Curt D. Storlazzi
Maarten van Ormondt
Yi-Leng Chen
Edwin P.L. Elias
2016
Physics-based numerical circulation model outputs of ocean surface circulation during the 2010-2013 summer coral-spawning seasons in Maui Nui, Hawaii, USA
netCDF files
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7NK3C59
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NK3C59
http://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324
Ocean surface current results from a physics-based, 3-dimensional coupled ocean-atmosphere numerical model were generated to understand coral larval dispersal patterns in Maui Nui, Hawaii, USA. The model was used to simulate coral larval dispersal patterns from a number of existing State-managed reefs and large tracks of reefs with high coral coverage that might be good candidates for marine-protected areas (MPAs) during 8 spawning events during 2010-2013. The goal of this effort is to provide geophysical data to help provide guidance to sustain coral health in Maui Nui, Hawaii, USA. Each model output run is available as a netCDF file with self-contained attribute information. Each file name is appended with the model-simulation date in YYYYMMDD format; the file name denotes the beginning of simulation portion of the model run, with the model starting and spinning up over two days before the model-simulation date in the file name.
These model data show not only the relatively short timescales of dispersal between the adjacent high islands in Maui Nui, but also the interconnected nature of the islands that has been identified in genetic studies. These simulations make it possible to investigate not only the general surface dispersal patterns from individual coral reefs in the Maui Nui complex of Hawaii, USA, but also how anomalous conditions during individual spawning events can result in large deviations from those general patterns. These data also help identify those reefs that are dominated by self-seeding and those where little self-seeding occurs to determine their relative susceptibility to stressors and potential roadblocks to recovery. These results provide some of the fundamental, sound scientific information that is generally lacking but needed to help guide the design of mutually supporting MPAs to protect and preserve coral reefs.
20100725
20130821
calendar dates of model simulations
None
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:57db0908e4b090824ffc3324
USGS Thesaurus
ocean circulation
ocean currents
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
ocean
atmosphere
currents
ocean current observations
physical oceanography
numerical modeling
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
ocean currents
ocean general circulation models (OGCM)/regional ocean models
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U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC
ocean surface
PCMSC
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Maui
Lanai
Molokai
Kahoolawe
Hawaii
United States of America
None
USA
Maui Nui
none
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Curt D. Storlazzi
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Research Oceanographer
Mailing and Physical Address
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060-5792
USA
831-460-7521
831-427-4748
cstorlazzi@usgs.gov
Curt D. Storlazzi
Maarten van Ormondt
Yi-Leng Chen
Edwin P.L. Elias
2016
Modeling fine-scale coral larval dispersal and interisland connectivity to help design mutually-supporting coral reef Marine Protected Areas: Insights from Maui Nui, Hawaii
manuscript
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2017.00381
San Francisco, California
Frontiers in Marine Science
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00381
No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.
Data fall within expected ranges.
Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF)
2016
Advanced Research Weather (ARW) model ver. 3.5
Boulder, CO
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
http://www.wrf-model.org/
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
WRF-ARW
ARW model was used as the basis for wind model forecasts using NCEP-GFS data as input
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
2016
Global Forecast System (GFS)
Silver Spring, MD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/global-forcast-system-gfs
Downloadable digital dataset
20140505
download date
NCEP-GFS
data from NCEP-GFS was used as input for WRF-ARW
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)
2016
WAVEWATCH III Model, ver. 3.14
Silver Spring, MD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/wavewatch/
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
WWIII
data from WWIII global wave model was used as input for wave forcing, which in turn, was used to drive the SWAN model
Delft University of Technology
2016
Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) model, ver. 4072ABCDE
Delft, Netherlands
Delft University of Technology
http://www.swan.tudelft.nl/
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
SWAN
wave forcing determined from WWIII was used to drive the SWAN model portion of this modeling effort
Deltares
2016
Delft3D-Flow, ver. 5.01.00.2163
Delft, Netherlands
Deltares
http://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft3d/delft3d-flow
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
Delft3D-Flow
the Delft3D-Flow module (of the Delft3D Model) was used to simulate water motion in this modeling effort
Deltares
2016
Delft3D-Wave, ver. 3.05.02.????
