Identification

Title

Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model Output

Alternative title(s)

d287001

Abstract

This archive has three distinct Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) outputs. The output grids are for isopycnal layers, at one-twelfth degree spatial and three-day temporal resolution. Water temperature, salinity, and velocity components are the primary output variables. The model domain is the Atlantic Ocean from 65-70N to 28S latitude and in two cases includes the Mediterranean Sea. The three cases are briefly outlined below and differ primarily in the atmospheric forcing that is used. * MICOM.ICOADS * International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) mean wind forcing * Domain: 28S to 65N, 98W to 17E * 16 isopycnal layers * Six years of data * MICOM.ECMWF * ECMWF mean wind forcing * Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the Mediterranean Sea * 20 isopycnal layers * Three years of data * MICOM.DAILY * ECMWF 6-hourly forcing (wind, surface radiation, air temperature and humidity) * Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the Mediterranean Sea * 20 isopycnal layers * 1979-1986 Details about the model forcing, mixing parameterization, bottom topography, computational requirements, and browse graphics are available at the MICOM website [http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu]

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d287001/

protocol: https

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d287001/dataaccess/

protocol: https

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-30

Keyword set

keyword value

MICOM > Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model

MODELS > MODELS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-02-27

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1979

End position

1986

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2000-05-05

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://gdex.ucar.edu

name: NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

description: The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

function: download

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-01-12T17:39:50Z

Metadata language