SST Dynamics at Different Scales: Evaluating the Oceanographic Model Resolution Skill to Represent SST Processes in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Skákala, Jozef, Smyth, Tim J., Torres, Ricardo, Buckingham, Christian E., Brearley, Alexander, Hyder, Pat, Coward, Andrew C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2019
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Curl
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522977/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522977/1/Sk-kala_et_al-2019-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014791

In this study we demonstrate the many strengths of scale analysis: we use it to evaluate the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean model skill in representing sea surface temperature (SST) in the Southern Ocean by comparing three model resolutions: 1/12°, 1/4°, and 1°. We show that while 4–5 t...