Dataset: Phytoplankton biomass, chlorophyll, nutrients, and physical fields from MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm) output (PhytoPlankSizeFcn project)

MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm) output.

This model and output were utilized in the following publications:

Dutkiewicz, S., A.E. Hickman, and O. Jahn, 2018.  Modelling ocean colour derived Chlorophyll-a. Biogeoscience, 15, 613-630, doi:10.5194/bg-15-613-2018.

Dutkiewicz, S., et al. "Capturing optically important constituents and properties in a marine biogeochemical and ecosystem model." (2015). doi:10.5194/bg-12-4447-2015

Model Access:
The MITgcm is available at http://mitgcm.org.  The version used for Dutkiewicz et al. 2015 can be downloaded as the .tar file  MITgcm_monod_size_radtrans9.tar (1.4 GB). 

Newer model code developed as part of this project is in testing phase, and is available at: git://gud.mit.edu/gud1

The investigators' older ecosystem/biogeochemical modules together with example setups ("verification") are available at: http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm_contrib/darwin2/

Output files (netcdf):

Results from simulation "run_size163_9spec_radtrans_newwab" files made with Diags_monod_radtrans9/fields.m Matlab m-file available for download here: fields.m

Nutrients             dutkiewiczetal2015_nutrients.zip            (62 MB)
Physics               dutkiewiczetal2015_physics.zip              (87 MB)
Phytoplankton   dutkiewiczetal2015_phytoplankton.zip  (297 MB)

Please contact developers for updates (jahn@mit.edu; stephd@mit.edu) before using.