SAMBA Original Data Format

Note that the longer datasets (e.g., MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc) is from Meinen et al. (2018) and the shorter dataset (e.g., Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt) is from Kersalé et al. (2020).

Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt

Variables in Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt

Name	Dimensions	Shape	Units	Description
TIME	TIME	(1404,)	datetime	type: datetime
UPPER_TRANSPORT	TIME	(1404,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Upper-cell volume transport anomaly (relative to record-length average of 17.3 Sv)
ABYSSAL_TRANSPORT	TIME	(1404,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Abyssal-cell volume transport anomaly (relative to record-length average of 7.8 Sv)

MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc

Variables in MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc

Name	Dimensions	Shape	Units	Description
TIME	TIME	(2964,)	datetime	type: datetime
MOC	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: MOC Total Anomaly (relative to record-length average of 14.7 Sv)
RELATIVE_MOC	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Relative (density gradient) contribution description: Relative (density gradient) contribution to MOC anomaly
BAROTROPIC_MOC	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Reference (bottom pressure gradient) contribution to MOC anomaly
EKMAN	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Ekman (wind) contribution to the MOC anomaly
WESTERN_DENSITY	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Western density contribution to the MOC anomaly
EASTERN_DENSITY	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Eastern density contribution to the MOC anomaly
WESTERN_BOT_PRESSURE	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Western bottom pressure contribution to the MOC anomaly
EASTERN_BOT_PRESSURE	TIME	(2964,)	Sv	standard_name: Transport_anomaly long_name: Transport anomaly description: Eastern bottom pressure contribution to the MOC anomaly