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Forget, Gael; Mercier, Herle; Ferron, Bruno. |
A set of Argo profiles collected in the North Atlantic between May 2002 and April 2003 is combined with a low-resolution general circulation model (GCM) using the adjoint method. Fitting the real hydrographic observations leads to vast improvements in the model circulation., including the sea surface height and the meridional heat transport. We find striking differences in basin-scale transports compared with previous assimilation experiments that use the same GCM and a similar spatial resolution. Based on forward modeling studies, it is argued that these differences are due to different assimilation experiment durations. Over 1 year, the hydrography interpolated with the GCM from Argo profiles better represents the contemporary structures than does a... |
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Palavras-chave: General circulation model; Argo; In situ observations; 4DVAR; Data assimilation. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3920.pdf |
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Maes, Christophe; Dewitte, Boris; Sudre, Joel; Garcon, Veronique; Varillon, David. |
The small-scale features in sea surface temperature and salinity fields (SST and SSS) of the Coral Sea are examined using high horizontal spatial and short-term temporal in situ measurements. These features are extracted from thermosalinographs (TSGs) gathered onboard commercial and research vessels and at one long-term fixed station. The analyses are performed along the vessel tracks and the structures of small-scale features are extracted by high-pass spatial filtering the original TSG data. For SSS, it is shown that the features at the scale of mesoscale eddies (approximate to 100 km) vary from about -1.1 to +0.6 psu in the Coral Sea region. Processes sustaining such range include rainfall events, stirring by mesoscale eddies, and the latitudinal... |
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Palavras-chave: In situ observations; SST; SSS; Coral Sea. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00218/32960/31618.pdf |
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