Temperature, Salinity and Ecosystem Parameters for the Black Sea under climate change scenarios

This dataset contains yearly averaged physical and ecological parameters (temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients and chlorophyll concentrations) across the entire Black Sea simulated with the modeling system NEMO-TURSEM circulation model NEMO coupled to the ecosystem model TURSEM provided by the Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences (METU-IMS) in Turkey. The historical simulation during 1995-2014 and climate change projection under SSP245 during 2080-2100 were simulated using high resolution wind data from CNRM (CNRM-CM6-1-HR, 50 km, 3 hourly) as driving forcing. The model was further forced by river discharge, temperature and nutrient concentrations generated by the DELTARES Black Sea Catchment Model developed within the DOORS project. The data is available in netcdf files on a 15x15km spatial resolution and has the following structure: BlackSea_yearly_TS_1995_2014.nc - Temperature and Salinity from 1995-2014 BlackSea_yearly_TS_2080_2099.nc - Temperature and Salinity from 2080-2099 BlackSea_yearly_nut_1995_2014.nc - Oxygen andNitrate Concentration from 1995-2099 BlackSea_yearly_nut_2080_2099.nc - Oxygen and Nitrate Phosphate Concentration from 2080-2099 BlackSea_yearly_Chl_1995_2014.nc - Chlorophyll of 4 Functional Phytoplankton Types from 1995-2014 BlackSea_yearly_Chl_2080_2099.nc - Chlorophyll of 4 Functional Phytoplankton Types from 2080-2099 Disclaimer: Regardless of whether the data is quality-controlled or not, the authors do not accept any responsibility for the correctness and/or appropriate interpretation of the data. The correct and appropriate interpretation of the data must follow scientific rules and is always the exclusive responsibility of the users.