Characteristics and applications of circulation features north of Cuba, southeastern Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida, 2011-2016

This dataset contains circulation characteristics that are typical of circulation north of Cuba, especially anticyclonic eddies (CubANs), a major mesoscale feature along northwestern Cuba. The characteristics have been derived from a) observations, as described in “In situ measurements of circulation features influencing cross-shelf transport around Northwest Cuba”(Le Hénaff et al. 2020); and b) data-validated model outputs, described in: “Gulf Stream evolution through the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and upwelling near Cuba” (Androulidakis et al., Ocean Sciences, In Revision) and "Pathways of Oil Spills from Potential Cuban Offshore Exploration: Influence of Ocean Circulation" (Androulidakis et al, 2020). The data are organized in three directories: Paper_InSitu contains observations presented in Le Henaff et al 2020; Paper_Pathways contains data from Androulidakis et al (2020, Pathways); and Paper_GulfStream contains oil trajectories from Androulidakis et al (2020, Gulf Stream Evolution). The latter application consists of oil pathways from potential spills in Cuban waters; these have been simulated by OpenOil (part of the the OpenDrift trajectory modeling framework; Dagestad et al., 2018). Simulations were carried out by launching 100 particles daily at the sea surface at 11 potential oil spill sites on the first day of each year from 2011 to 2016. Related datasets R6.x818.000:0011 (doi: 10.7266/6EMHT4E1) and R6.x818.000:0010 (doi: 10.7266/88M3XXQW) also contain data relating to the Gulf Stream evolution paper.本数据集收录了古巴以北海域典型的环流特征，其中尤以古巴北部反气旋涡旋（CubANs）为代表——该涡旋是古巴西北沿岸极具代表性的中尺度海洋现象。 这些环流特征的获取途径分为两类：a) 现场观测数据，相关描述见于《In situ measurements of circulation features influencing cross-shelf transport around Northwest Cuba》（Le Hénaff 等，2020）；b) 经数据验证的数值模式输出结果，相关文献包括：《Gulf Stream evolution through the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and upwelling near Cuba》（Androulidakis 等，《Ocean Sciences》，正在修订）以及《Pathways of Oil Spills from Potential Cuban Offshore Exploration: Influence of Ocean Circulation》（Androulidakis 等，2020）。 本数据集按三个目录进行组织：Paper_InSitu 收录了Le Henaff等2020年文献中提及的现场观测数据；Paper_Pathways 包含Androulidakis等2020年《Pathways》文献中的相关数据；Paper_GulfStream 则收录了Androulidakis等2020年《Gulf Stream Evolution》文献中的石油运移轨迹数据。该部分数据涵盖古巴海域潜在石油泄漏的运移路径，相关模拟由OpenOil工具完成（OpenOil是OpenDrift轨迹模拟框架的组成模块；Dagestad等，2018）。 模拟方案具体为：2011年至2016年每年的1月1日，在古巴沿岸11处潜在石油泄漏点位的海表每日投放100个粒子，以此开展轨迹模拟。此外，相关数据集R6.x818.000:0011（DOI: 10.7266/6EMHT4E1）与R6.x818.000:0010（DOI: 10.7266/88M3XXQW）同样包含与《Gulf Stream Evolution》相关的研究数据。