WOC North Atlantic 2-D Merged SSH/SST currents ...

• Main Author: Consiglio, Daniele Ciani
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: CERSAT / Ifremer 2020
• Subjects: Oceanographic geographical features; Ocean currents; WOC; Historical; /Ocean Circulation/Ocean Currents; CDS-SAT-CERSAT; /Physical Oceanography/Currents; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.12770/e84fe404-1ed3-4e6f-9b72-f75cd8eb7f7d; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/e84fe404-1ed3-4e6f-9b72-f75cd8eb7f7d

This dataset provides a level 4 (L4) gap free reconstruction of 2D ocean surface currents obtained through the combination of altimeter-derived geostrophic currents and satellite sea surface temperature (SST) L4 data. This WOC product uses the standard Altimeter-derived geostrophic currents (Copernicus operational product, ¼°) as background information and extracts additional dynamical information from the spatial and temporal gradients of a higher-resolution (HR) satellite-derived SST field (Copernicus OSTIA product, remapped onto a 1/10° grid). In particular, the patterns found in the HR satellite SST enable to compute correction factors that are assigned to the background geostrophic currents provided by the Altimeter system. The data are available through HTTP and FTP; access to the data is free and open. In order to be informed about changes and to help us keep track of data usage, we encourage users to register at: https://forms.ifremer.fr/lops-siam/access-to-esa-world-ocean-circulation-project-data/ ...