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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Particle tracking model output simulating floating marine litter in the Bay of Bengal, 2018 to 2019</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASee9b441a-b04d-4013-92fe-56f5eab85b2f</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">These data are particle positions and dates/times which are output from an 
OceanParcels particle tracking model simulating likely pathways of floating 
marine macro-litter in the Bay of Bengal between 1st June 208 &#x2013; 30th 
September 2019, saved as NetCDF files. The model incorporated advection due to 
ocean, wind, and Stokes drift velocities, horizontal diffusion, and particle 
beaching behaviours. Two different hydrodynamic data sets were used to force 
the particles&#x2019; trajectories: a high-resolution ocean velocity hindcast (ROMS &#x2013; 
Regional Oceanic Modelling System) and a lower-resolution dataset which 
included data assimilation (CMEMS - Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring 
Service). Sensitivity tests were run to determine whether hourly or daily 
forcing resulted in significantly different particle end locations and 
validation simulations were run to compare with undrogued drifter tracks for 
the same period and region. All model output is stored in NetCDF files. This 
is data to accompany a manuscript submitted to Ocean Science entitled 
&#x2018;Monsoonal influence on floating marine litter pathways in the Bay of Bengal&#x2019; 
(Preprint: `EGUsphere - Monsoonal influence on floating marine litter 
pathways in the Bay of Bengal`_). These experiments aimed to determine 
source-to-sink connectivity between countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal.


.. _`egusphere - monsoonal influence on floating marine litter pathways in the bay of bengal`:
 https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-3096/</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20241002 20240925</dc:date>
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