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: 2005
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North Atlantic
Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/17469/
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spelling ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:17469 2024-06-09T07:48:07+00:00 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 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/17469/ unknown Cromwell, D., Houseago-Stokes, R.E., Shaw, A.G.P., Challenor, P.G. and Tokmakian, R. (2005) Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. 2005 NERC Earth Observation Conference, Portsmouth, UK. 06 Sep 2005. Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed 2005 ftsouthampton 2024-05-10T06:12:28Z 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. Conference Object North Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton
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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
publishDate 2005
url https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/17469/
genre North Atlantic
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op_relation Cromwell, D., Houseago-Stokes, R.E., Shaw, A.G.P., Challenor, P.G. and Tokmakian, R. (2005) Towards measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space. 2005 NERC Earth Observation Conference, Portsmouth, UK. 06 Sep 2005.
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