Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales
International audience This paper evaluates in a realistic context the local contributions of direct atmospheric forcing and intrinsic oceanic processes on interannual sea level anomalies (SLAs). A ¼° global ocean-sea ice general circulation model, driven over 47 yr by the full range of atmospheric...
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ftunivbrest:oai:HAL:hal-00650885v1 2024-05-12T07:56:39+00:00 Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales Penduff, Thierry Juza, Mélanie Barnier, Bernard Zika, Jan D. Dewar, William K. Tréguier, Anne-Marie Molines, Jean-Marc Audiffren, Nicole Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Tallahassee (FSU Florida State University Tallahassee (FSU) Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Supérieur (CINES) CINES 2011 https://hal.science/hal-00650885 https://hal.science/hal-00650885/document https://hal.science/hal-00650885/file/Sea_Level.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00077.1 en eng HAL CCSD American Meteorological Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00077.1 hal-00650885 https://hal.science/hal-00650885 https://hal.science/hal-00650885/document https://hal.science/hal-00650885/file/Sea_Level.pdf doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00077.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0894-8755 EISSN: 1520-0442 Journal of Climate https://hal.science/hal-00650885 Journal of Climate, 2011, 24, pp.5652-5670. ⟨10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00077.1⟩ Eddies Forcing Nonlinear dynamics Sea level Interannual variability Oceanic variability [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftunivbrest https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00077.1 2024-04-17T23:53:48Z International audience This paper evaluates in a realistic context the local contributions of direct atmospheric forcing and intrinsic oceanic processes on interannual sea level anomalies (SLAs). A ¼° global ocean-sea ice general circulation model, driven over 47 yr by the full range of atmospheric time scales, is quantitatively assessed against altimetry and shown to reproduce most observed features of the interannual SLA variability from 1993 to 2004. Comparing this simulation with a second driven only by the climatological annual cycle reveals that the intrinsic part of the total interannual SLA variance exceeds 40% over half of the open-ocean area and exceeds 80% over one-fifth of it. This intrinsic contribution is particularly strong in eddy-active regions (more than 70%-80% in the Southern Ocean and western boundary current extensions) as predicted by idealized studies, as well as within the 20°-35° latitude bands. The atmosphere directly forces most of the interannual SLA variance at low latitudes and in most midlatitude eastern basins, in particular north of about 40°N in the Pacific. The interannual SLA variance is almost entirely due to intrinsic processes south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Indian Ocean sector, while half of this variance is forced by the atmosphere north of it. The same simulations were performed and analyzed at 2° resolution as well: switching to this laminar regime yields a comparable forced variability (large-scale distribution and magnitude) but almost suppresses the intrinsic variability. This likely explains why laminar ocean models largely underestimate the interannual SLA variance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Sea ice Southern Ocean Université de Bretagne Occidentale: HAL Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Pacific Indian Journal of Climate 24 21 5652 5670 |
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Eddies Forcing Nonlinear dynamics Sea level Interannual variability Oceanic variability [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Penduff, Thierry Juza, Mélanie Barnier, Bernard Zika, Jan D. Dewar, William K. Tréguier, Anne-Marie Molines, Jean-Marc Audiffren, Nicole Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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International audience This paper evaluates in a realistic context the local contributions of direct atmospheric forcing and intrinsic oceanic processes on interannual sea level anomalies (SLAs). A ¼° global ocean-sea ice general circulation model, driven over 47 yr by the full range of atmospheric time scales, is quantitatively assessed against altimetry and shown to reproduce most observed features of the interannual SLA variability from 1993 to 2004. Comparing this simulation with a second driven only by the climatological annual cycle reveals that the intrinsic part of the total interannual SLA variance exceeds 40% over half of the open-ocean area and exceeds 80% over one-fifth of it. This intrinsic contribution is particularly strong in eddy-active regions (more than 70%-80% in the Southern Ocean and western boundary current extensions) as predicted by idealized studies, as well as within the 20°-35° latitude bands. The atmosphere directly forces most of the interannual SLA variance at low latitudes and in most midlatitude eastern basins, in particular north of about 40°N in the Pacific. The interannual SLA variance is almost entirely due to intrinsic processes south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Indian Ocean sector, while half of this variance is forced by the atmosphere north of it. The same simulations were performed and analyzed at 2° resolution as well: switching to this laminar regime yields a comparable forced variability (large-scale distribution and magnitude) but almost suppresses the intrinsic variability. This likely explains why laminar ocean models largely underestimate the interannual SLA variance. |
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Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Tallahassee (FSU Florida State University Tallahassee (FSU) Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Supérieur (CINES) CINES |
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Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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Sea Level Expression of Intrinsic and Forced Ocean Variabilities at Interannual Time Scales |
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sea level expression of intrinsic and forced ocean variabilities at interannual time scales |
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