Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space

We investigate the feasibility of measuring the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), i.e. the full-depth water mass transport, in the North Atlantic using satellite data. Using the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, we simulate satellite observations of ocean bottom pressure and sea surface height (...

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Main Authors: Cromwell, D., Houseago-Stokes, R.E., Shaw, A.G.P., Challenor, P.G., Tokmakian, R.
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Published: University of Portsmouth for RPSSoc 2005
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/117469/
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spelling ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:117469 2023-05-15T17:30:58+02:00 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space Cromwell, D. Houseago-Stokes, R.E. Shaw, A.G.P. Challenor, P.G. Tokmakian, R. 2005-09-06 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/117469/ unknown University of Portsmouth for RPSSoc Cromwell, D.; Houseago-Stokes, R.E.; Shaw, A.G.P.; Challenor, P.G.; Tokmakian, R. 2005 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. [Poster] In: 2005 NERC Earth Observation Conference, Portsmouth, UK, 06 Sep 2005. Portsmouth, UK, University of Portsmouth for RPSSoc. (Unpublished) Publication - Conference Item NonPeerReviewed 2005 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:34:25Z We investigate the feasibility of measuring the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), i.e. the full-depth water mass transport, in the North Atlantic using satellite data. Using the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, we simulate satellite observations of ocean bottom pressure and sea surface height (SSH) over a 20-year period, and perform a linear regression on these variables to yield the MOC. As much as 93.5% of the variability in the smoothed transport is thereby explained. This increases to 98% when SSH and bottom pressure are first smoothed. We present initial studies of predicting the time evolution of the MOC, with promising results. Text North Atlantic Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive
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description We investigate the feasibility of measuring the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), i.e. the full-depth water mass transport, in the North Atlantic using satellite data. Using the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, we simulate satellite observations of ocean bottom pressure and sea surface height (SSH) over a 20-year period, and perform a linear regression on these variables to yield the MOC. As much as 93.5% of the variability in the smoothed transport is thereby explained. This increases to 98% when SSH and bottom pressure are first smoothed. We present initial studies of predicting the time evolution of the MOC, with promising results.
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author Cromwell, D.
Houseago-Stokes, R.E.
Shaw, A.G.P.
Challenor, P.G.
Tokmakian, R.
spellingShingle Cromwell, D.
Houseago-Stokes, R.E.
Shaw, A.G.P.
Challenor, P.G.
Tokmakian, R.
Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
author_facet Cromwell, D.
Houseago-Stokes, R.E.
Shaw, A.G.P.
Challenor, P.G.
Tokmakian, R.
author_sort Cromwell, D.
title Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
title_short Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
title_full Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
title_fullStr Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
title_full_unstemmed Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
title_sort towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
publisher University of Portsmouth for RPSSoc
publishDate 2005
url http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/117469/
genre North Atlantic
genre_facet North Atlantic
op_relation Cromwell, D.; Houseago-Stokes, R.E.; Shaw, A.G.P.; Challenor, P.G.; Tokmakian, R. 2005 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. [Poster] In: 2005 NERC Earth Observation Conference, Portsmouth, UK, 06 Sep 2005. Portsmouth, UK, University of Portsmouth for RPSSoc. (Unpublished)
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