MOSSCO Southern North Sea Long-term bentho-pelagic ecosystem simulation 1961-2012

Regional coupled ecosystem simulation of the Southern North Sea with the fully coupled Modular System for Shelves and Coasts (MOSSCO v1.0.2), an application layer of the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF). Here, we couple (1) the General Estuarine Transport Model (GETM) hydrodynamics and local waves with (2) the Model for Adaptive ECoSystems (MAECS) in the pelagic through the Framework for Aquatic Biogeochemical Models (FABM), and (3) the Ocean Margin Experiment Diagenesis (OMExDia) with added phosphorous cycle in the benthic through FABM.

Forcing and boundary conditions are provided by (1) zero-gradient open boundary dissolved and particulate nutrients from a North Atlantic shelf simulation with the Ecosystem Model Hamburg (ECOHAM), (2) astronomical forcing of tides as boundary sea surface elevation, (3) surface winds from the CoastDat2 Climate Limited Area (CLM) hindcast, (4) sediment porosity from the North Sea Observation and Assessment of Habitats (NOAH) atlas, and (5) river fluxes and nutrient loads from the Hereon River database.

The simulation covers the period 1 Feb 1960 to 31 Jan 2013, where the first year 1960 should be considered spin-up, such that analysis should be performed on complete production years 1961 to 2012. The simulation is performed on a curvilinear grid of the Southern North Sea, represented by a 98 x 139 logically rectangular grid, with varying spatial resolution of 3.7-66 sqkm per grid cell, and highest resolution in the Elbe Estuary. Vertical resolution is 20 layers in the pelagic on terrain-following sigma coordinates, and 15 z-levels resolving the ocean floor down to 20 cm. The output format is netCDF in the Climate and Forecast (CF) convention as much as possible. Complete three-dimensional data are available at 36-hour intervals.

The coupled model system and the model setup are described in detail in Lemmen et al. (2018). Validations of the ecosystem coupling were performed, amongst others by Wirtz (2019, also describing the ecosystem model) and Slavik et al. (2019) using the same setup. Coupling to sediment processes is described by Nasermoaddeli et al. (2018) and to bentho-pelagic filtration by Lemmen (2018). The results specific to this long-term simulation have already been used by Xu et al. (2022). The model system and all of its components are available as free and open source and available from https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud/mossco/code .

Date (Publication): 2024-02-29

Edition: 1

Citation identifier: MOSSCO_sim1961-2012

Citation identifier: doi:10.26050/WDCC/MOSSCO_sim1961-2012

Principal investigator

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Prof. Kai W. Wirtz
www.hereon.de

Author

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Prof. Kai W. Wirtz
www.hereon.de

Author

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Dr. Richard Hofmeister
www.hereon.de

Author

Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde - Dr. Knut Klingbeil
https://www.io-warnemuende.de

Author

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Dr. Carsten Lemmen
www.hereon.de

Publisher

WDCC

Point of contact

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Dr. Carsten Lemmen
www.hereon.de

Name: NetCDF

Keywords

Bentho-pelagic coupling

Keywords

GETM

Keywords

MAECS

Keywords

MOSSCO

Keywords

Modular coupling

Keywords

North Sea

Keywords

OMEXDIA

Keywords

Regional simulation

Use limitation: CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language: eng; USA

Begin date: 1960-02-01

End date: 2013-01-31

Supplemental Information: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/BMBF//03F0740A/DE//Modular System for Shelves and Coasts (MOSSCO)

Distribution format

NetCDF ()

Transfer size: 595768

OnLine resource: https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=MOSSCO_sim1961-2012

Hierarchy level: collection

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Descriptor: not filled; unit: mg m-3

Attribute description: dissolved_reduced_substances_upward_flux_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol/m**3/s

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_ammonium_upward_flux_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3/s

Attribute description: y_velocity_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: turbulent_diffusivity_of_momentum_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-1

Attribute description: turbulent_kinetic_energy_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-2

