Published September 26, 2026 | Version 2.0
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Data and code for: Disentangling Physical Forcings Influencing Exchange Flow in a Multi-basin Fjord System: Chiloé Inner Sea, Patagonia

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon University of Maine
  • 2. ROR icon Instituto de Fomento Pesquero

Description

This repository contains model configuration files, processed Total Exchange Flow (TEF) time series, forcing data, and analysis scripts supporting Pinilla and Ross (2026), "Disentangling Physical Forcings Influencing Exchange Flow in a Multi-basin Fjord System: Chiloé Inner Sea, Patagonia" (egusphere-2025-4893, under review at Ocean Science, EGU).

The study uses four controlled 3-D MIKE 3 FM simulations of the Chiloé Inner Sea (41-44°S, northern Patagonia, Chile) for 2018, each toggling a different combination of physical forcings (rivers, wind, tides, boundary T-S). TEF metrics (Q_in, deltaS, Q_in*deltaS) are computed hourly at three cross-sections (Reloncaví, Desertores, Corcovado) spanning ~260 km. 

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Additional details

Related works

Is supplement to
Dataset: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-4893 (DOI)

Funding

U.S. National Science Foundation
CAREER: What’s salt got to do with it? Linking the variability of mixing to exchange flows in real estuaries 2045866
Instituto de Fomento Pesquero
Computational resources for this dataset were supported by basal funding from the Government of Chile through the Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism, and the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA). These funds were executed by the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP)

Software

Programming language
MATLAB