Delft, Netherlands
Deltares
http://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft3d/delft3d-wave
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
Delft3D-Wave
the Delft3D-Wave module (of the Delft3D Model) was used to simulate waves in this modeling effort
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center
2016
U.S. Coastal Relief Model
Silver Spring, MD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/crm.html
Downloadable digital data
20140505
download date
bathy
3 arc-s bathymetry data were used as input for this modeling effort
HYCOM consortium, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), Florida State University
2016
HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)
Tallahassee, FL
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), Florida State University
http://hycom.org/
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
HYCOM
horizontal current velocities, water temperature, and salinity data from HYCOM were used in this modeling effort
Oregon State University
2016
TOPEX/Poseidon Global Inverse Solution (TPXO)
Corvallis, OR
Oregon State University
http://volkov.oce.orst.edu/tides/global.html
Downloadable digital model
20140505
download date
TPXO
tidal data from TPXO were used in this modeling effort
The Weather Research and Forecast’s Advanced Research Weather (WRF-ARW) model was used as the basis for wind model forecasts using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System (NCEP-GFS) data with a 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree grid dynamically downscaled to 2 km. Wave forcing for the circulation model was obtained from NOAA’s WAVEWATCH-III global wave model, which was used, in turn, to drive a Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) model. A Delft3D coupled 3-dimensional, wave-current numerical circulation model for the Maui Nui complex of Hawaii was constructed to examine the effects of winds, waves, tides, and regional currents on circulation in and amongst the islands of Maui Nui. Delft3D-Flow module of the Delft3D model forms the core of the model system to simulate water motion. Two Delft3D models were constructed: (1) the coarser Regional Hawaii Model, and (2) the finer-scale Maui Nui Model, which was nested within the larger Regional Hawaii Model. Results presented here are from the finer-scale Maui Nui model. The bathymetry data for these models were obtained from NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center’s U.S. Coastal Relief Model 3 arc-s bathymetric dataset. Both of these models consist of the Delft3D-flow and Delft3D-wave modules. The Regional Hawaii Model is a 3-dimensional, rectangular gridded model with 5-km grid resolution. In order to include large-scale oceanic circulation effects, this model was forced using the 3-dimensional global (1/12 degree resolution) HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model’s (HYCOM) horizontal current velocities, water temperature, and salinity outputs. Tidal information at the boundaries of the coarser Delft3D model was provided by the Oregon State University TOPEX/Poseidon global inverse solution (TPXO). The Maui Nui Model has a 3-dimensional, curvilinear domain with a grid cell resolution of 1 km. The water level, temperature, salinity, and horizontal current velocity boundary conditions necessary to accurately force the Maui Nui Model were supplied by the Regional Hawaii Model using the Delft3D dynamically-downscaling nesting procedure. On the free surface, wind was implemented as a shear stress based on the WRF-ARW wind model data.
20160801
Each Delft3D model output run was imported to Matlab and then exported as a netCDF file with self-contained attribute information. Each file name is appended with the model-simulation date in YYYYMMDD format; the file name denotes the beginning of simulation portion of the model run, with the model starting and spinning up over two days before the model-simulation date in the file name.
20160801
Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.
20201019
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
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netCDF files are self-contained and attribute information may be found in the header of the file itself. The attributes are as follows:
time: time in seconds since 2000-1-1T00:00:00Z with a fill value of -999 (type double)
x: x-coordinate (UTM zone 4N) in meters with a fill value of -999 (type double)
y: y-coordinate (UTM zone 4N) in meters with a fill value of -999 (type double)
u: surface current (0-2 meters depth) in the x (eastward) direction in meters/second with a fill value of -999 (type double)
v: surface current (0-2 meters depth) in y (northward) direction in meters/second with a fill value of -999 (type double)
crs: WGS 84 / UTM zone 4N EPSG:32604
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Downloadable ocean-circulation model results in netCDF format
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Zip file contains all eight Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results in netCDF format (surfvel.mauinui.20100725.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20100824.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20110714.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20110813.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20120801.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20130703.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20130722.nc, surfvel.mauinui.20130821.nc)
zip archive
247.5
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NK3C59
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for July 25, 2010 in netCDF format
56.52
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20100725.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for August 24, 2010 in netCDF format
70.5
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20100824.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for August 13, 2011 in netCDF format
84.49
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20110813.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for July 14, 2011 in netCDF format
84.49
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20110714.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for August 1, 2012 in netCDF format
56.52
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20120801.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for July 3, 2013 in netCDF format
42.54
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20130703.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for July 22, 2013 in netCDF format
42.54
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20130722.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
netCDF
Matlab 2012a
Maui Nui ocean-circulation model results for August 21, 2013 in netCDF format
42.54
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57db0908e4b090824ffc3324?name=surfvel.mauinui.20130821.nc
Data may be accessed and downloaded via the Internet
None
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20201019
Curt D. Storlazzi
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Research Oceanographer
mailing and physical address
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
USA
831-460-7521
831-427-4748
cstorlazzi@usgs.gov
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