Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space
We present a step towards 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) ove...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:146041 2023-05-15T17:31:52+02:00 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space Cromwell, D. Shaw, A.G.P. Challenor, P. Houseago-Stokes, R.E. Tokmakian, R. 2007 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/146041/ http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/223/2007/os-3-223-2007.html unknown Cromwell, D.; Shaw, A.G.P.; Challenor, P.; Houseago-Stokes, R.E.; Tokmakian, R. 2007 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. Ocean Science, 3 (2). 223-228. Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:34:48Z We present a step towards 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 the 20-year period from 1979–1998, and use a linear model to estimate 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. It should be stressed that this is an initial step only, and that to produce an actual working system for measuring the MOC from space would require considerable future work. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive |
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We present a step towards 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 the 20-year period from 1979–1998, and use a linear model to estimate 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. It should be stressed that this is an initial step only, and that to produce an actual working system for measuring the MOC from space would require considerable future work. |
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Cromwell, D. Shaw, A.G.P. Challenor, P. Houseago-Stokes, R.E. Tokmakian, R. |
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Cromwell, D. Shaw, A.G.P. Challenor, P. Houseago-Stokes, R.E. Tokmakian, R. Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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Cromwell, D. Shaw, A.G.P. Challenor, P. Houseago-Stokes, R.E. Tokmakian, R. |
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Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space |
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2007 |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/146041/ http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/223/2007/os-3-223-2007.html |
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North Atlantic |
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Cromwell, D.; Shaw, A.G.P.; Challenor, P.; Houseago-Stokes, R.E.; Tokmakian, R. 2007 Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. Ocean Science, 3 (2). 223-228. |
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