Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR
Sea surface range Doppler velocities from nearly 1200 Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquisitions between 2007 and 2011, covering the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Skagerrak Sea, have been examined. After systematic corrections, the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:16771 2023-05-15T17:46:59+02:00 Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR Hansen, M. W. Johannessen, J. A. Dagestad, K. F. Collard, Fabrice Chapron, Bertrand 2011-12 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/14216.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007375 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/ eng eng Amer Geophysical Union https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/14216.pdf doi:10.1029/2011JC007375 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/ 2011 by the American Geophysical Union. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans (0148-0227) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2011-12 , Vol. 116 , N. C12008 , P. 13 p. text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2011 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007375 2021-09-23T20:20:11Z Sea surface range Doppler velocities from nearly 1200 Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquisitions between 2007 and 2011, covering the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Skagerrak Sea, have been examined. After systematic corrections, the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea, via the two branches of the Norwegian Atlantic Current, is investigated. Distinct expressions of the eastern branch, the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current, are revealed with a speed of 20-40 cm/s and a clear manifestation of topographic steering along the 500 m isobath. The western branch, the Norwegian Atlantic Front Current, is also depicted but with lower surface velocities. Moreover, parts of the Norwegian Coastal Current are also detected with time-averaged speed reaching up to 40 cm/s. At a spatial resolution of 10 km, the root mean square errors of these velocities are estimated to be less than 5 cm/s. The range Doppler velocity retrievals are assessed and compared to other direct and indirect estimates of the upper ocean current, including surface Lagrangian drifters, moored recording current meter measurements, and surface geostrophic current inverted from several mean dynamic topography fields. The results are promising and demonstrate that the synthetic aperture radar based range Doppler velocity retrieval method is applicable to monitoring the temporal and spatial variations of ocean surface circulation, provided the imaging geometry is favorable. Article in Journal/Newspaper Norwegian Sea Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Asar ENVELOPE(134.033,134.033,68.667,68.667) Norwegian Sea Journal of Geophysical Research 116 C12 |
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Sea surface range Doppler velocities from nearly 1200 Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquisitions between 2007 and 2011, covering the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Skagerrak Sea, have been examined. After systematic corrections, the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea, via the two branches of the Norwegian Atlantic Current, is investigated. Distinct expressions of the eastern branch, the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current, are revealed with a speed of 20-40 cm/s and a clear manifestation of topographic steering along the 500 m isobath. The western branch, the Norwegian Atlantic Front Current, is also depicted but with lower surface velocities. Moreover, parts of the Norwegian Coastal Current are also detected with time-averaged speed reaching up to 40 cm/s. At a spatial resolution of 10 km, the root mean square errors of these velocities are estimated to be less than 5 cm/s. The range Doppler velocity retrievals are assessed and compared to other direct and indirect estimates of the upper ocean current, including surface Lagrangian drifters, moored recording current meter measurements, and surface geostrophic current inverted from several mean dynamic topography fields. The results are promising and demonstrate that the synthetic aperture radar based range Doppler velocity retrieval method is applicable to monitoring the temporal and spatial variations of ocean surface circulation, provided the imaging geometry is favorable. |
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Hansen, M. W. Johannessen, J. A. Dagestad, K. F. Collard, Fabrice Chapron, Bertrand Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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Hansen, M. W. Johannessen, J. A. Dagestad, K. F. Collard, Fabrice Chapron, Bertrand |
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Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR |
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monitoring the surface inflow of atlantic water to the norwegian sea using envisat asar |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/14216.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007375 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/ |
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Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans (0148-0227) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2011-12 , Vol. 116 , N. C12008 , P. 13 p. |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/14216.pdf doi:10.1029/2011JC007375 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00056/16771/ |
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