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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-205
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-205
31 May 2023
 | 31 May 2023
Status: this preprint is currently under review for the journal ESSD.

A high-resolution synthesis dataset for multistressor analyses along the U.S. West Coast

Esther G. Kennedy, Meghan Zulian, Sara L. Hamilton, Tessa M. Hill, Manuel Delgado, Carina R. Fish, Brian Gaylord, Kristy J. Kroeker, Hannah M. Palmer, Aurora M. Ricart, Eric Sanford, Ana K. Spalding, Melissa Ward, Guadalupe Carrasco, Meredith Elliott, Genece V. Grisby, Evan Harris, Jaime Jahncke, Catherine N. Rocheleau, Sebastian Westerink, and Maddie I. Wilmot

Abstract. The global trends of ocean warming, deoxygenation, and acidification are not easily extrapolated to coastal environments. Local factors, including intricate hydrodynamics, high primary productivity, freshwater inputs, and pollution, can exacerbate or attenuate global trends and produce complex mosaics of physiologically stressful conditions for organisms. In the California Current System (CCS), oceanographic monitoring programs document some of this complexity; however, data fragmentation and limited data availability constrain our understanding of when and where stressful coastal conditions manifest. Here, we undertake a large data synthesis to compile, format, and quality-control publicly available oceanographic data to create an accessible database for coastal CCS climate risk mapping, available at the National Centers for Environmental Information (Accession 0277984) under the DOI 10.25921/2vve-fh39 (Kennedy et al., 2023). With this synthesis, we combine publicly available observations and data contributed by the author team from synoptic oceanographic cruises, autonomous sensors, and shore samples with relevance to coastal ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) risk. This large-scale compilation includes 13.7 million observations from 67 sources. Here, we discuss the quality and composition of the synthesized dataset, the spatial and temporal distribution of available data, and examples of potential analyses. This dataset will provide a valuable tool for assessing regional and local climate risk, evaluating the efficacy and completeness of CCS monitoring efforts, and investigating spatiotemporal scales of coastal oceanographic variability.

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Status: final response (author comments only)

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2023-205', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jul 2023
    • CC1: 'Reply on RC1', Esther Kennedy, 13 Jul 2023
      • RC2: 'Reply on CC1', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jul 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Esther Kennedy, 08 Sep 2023
  • RC3: 'Comment on essd-2023-205', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC3', Esther Kennedy, 08 Sep 2023
  • RC4: 'Comment on essd-2023-205', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Jul 2023
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC4', Esther Kennedy, 08 Sep 2023

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Data sets

Multistressor Observations of Coastal Hypoxia and Acidification (MOCHA) Synthesis (NCEI Accession 0277984) Esther G. Kennedy, Meghan Zulian, Sara L. Hamilton, Tessa M. Hill, Manuel Delgado, Carina R. Fish, Brian Gaylord, Kristy J. Kroeker, Hannah M. Palmer, Aurora M. Ricart, Eric Sanford, Ana K. Spalding, Melissa Ward, Guadalupe Carrasco, Meredith Elliott, Genece V. Grisby, Evan Harris, Jaime Jahncke, Catherine N. Rocheleau, Sebastian Westerink, and Maddie I. Wilmot https://doi.org/10.25921/2vve-fh39

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Short summary
We present an new synthesis of oceanographic observations along the U.S. West Coast that has been optimized for multi-parameter investigations of coastal warming, deoxygenation, and acidification risk. This synthesis includes both previously published and new observations, all of which have been consistently formatted and quality controlled to facilitate high-resolution investigations of climate risks and consequences across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.