Associated dataset: Relative impacts of global changes and regional watershed changes on the inorganic carbon balance of the Chesapeake Bay

Authors

Pierre St-Laurent, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow

Document Type

Data

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

6-26-2020

Abstract

The dataset is a permanent archive of the results presented in the associated publication (St-Laurent et al. 2020, Biogeosciences).

This study used a biogeochemical module embedded in the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) to examine the relative impacts of global changes and regional watershed changes on the inorganic carbon balance of the Chesapeake Bay over the past century. The numerical experiments contrast the periods 1900-1914 and 2000-2014 and the results are fully described in the associated publication.

Description

This dataset features the results from the numerical simulations described in the associated publication (St-Laurent et al. 2020, Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3779-2020).

The dataset is in the standard, self-documented NetCDF format (extension .nc); see https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ for more information. Files in this format can be manipulated and displayed by a wide range of freely available software. The dataset includes a total of six (6) files that correspond to the six numerical experiments described in the Section "Methods" of the associated publication (St-Laurent et al.). Detailed information about the open source numerical model used in the study (Regional Ocean Modeling System, ROMS) is available at www.myroms.org. Additional information about the biogeochemical module is available in the "Supplementary" document of the associated publication (St-Laurent et al.).

File Name | Description

• experiment_2000_2014_control.nc : Individual terms of the carbon budget for the Control experiment described in the associated publication (St-Laurent et al.)
• experiment_1900_1914_atmos_co2.nc : Same as above, but for the sensitivity experiment on atmospheric CO2 concentrations
• experiment_1900_1914_temperature.nc : Same as above, but for the sensitivity experiment on temperatures
• experiment_1900_1914_n_loadings.nc : Same as above, but for the sensitivity experiment on riverine nitrogen loadings
• experiment_1900_1914_c_ta_loadings.nc : Same as above, but for the sensitivity experiment on riverine carbon and alkalinity loadings
• experiment_1900_1914_all.nc : Same as above, but for the sensitivity experiment combining all the historical changes at once

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25773/a36n-2e90

Keywords

Chesapeake Bay, estuaries, rivers, carbon cycling, modeling

Associated Publications

St-Laurent, P., M.A.M. Friedrichs, R.G. Najjar, E.H. Shadwick, H. Tian, Y. Yao, E.G. Stets, 2020, Relative impacts of global changes and regional watershed changes on the inorganic carbon balance of the Chesapeake Bay, Biogeosciences, v.17 : 3779-3796. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3779-2020

Publication Statement

Pierre St-Laurent ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1700-9509

Funding

This study is the result of research funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Acidification Program under award NA18OAR0170430 to the Virginia Institude of Marine Science. This research was also supported by the National Science Foundation (collaborative grants OCE-1537013, 1536996), NASA IDS (NNX14AF93G) and NASA Carbon Cycle Science to WETCARB (NNX14AM37G). This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) supercomputer Comet at SDSC through allocation OCE-160013, which is supported by the National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562. The authors also acknowledge William & Mary Research Computing (https://www.wm.edu/it/rc) for providing computational resources and/or technical support that have contributed to the results reported within this manuscript.

Recommended Citation

St-Laurent, Pierre and Friedrichs, Marjorie A.M., "Associated dataset: Relative impacts of global changes and regional watershed changes on the inorganic carbon balance of the Chesapeake Bay" (2020). Data. William & Mary.

https://doi.org/10.25773/a36n-2e90