Min Value |
Max Value |
Missing % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q_sum → MHT |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-0.64 |
2.52 |
0.0% |
Q_ek → MHT_EKMAN |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-1.16 |
1.74 |
0.0% |
Q_fc → MHT_FC |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
1.50 |
3.29 |
0.0% |
Q_gyre → MHT_GYRE |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-0.03 |
0.23 |
0.0% |
Q_int → MHT_INT |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-2.97 |
-0.81 |
0.0% |
Q_mo → MHT_MO |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-2.52 |
-0.92 |
0.0% |
Q_ot → MHT_OT |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-0.63 |
2.47 |
0.0% |
Q_wedge → MHT_WEDGE |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-0.41 |
0.72 |
0.0% |
maxmoc → MOC |
time-varying maximum value of MOC streamfunction |
Sverdrup |
(12202,) |
-5.07 |
32.90 |
0.0% |
Q_eddy |
No description available |
PW |
(12202,) |
-0.03 |
0.13 |
0.0% |
T_basin → TEMP_BASIN |
Temperature: time-varying basinwide mean potential temperature profile |
degree_C |
(12202, 307) |
1.50 |
28.55 |
0.0% |
T_basin_mean → TEMP_BASIN_MEAN |
Mean Temperature: time-mean basinwide mean potential temperature profile |
degree_C |
(307,) |
1.51 |
24.98 |
0.0% |
T_fc_fwt → TEMP_FC_FWT |
FC Temperature: time-varying Florida Current flow-weighted potential temperature |
degree_C |
(12202,) |
18.57 |
20.76 |
0.0% |
V_basin → TRANSPROF_BASIN |
Transport per unit depth: time-varying basinwide mean transport profile |
Sverdrup/m |
(12202, 307) |
-0.39 |
0.56 |
0.0% |
V_basin_mean → TRANSPROF_BASIN_MEAN |
Mean Transport per unit depth: time-mean basinwide mean transport profile |
Sverdrup/m |
(307,) |
-0.01 |
0.10 |
0.0% |
V_fc → TRANSPROF_FC |
FC Transport per unit depth: time-varying Florida Current transport profile |
Sverdrup/m |
(12202, 307) |
-0.00 |
0.15 |
0.0% |
V_fc_mean → TRANSPROF_FC_MEAN |
Mean FC Transport per unit depth: time-mean Florida Current transport profile |
Sverdrup/m |
(307,) |
-0.00 |
0.11 |
0.0% |
trans_ek → TRANS_EKMAN |
Ekman: time-varying Ekman transport (calculated from ERA-I winds) |
Sverdrup |
(12202,) |
-12.92 |
18.16 |
0.0% |
trans_fc → TRANS_FC |
FC: time-varying Florida Current transport (from the cable) |
Sverdrup |
(12202,) |
19.17 |
39.53 |
0.0% |
moc |
MOC_Z: time-varying MOC streamfunction vs. depth |
Sverdrup |
(12202, 307) |
-18.92 |
37.79 |
0.0% |
Metadata (edits applied noted)
The following metadata provides comprehensive information about this dataset:
Title: MOCHA Heat Transport Data 3/29/2004-12/14/2020
Summary: Total heat transport results for the first 16.8 years of the RAPID/MOCHA program, from April 2004 through December 2020.
Program: RAPID
Project: RAPID-MOCHA
License: ODC-BY
Acknowledgment: Funding source: the US National Science Foundation.
Weblink: https://mocha.earth.miami.edu/mocha/index.html, https://rapid.ac.uk/rapidmoc/
Platform: mooring
Platform Vocabulary: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/
Data Product*: MOCHA heat transport at 26.5°N
Time Coverage Start: 2004-04-02
Time Coverage End: 2020-12-14
Contributor Name: William E. Johns, William E. Johns
Contributor Role: originator, principalInvestigator
Contributor Role Vocabulary: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/
Contributor Email: ,
Contributor Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1093-7871, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1093-7871
Contributing Institutions: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (University of Miami)
Contributing Institutions Vocabulary: https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/1382
Contributing Institutions Role:
Conventions: CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, OceanSITES-1.5
featureType: timeSeriesProfile
featureType_vocabulary: https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#_features_and_feature_types
Source File*: mocha_mht_data_ERA5_v2020.nc
Source Path*: ~/AMOCatlas/data/mocha_mht_data_ERA5_v2020.nc
Date Created: 2023-08-26T00:14:33Z
Date Modified: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z
Processing Software: http://github.com/AMOCcommunity/amocatlas
Processing Version: v0.2.0
Processing Datasource*: mocha26n
Variable Mapping*: [Complex metadata structure - 20 items]
Original Variable Metadata*: [Complex metadata structure - 27 items]
Applied Variable Mapping: [Complex metadata structure - 22 items]
Convert To Coord*: z
Variables To Remove*: day, hour, julian_day, month, year
Principal Investigator Url: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/people/faculty-index/?p=william-johns
Methodology Reference: W.E. Johns, S. Elipot, D.A. Smeed, B. Moat, B. King, D.L. Volkov, R.H. Smith, “Towards Two Decades of Atlantic Ocean Mass and Heat Transports at 26.5ºN”, accepted for publication in Royal Society Philosophical Transactions A, 2023.
Methodology Doi: doi: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0188
Comment*: (Note: date_modified has been set to a canonical value for documentation generation to avoid git churn)