Dataset: Deep convection simulation using MITgcm

All experiments were performed using the MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm) [Marshall et al., 1997a, b]. The model was configured to allow non-hydrostatic dynamics to explicitly resolve deep convection, and the set-up was modified from Jones and Marshall [1993]. The model domain was a box with periodic boundary conditions in the x and y directions of 32 x 32 km with a horizontal resolution of 250 m. The box had a uniform depth of 2 km with 41 z-levels with increasing thickness from 10 m at surface to 100 m near the bottom. The linear equation of state was used throughout this study. 16 sensitivity experiments were designed to explore the behavior of oxygen uptake during the deep convection events under different cooling conditions. Two validation runs were also applied by forcing the model using observational data from Argo (http://www.argo.net/). Detailed information about all simulations can be found in Sun et al [2017]. In this data set, horizontally averaged profiles and vertical transport of dissolved oxygen and temperature from all experiments are included. A few transect of dissolved oxygen and temperature are also included to demonstrate the evolution of the convection event. 
 
 References: 

Jones, H., and J. Marshall (1993), Convection with rotation in a neutral ocean: A study of open-ocean deep convection, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23(6), 1009–1039.

Marshall, J., C. Hill, L. Perelman, and A. Adcroft (1997a), Hydrostatic, quasi-hydrostatic, and non-hydrostatic ocean modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 102(C3), 5733–5752.

Marshall, J., A. Adcroft, C. Hill, L. Perelman, and C. Heisey (1997b), A finite-volume, incompressible navier stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 102(C3), 5753–5766.

Sun, D., T. Ito and B. Annalisa, Oxygen flux and vertical transport during deep convection events, submitted to Global Biogeochemical Cycles.