Skip to main content

Technical Documentation, State of the Ecosystem Report

56 Advection

Description: The advection data is an integrated mass transport through transects along the shelf break

Found in: State of the Ecosystem - Indicator Catalog (2026+), State of the Ecosystem - Mid-Atlantic (2026), State of the Ecosystem - New England (2026)

Indicator category: Extensive analysis, not yet published; Database pull with analysis

Contributor(s): Zhitao Yu and Laurel Smith

Data steward: Zhitao Yu

Point of contact: Zhitao Yu

Public availability statement: Source data are publicly available.

56.1 Methods

56.1.1 Data sources

U.S. Navy analysis/reanalysis and operational data from https://www.hycom.org/dataserver/gofs-3pt1/reanalysis and https://www.hycom.org/dataserver/gofs-3pt1/analysis

56.1.2 Data analysis

The water velocity data was averaged by month and the velocity normal to the transect was calculated integrated through the water column by three depth ranges: top 15m, 15-40m and 40m to the sea floor.

56.1.3 Data processing

Water velocity data by 3-hour increments was downloaded from the hycom server.

catalog link https://noaa-edab.github.io/catalog/advection.html