An oceanic mesoscale Direct Numerical Simulation from an idealized Southern Ocean Model

The dataset contains the results of both basic simulation and tracer tests. The horizontal resolution of the basic simulation (in the directory ./2km) is 2km, offering the three-day averaged variables for one model year after reaching the quasi-statistical steady state and the daily instantaneous field for two model months.

The basic variables include potential temperature, three-dimensional velocity, and sea surface height anomaly. The horizontal resolution of the tracer tests (in directory ./tracer) is 8km, which includes the results of four passive tracers stirred in a quasi-statistical steady-state flow for four model years. We also provide model configuration files and pick-up files.