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    • Circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation from Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) simulations of Lake Superior, Great Lakes region from 2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 to study the 2010 coastal upwelling event (NCEI Accession 0218215)

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2025

    This dataset contains a three-dimensional (3-D), coupled ice-ocean Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) hydrodynamic simulations of circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation of Lake Superior for the years 2010-2012. The model was validated with temperature observations at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) buoys and mooring data from 2010. The upwelling event observed in satellite imagery and at a mooring station was reproduced by the model, in August 2010 along the northwestern coast. FVCOM version 3.1.6 was used for these simulations including custom modifications for wind-wave mixing (Hu and Wang, 2010) and centered-difference time integration. Ice simulations used the unstructured-grid, community ice code (UG-CICE) that was included with FVCOM version 3.1.6 (Chen et al. 2011; Gao et al. 2011). North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) 32 km data (Mesinger et al. 2006) was used as atmospheric boundary conditions which included heat flux components (i.e., "heating_on=T" in the namelist). To convert the NARR forcings to the FVCOM unstructured grid, the interpolation scheme built in to FVCOM (WRF2FVCOM) was used. Details for these simulations can be found in the namelist file "narr_0913_run.nml" included in this data archive.

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    Metadata Date 2024-09-17T19:21:11Z
    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) August 31, 2020 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Model
    Metadata Date 2024-09-17T19:21:11Z
    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) August 31, 2020 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:0218215
    Access Constraints Cite as: Li, Yaru; Beletsky, Dmitry; Wang, Jia; Austin, Jay; Kessler, James; Fujisaki-Manome, Ayumi; Bai, Peng (2020). Circulation, temperature, and water surface elevation from Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) simulations of Lake Superior, Great Lakes region from 2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 to study the 2010 coastal upwelling event (NCEI Accession 0218215). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0218215. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long -84.38
    Bbox North Lat 48.79
    Bbox South Lat 46.44
    Bbox West Long -92.08
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description Preview graphic
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0218215
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    Harvest Object Id e1798130-3c6e-4ec0-8608-b98816ff1259
    Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-92.08, 46.44], [-84.38, 46.44], [-84.38, 48.79], [-92.08, 48.79], [-92.08, 46.44]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2010-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2012-12-31

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