An assessment of upper ocean salinity content from the Ocean Reanalyses Inter-comparison Project (ORA-IP)

• Published in: Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Shi, L., Alves, O., Wedd, R., Balmaseda, M. A., Chang, Y., Chepurin, G., Ferry, N., Fujii, Y., Gaillard, Fabienne, Good, S. A., Guinehut, S., Haines, K., Hernandez, F., Lee, T., Palmer, M., Peterson, K. A., Masuda, S., Storto, A., Toyoda, T., Valdivieso, M., Vernieres, G., Wang, Xuan, Yin, Y.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Pacific; Ora; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04201922; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2868-7

Many institutions worldwide have developed ocean reanalyses systems (ORAs) utilizing a variety of ocean models and assimilation techniques. However, the quality of salinity reanalyses arising from the various ORAs has not yet been comprehensively assessed. In this study, we assess the upper ocean sa...