Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre
[EN] We study the dependence of salinity on temperature in two by two degrees latitude-longitude boxes, for surface and upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre. The initial data set, from historical databases as well as from recent hydrographic cruises in the region,...
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description | [EN] We study the dependence of salinity on temperature in two by two degrees latitude-longitude boxes, for surface and upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre. The initial data set, from historical databases as well as from recent hydrographic cruises in the region, is carefully scrutinized to reject dubious measurements. We search for polynomial relations of variable degree between salinity and temperature, the optimal fit is selected as the polynomial with the lowest degree that satisfies several statistical criteria. An independent hydrographic cruise is used to confirm that the method performs substantially better than estimates from climatological data, and leads to relatively low deviations in geopotential anomaly and other derived quantities. An error propagation analysis using the Monte Carlo method shows equally good results [ES] En este estudio caracterizamos la dependencia de la salinidad con la temperatura en cajas de dos por dos grados de latitud y longitud para aguas superficiales y de la termoclina superior en el margen oriental del giro subtropical del Atlántico Norte. El conjunto inicial de datos, procedente de bases de datos históricos, así como los procedentes de recientes campañas hidrográficas en la región, son cuidadosamente analizados para eliminar las medidas de calidad dudosa. Se analizan varias relaciones polinómicas de grado variable para la salinidad en función de la temperatura, eligiendo como ajuste óptimo aquel polinomio de menor grado que satisface diversos criterios estadísticos. Se utiliza una campaña hidrográfica independiente para confirmar que el método da resultados substancialmente mejores que estimaciones a partir de datos climatológicos, y que produce desviaciones relativamente bajas en la anomalía geopotencial y en otras magnitudes derivadas. Un análisis de la propagación del error usando el Método de Montecarlo muestra resultados igualmente buenos We are grateful to the Institut für Meereskunde and IFREMER for making their data sets ... |
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spelling | ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/2362 2025-03-16T15:30:56+00:00 Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre Relaciones analíticas entre la salinidad y la temperatura para aguas de la termoclina superior en el margen oriental del giro subtropical del Atlántico Norte Marrero-Díaz, Ángeles Rodríguez-Santana, Ángel Machín, Francisco Pelegrí, Josep Lluís 2006-06-30 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2362 https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2167 en eng Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2167 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2362 doi:10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2167 open S-T relationship Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre Climatology XBT probe Geostrophic transport Relaciones analíticas S-T Margen oriental del Giro Subtropical del Atlántico Norte Climatología Sonda XBT Transporte geostrófico NASG XBT artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2006 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2167 2025-02-18T02:04:31Z [EN] We study the dependence of salinity on temperature in two by two degrees latitude-longitude boxes, for surface and upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre. The initial data set, from historical databases as well as from recent hydrographic cruises in the region, is carefully scrutinized to reject dubious measurements. We search for polynomial relations of variable degree between salinity and temperature, the optimal fit is selected as the polynomial with the lowest degree that satisfies several statistical criteria. An independent hydrographic cruise is used to confirm that the method performs substantially better than estimates from climatological data, and leads to relatively low deviations in geopotential anomaly and other derived quantities. An error propagation analysis using the Monte Carlo method shows equally good results [ES] En este estudio caracterizamos la dependencia de la salinidad con la temperatura en cajas de dos por dos grados de latitud y longitud para aguas superficiales y de la termoclina superior en el margen oriental del giro subtropical del Atlántico Norte. El conjunto inicial de datos, procedente de bases de datos históricos, así como los procedentes de recientes campañas hidrográficas en la región, son cuidadosamente analizados para eliminar las medidas de calidad dudosa. Se analizan varias relaciones polinómicas de grado variable para la salinidad en función de la temperatura, eligiendo como ajuste óptimo aquel polinomio de menor grado que satisface diversos criterios estadísticos. Se utiliza una campaña hidrográfica independiente para confirmar que el método da resultados substancialmente mejores que estimaciones a partir de datos climatológicos, y que produce desviaciones relativamente bajas en la anomalía geopotencial y en otras magnitudes derivadas. Un análisis de la propagación del error usando el Método de Montecarlo muestra resultados igualmente buenos We are grateful to the Institut für Meereskunde and IFREMER for making their data sets ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Scientia Marina 70 2 167 175 |
spellingShingle | S-T relationship Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre Climatology XBT probe Geostrophic transport Relaciones analíticas S-T Margen oriental del Giro Subtropical del Atlántico Norte Climatología Sonda XBT Transporte geostrófico NASG XBT Marrero-Díaz, Ángeles Rodríguez-Santana, Ángel Machín, Francisco Pelegrí, Josep Lluís Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title | Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title_full | Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title_fullStr | Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title_full_unstemmed | Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title_short | Analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
title_sort | analytic salinity-temperature relations for the upper-thermocline waters of the eastern north atlantic subtropical gyre |
topic | S-T relationship Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre Climatology XBT probe Geostrophic transport Relaciones analíticas S-T Margen oriental del Giro Subtropical del Atlántico Norte Climatología Sonda XBT Transporte geostrófico NASG XBT |
topic_facet | S-T relationship Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre Climatology XBT probe Geostrophic transport Relaciones analíticas S-T Margen oriental del Giro Subtropical del Atlántico Norte Climatología Sonda XBT Transporte geostrófico NASG XBT |
url | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2362 https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2167 |