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Title: CIAM Climatological Isolation and Attraction Model–Climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.18141/1558781· OSTI ID:1558781

Matlab code to compute climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures. Climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures have been shown to be effective in identifying regions that persistently attract or isolate trajectories at the sea surface, while also identifying recurrent transport patterns and transport barriers. It is therefore known as the Climatological Isolation and Attraction Model within NETL DoE. This repository also includes the information necessary to replicate the cCLS published in the paper which is freely available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23121-y The method is developed in: Duran, R., F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga (2018). Extracting quasi-steady Lagrangian transport patterns from the ocean circulation: An application to the Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 5218. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23121-y The method is successfully evaluated with a large dataset of satellite-tracked drifters, and with a different ocean model in: Gough M.K., F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, J. Sheinbaum, J. Jouenno, R. Duran (2019). Persistent Lagrangian transport patterns in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49, 353–367, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0207.1 and with floats and yet a different model in: Maslo, A., Azevedo Correia de Souza, J. M., Andrade-Canto, F., & Rodríguez Outerelo, J. (2020). Connectivity of deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Marine Systems, 203, 103267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103267

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States). Energy Data eXchange; National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
DOE Contract Number:
DEFE1022409
OSTI ID:
1558781
Report Number(s):
0ac5883e-237e-480f-b85f-b5bf946e2d09
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English