Habitat suitability index (HSI) model results for oyster larvae trajectory and condition, COAWST_2017_Grp06_Srf_d02 drifter simulation released from Drum Bay, Louisiana from 2017-05-19 to 2017-10-26

Hourly coastal hydrodynamic model simulations from the coupled ocean-atmosphere-wave-sediment-transport (COAWST) modeling system were used to resolve surface fields of temperature (T) and salinity (S), coincident with drifter location and trajectory, in order to compute habitat suitability indices (HSI) of oyster larvae condition within the water column during the generalized growth (Days 0-14) and settlement (Days 14-28) phases. Computations of HSI_T, HSI_S, as well as a "combined effects" model of HSI_TxS were used to track hourly oyster larvae location, trajectory, and condition from various release sites (Drum Bay, LA; Biloxi Bay, MS; Pass aux Herons, AL) to investigate the likelihood of transport from upstream oyster larvae seed-grounds, and associated oyster larvae health during transit, prior to settlement on existing MS oyster reefs. This dataset contains the simulations results for oyster larvae trajectory and condition in Drum Bay, Louisiana from 2017-05-19 to 2017-10-26. The related data from the other two sites are available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifiers (UDIs): MS.x841.000:0005 (DOI: 10.7266/N62BJWTZ) and MS.x841.000:0006 (DOI: 10.7266/16TX911K).