Biophysical models of persistent connectivity and barriers on the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

This contains four data files that are all matlab binary files (.mat) <strong>all_vent_sites.mat</strong> This is a Matlab data file containing the <strong>longitude (column 1)</strong>, <strong>latitude (column 2)</strong>, of all vent sites used in the simulations. Column 3 specifies whether a vent-site is a <strong>known vent site (=1)</strong> or a <strong>ghost vent-site (=0)</strong> <strong>probeData_20W60W_04S45N.mat</strong> This is a Matlab data file containing data on Argo probe cycles used to estimate average ocean currents that drive the particle tracking simulations. The variables in the file are: <strong>fl</strong> Argo float ID <strong>depth </strong>parking depth of the Argo float (m) <strong>longlatStart </strong>longitude and latitude for the start of one dive cycle <strong>longlatEnd </strong>longitude and latitude for the end of one dive cycle <strong>month</strong> month of the dive cycle <strong>year</strong> year of the dive cycle <strong>timeStep</strong> number of days between the start and end of a dive cycle <strong>distStep</strong> distance between the start and end positions of a cycle (km) <strong>velocity</strong> average velocity of the Argo float over one dive cycle (km/day) <strong>pos</strong> the mid-point position of the Argos float for each cycle <strong>vent_connectivity_data.mat</strong> This is a Matlab data file containing the connectivity data from the particle tracking simulations. The variables in this file are: <strong>bbox_all</strong> The coordinates for the 64 target boxes <strong>particleCount</strong> The number of larval particles starting in each of the 64 target boxes. This should be 100000 for all target boxes <strong>connectTime</strong> A 64x64x500 array giving number of particles making a connection between two target boxes. connectTime(i,j,t) = number of particles from box i that have passed though box j in a time &lt;= t. The 500 times correspond to the vector tVec. <strong>leaveTime </strong>A 64x500 array giving the time taken for particles to leave their initial target box. leaveTime(i,t) = number of particles starting in box i that leave the box in a time &lt;=t. The 500 times correspond to the vector tVec. <strong>C_critical </strong> Critical connection probability <strong>tVec</strong> A vector of simulation times. This should be 500 time points starting at day 1 up to day 500 <strong>tMax</strong> The maximum simulation time (days) <strong>sim_larval_dispersal.mat</strong> This is a Matlab data file that contains the dispersal distances of all the simulated larval particles for six planktonic larval durations. The variables in this file are: <strong>bbox_all </strong>The coordinates for the 64 target boxes <strong>tMax</strong> The maximum simulation time (days). This is the planktonic larval duration. <strong>distAll </strong>The dispersal distance (km) within a given planktonic larval duration (tMax) <strong>startAll</strong> The target box where a simulated larval particle started. The position of this box is given by bbox_all