Attribute description: sea_water_x_velocity

Descriptor: A velocity is a vector quantity. "x" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: dissipation_of_tke_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-3

Attribute description: sea_water_practical_salinity

Descriptor: cf:Practical Salinity, S_P, is a determination of the salinity of sea water, based on its electrical conductance. The measured conductance, corrected for temperature and pressure, is compared to the conductance of a standard potassium chloride solution, producing a value on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS-78). This name should not be used to describe salinity observations made before 1978, or ones not based on conductance measurements. Conversion of Practical Salinity to other precisely defined salinity measures should use the appropriate formulas specified by TEOS-10. Other standard names for precisely defined salinity quantities are sea_water_absolute_salinity (S_A); sea_water_preformed_salinity (S_*), sea_water_reference_salinity (S_R); sea_water_cox_salinity (S_C), used for salinity observations between 1967 and 1977; and sea_water_knudsen_salinity (S_K), used for salinity observations between 1901 and 1966. Salinity quantities that do not match any of the precise definitions should be given the more general standard name of sea_water_salinity. Reference: www.teos-10.org; Lewis, 1980 doi:10.1109/JOE.1980.1145448. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 s-1

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Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: Virus_C_density_in_cells_vir_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: 1

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Descriptor: "Mole concentration" means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction "mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". "Organic carbon" describes a family of chemical species and is the term used in standard names for all species belonging to the family that are represented within a given model. The list of individual species that are included in a quantity having a group chemical standard name can vary between models. Where possible, the data variable should be accompanied by a complete description of the species represented, for example, by using a comment attribute. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: dissolved_reduced_substances_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_phosphorus_in_sea_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: shear_frequency_squared_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: s-2

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_phosphate_upward_flux_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3/s

Attribute description: upward_flux_of_mole_concentration_of_dissolved_oxygen_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-2 s-1

Attribute description: soil_temperature

Descriptor: Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water

Descriptor: alias: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitrogen

Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as 'nitrogen' or a phrase such as 'nox_expressed_as_nitrogen'. The phrase 'expressed_as' is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A. Organic detritus are particles of debris from decaying plants and animals. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: upward_flux_of_mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_semilabile_carbon_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-2 s-1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_phosphorus_in_sea_water

Descriptor: Total Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorus Concentration

Comment: Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called 'molarity', and is used in the construction 'mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y', where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as 'nitrogen' or a phrase such as 'nox_expressed_as_nitrogen'. 'Dissolved inorganic phosphorus' means the sum of all inorganic phosphorus in solution (including phosphate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, and phosphoric acid).

Used for mip era 'CMIP6' in CMOR MIP table(s): Table Omon; Table Oyr, provided in frequency(s): mon; yr, and for Realm(s): ocnBgchem.

Codelist created on 2019-02-01 from https://github.com/PCMDI/cmip6-cmor-tables (CMOR Version=3.4; table_date(s):14 December 2018) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: water_table_depth

Descriptor: Water Table Depth

Comment: Depth is the vertical distance below the surface. The water table is the surface below which the soil is saturated with water such that all pore spaces are filled.

Used for mip era 'CMIP6' in CMOR MIP table(s): Table Eday; Table Emon, provided in frequency(s): day; mon, and for Realm(s): land.

Codelist created on 2019-02-01 from https://github.com/PCMDI/cmip6-cmor-tables (CMOR Version=3.4; table_date(s):14 December 2018) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description: sea_water_y_velocity

Descriptor: A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3 s-1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_nitrogen_in_sea_water

Descriptor: Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction "mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". "dissolved organic nitrogen" describes a family of chemical species, in an ocean or lake model, which originate directly from plankton (excretion or released on death) or indirectly from soil via the atmosphere (blown by wind) and rivers (washout by rain). "dissolved organic nitrogen" is the term used here for all species belonging to the family that are represented within a given model. The list of individual species that are included in a quantity having a group chemical standard name can vary between models. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: dissipation_of_tke_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-3

