Model output from particle tracking simulations to assess formation of benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi Shelf, 1995-2014

This dataset contains particle tracking model results used to analyze the formation of benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi continental shelf. The object of our study is to better understand the interplay between biological production and physical transport processes on supplying biogenic materials to various hotspot subdomains in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas. The tracking results provide key information for determining the advective spatio-temporal scales and source regions of biogenic particles that ultimately settle to the benthic hotspots. A detailed description of the modeling approach and data analyses could be found in a journal publication by Feng et al., 2021 (Feng, Z., Ji, R., Ashjian, C., Zhang, J., Campbell, R., and Grebmeier, J. M. 2021. Benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi continental shelf: Spatial variability in production regimes and environmental drivers. Progress in Oceanography, 191: 102497).

本数据集包含用于分析白令海北部与楚科奇大陆架底栖热点（benthic hotspot）形成过程的粒子追踪模型（particle tracking model）结果。本研究旨在深入解析白令海北部及楚科奇海各热点子区域内，生物生产与物理输运过程在向各类热点子区域供给生源物质（biogenic material）过程中的相互作用机制。粒子追踪结果可为确定最终沉降至底栖热点的生源颗粒物（biogenic particle）的平流时空尺度及其源区提供关键支撑信息。有关该建模方法与数据分析流程的详细阐述，可参阅Feng等人2021年发表于《海洋学进展（Progress in Oceanography）》的期刊论文：Feng, Z., Ji, R., Ashjian, C., Zhang, J., Campbell, R., and Grebmeier, J. M. 2021. Benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi continental shelf: Spatial variability in production regimes and environmental drivers. Progress in Oceanography, 191: 102497。