Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) Climate Projections

Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) Climate Projections This dataset consists of three simulations from the Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) which is a configuration of the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) V3.6. The historical simulation is an estimate of the 1986-2005 mean climate. The future simulations project the 2046-2065 mean climate for representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 (moderate mitigation scenario) and 8.5 (no mitigation scenario). Each simulation is forced by a climatology of atmospheric forcing fields calculated over these 20 year periods and the winds are augmented with high frequency variability, which introduces a small amount of interannual variability. Model outputs are averaged over 3 successive years of simulation (the last 3, following an equilibration period); standard deviation among the 3 years is available upon request. For each simulation, the dataset includes the air-sea carbon dioxide flux, monthly 3D fields for potential temperature, salinity, potential density, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, oxygen, pH, total chlorophyll, aragonite saturation state, total primary production, and monthly maximum and minimum values for oxygen, pH, and potential temperature. The data includes 50 vertical levels at a 1/36 degree spatial resolution and a mask is provided that indicates regions where these data should be used cautiously or not at all. For a more detailed description please refer to Holdsworth et al. 2021. For inquiries about this dataset, if Amber M. Holdsworth is unavailable, please contact James R. Christian (Principal Investigator) at: Email: james.christian@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Phone: 1 (250) 686-6081 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 Sidney, BC V8L 4B2 Canada 2023-07-11 Fisheries and Oceans Canada amber.holdsworth@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyClimateModelling Data DictionaryHTML https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/NEP36-CanOE/SupportingDocuments/Data_dictionary_EN_FR_NEP36-CanOE_Climate_Projections.htm ReferencesHTML https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/NEP36-CanOE/SupportingDocuments/References_EN_FR_NEP36-CanOE_Climate_Projections.htm Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) Climate Projections_Historical (1986-2005)HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/5551969d-f94c-406b-b849-50b49d32290f Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) Climate Projections_RCP 4.5 (2046-2065)HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/33974622-3acf-4f22-86c1-09b92fa91b2d Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) Climate Projections_RCP 8.5 (2046-2065)HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d35d85c1-ae76-4f83-96f4-1b6d1c7dee60

This dataset consists of three simulations from the Northeastern Pacific Canadian Ocean Ecosystem Model (NEP36-CanOE) which is a configuration of the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) V3.6. The historical simulation is an estimate of the 1986-2005 mean climate. The future simulations project the 2046-2065 mean climate for representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 (moderate mitigation scenario) and 8.5 (no mitigation scenario). Each simulation is forced by a climatology of atmospheric forcing fields calculated over these 20 year periods and the winds are augmented with high frequency variability, which introduces a small amount of interannual variability. Model outputs are averaged over 3 successive years of simulation (the last 3, following an equilibration period); standard deviation among the 3 years is available upon request. For each simulation, the dataset includes the air-sea carbon dioxide flux, monthly 3D fields for potential temperature, salinity, potential density, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, oxygen, pH, total chlorophyll, aragonite saturation state, total primary production, and monthly maximum and minimum values for oxygen, pH, and potential temperature. The data includes 50 vertical levels at a 1/36 degree spatial resolution and a mask is provided that indicates regions where these data should be used cautiously or not at all. For a more detailed description please refer to Holdsworth et al. 2021.

For inquiries about this dataset, if Amber M. Holdsworth is unavailable, please contact James R. Christian (Principal Investigator) at:

Email: james.christian@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Phone: 1 (250) 686-6081

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000

Sidney, BC V8L 4B2

Canada

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Delivery Point: Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000

City: Sidney

Administrative Area: British Columbia

Postal Code: V8L 4B2

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: amber.holdsworth@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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