Attribute description: turbulent_diffusivity_of_heat_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_phosphate_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux

Descriptor: not filled; unit: W m-2

Attribute description: photosynthetically_available_radiation_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: W m-2

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_phosphorus_in_sea_water

Descriptor: "Mole concentration" means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction "mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". "Organic phosphorus" means phosphorus in carbon compounds. The equivalent term in the NERC P01 Parameter Usage Vocabulary may be found at http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ORGPDSZZ/4/ . [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_semilabile_carbon_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: upward_flux_of_mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_labile_carbon_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-2 s-1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

Descriptor: Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen".The phrase "expressed_as" is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A. Organic detritus are particles of debris from decaying plants and animals.; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: soil_porosity

Descriptor: The soil porosity is the proportion of its total volume not occupied by soil solids. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_ammonium_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_nitrogen_in_sea_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_absorbed_phosphorus_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: Zooplankton_Carbon_zooC_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol-C/m**3

Attribute description: x_wind-at10m

Descriptor: "x" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, when this is not true longitude, positive with increasing x. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: x_velocity_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: maximum_bottom_stress

Descriptor: not filled; unit: Pa

Attribute description: depth_averaged_y_velocity_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: turbulent_kinetic_energy_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-2

Attribute description: depth_averaged_x_velocity_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m s-1

Attribute description: fraction_of_Rubisco_Rub_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: 1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_phosphorus_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: pPads_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: 1

Attribute description: dissolved_reduced_substances_upward_flux_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3/s

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_labile_carbon_in_soil

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: soil_temperature-atSurface

Descriptor: Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate]; unit: degC

Attribute description: sea_water_temperature

Descriptor: Sea water temperature is the in situ temperature of the sea water. To specify the depth at which the temperature applies use a vertical coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable. There are standard names for sea_surface_temperature, sea_surface_skin_temperature, sea_surface_subskin_temperature and sea_surface_foundation_temperature which can be used to describe data located at the specified surfaces. For observed data, depending on the period during which the observation was made, the measured in situ temperature was recorded against standard "scales". These historical scales include the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1948 (IPTS-48; 1948-1967), the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 (IPTS-68, Barber, 1969; 1968-1989) and the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90, Saunders 1990; 1990 onwards). Conversion of data between these scales follows t68 = t48 - (4.4 x 10e-6) * t48(100 - t - 48); t90 = 0.99976 * t68. Observations made prior to 1948 (IPTS-48) have not been documented and therefore a conversion cannot be certain. Differences between t90 and t68 can be up to 0.01 at temperatures of 40 C and above; differences of 0.002-0.007 occur across the standard range of ocean temperatures (-10 - 30 C). The International Equation of State of Seawater 1980 (EOS-80, UNESCO, 1981) and the Practical Salinity Scale (PSS-78) were both based on IPTS-68, while the Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater 2010 (TEOS-10) is based on ITS-90. References: Barber, 1969, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/5/2/001; UNESCO, 1981; Saunders, 1990, WOCE Newsletter, 10, September 1990. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_phosphorus_in_sea_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: result_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: upward_flux_of_mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_expressed_as_phosphorus_at_soil_surface

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-2 s-1

Attribute description: mole_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: mmol m-3

Attribute description: turbulent_diffusivity_of_momentum_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: m2 s-1

Attribute description: buoyancy_frequency_squared_in_water

Descriptor: not filled; unit: s-2

Attribute description: y_wind-at10m

Descriptor: "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, when this is not true latitude, positive with increasing y. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate]; unit: m s-1

File identifier: wdc-climate.de:5274940 XML

Metadata language: eng; USA

Hierarchy level: collection

Hierarchy level name: MOSSCO_sim1961-2012

Date stamp: 2024-01-31T11:58:21

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115-2:2009

Point of contact

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Dr. Carsten Lemmen
www.hereon.de

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