Model output for "Dynamically downscaled seasonal ocean forecasts for North American East Coast ecosystems"

This dataset contains post-processed model output needed to reproduce the analysis in Ross et al. 2024, "Dynamically downscaled seasonal ocean forecasts for North American East Coast ecosystems", submitted to Ocean Science. The following files are included:

• 20200901.analysis.mean_zos.nc: Mean SSH climatology used in figure of SSH from forecasts initialized 2020-09-01. 
• 20200901.analysis.so_points.nc: Salinity from nudged analysis simulation. 
• 20200901.analysis.thetao_points.nc: Potential temperature from nudged analysis simulation. 
• 20200901.analysis.tos_anom.nc: SST anomalies from nudged analysis simulation. 
• 20200901.ensmean.so_points.nc: Ensemble mean salinity from forecasts initialized 2020-09-01. 
• 20200901.ensmean.thetao_points.nc: Ensemble mean potential temperature from forecasts initialized 2020-09-01. 
• 20200901.ensmean.tos_anom.nc: Ensemble mean SST anomaly from forecasts initialized 2020-09-01. 
• 20200901.ensmean.zos.nc: Ensemble mean sea surface height from forecasts initialized 2020-09-01. 
• allforecasts_region_mean.nc: All downscaled forecasts as region means. 
• allforecasts_region_mean_60m.nc: All downscaled forecasts, as region means, excluding depths shallower than 60 m. 
• analysis.sos_anom.nc: Monthly mean surface salinity anomalies from the nudged analysis simulation. 
• nwa12.init_06.sos_anom.nc: Ensemble mean surface salinity anomaly from all downscaled forecasts initialized in June. 
• nwa12_geos_speed.nc: Geostrophic velocity from downscaled forecasts initialized in September. 
• ocean_static.nc: Information about the model grid, including lat/lon coordinates.
• spear.init_06.sos_anom.nc: Ensemble mean surface salinity anomaly from all SPEAR forecasts initialized in June. 
• spear_geos_speed.nc: Geostrophic velocity from SPEAR forecasts initialized in September. 
• spear_region_mean.nc: All SPEAR forecasts as region means. 
• spear_region_mean_60m.nc: All SPEAR forecasts, as region means, excluding depths shallower than 60 m.