Particle trajectories in the Weddell and Bellingshausen seas
This dataset includes the results of Lagrangian particle tracking experiments with Parsels model in the Weddell Sea. Virtual particles were released every 8 hours during a year at 10 m below the surface with the spatial step of 1° of the longitude-latitude grid on the Weddell Sea shelf, where the ocean is shallower than 1500 m. 3D hydrodynamic fields for the model forcing were taken from the WAOM model simulation results (u,v,w,T,S).
The following information for each particle is stored once every 5 days: longitude (lon in files), latitude (lat), time (time), depth (z), temperature (temp), salinity (sal), ice draft (ice), travelled distance (distance), ocean depth (dep).
All particles’ trajectories are divided by release time between six *.zip archives. Each *.zip archive contains results in NetCDF format for 20 years of simulations and can be considered as an independent data set with 1/6 of the total number of released particles.
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-09-23
- Purpose
- To investigate Lagrangian pathways and ocean connectivity between the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas and around the Antarctic Peninsula, using particle trajectories derived from WAOM circulation fields.
- Status
- Completed
Originator
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Extent
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Extent
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Keywords (Theme)
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- OCEAN ICE
- particle trajectories
- Langrangian particle tracking
- WAOM
- ocean connectivity
- Keywords (Place)
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- OCEAN ICE
- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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- Antarctica
- Weddell Sea
- Bellingshausen Sea
- Southern Ocean
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
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- OCEAN CURRENTS
- OCEAN CIRCULATION
- ICE DRAFT
- SALINITY
- WATER TEMPERATURE
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- This dataset was produced in the framework of the OCEAN:ICE project – Ocean-Cryosphere Exchanges in ANtarctica: Impacts on Climate and the Earth System, funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe, Grant Agreement No. 101060452.
Content Information
Property description
- Abstract
- false
Elements
- Definition
- Definition
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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OCEAN ICE Zenodo Community
Landing page and access point for the dataset.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_01.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_02.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_03.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_04.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_05.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
- OnLine resource
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WedShelf_WAOM_06.zip
ZIP archive containing particle trajectory data in NetCDF format.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The dataset was generated through Lagrangian particle tracking experiments using the Parcels model. Virtual particles were released every 8 hours during one year at 10 m below the surface on a 1° longitude-latitude grid over the Weddell Sea continental shelf, restricted to areas where ocean depth is less than 1500 m. Three-dimensional hydrodynamic fields from Whole Antarctica Ocean Model (WAOM) simulations, including horizontal and vertical velocity, temperature and salinity, were used to force the particle tracking model. Particle properties and positions were stored every 5 days over 20-year simulations. The trajectories were subsequently used to investigate ocean connectivity and water-mass pathways between the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas and around the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/6fbde617-6ee1-4234-8b62-f8389911b660
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- anyValidURI
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
- https://catalog.s4oceanice.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6fbde617-6ee1-4234-8b62-f8389911b660
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-08-24T11:04:37
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-08-24T19:13:30
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
Overviews
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