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TI Modeling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing - comparisons with observations
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AF CARRERE, L
   LYARD, F
AS 1:1;2:1;
FF 1:;2:;
C1 Lab Etud Geophys & Oceanog Spatiale, F-31401 Toulouse, France.
C2 LEGOS, FRANCE
IF 2.422
TC 518
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00225/33673/32052.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR NIVMER92/1
   NIVMER93
   NIVMER94- TRANSIT VALORISE
   NIVMER95
   NIVMER97
   NIVMER99 (VT 47)
   OISO3-NIVMER98
   VT 52 / NIVMER2000
   VT 54 / NIVMER02
BO Marion Dufresne
AB A global simulation of the ocean response to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing has been run during the Topex/Poseidon (T/P) period (1992-2002), using a new hydrodynamic finite element (FE) model, MOG2D-G. Model outputs are compared to in situ observations with tide gauge data (TG) and bottom pressure gauge data (BPR), and also with T/P altimetric cross over points (noted CO). Intercomparisons were performed over the 1993-1999 period. The model correction reduces the sea level variance by more than 50% at TG locations, and by more than 15% at T/P CO, when compared to the classical inverse barometer correction (IB). The model impact differs between high and low latitudes: in the very energetic high latitudes areas, MOG2D-G is efficient in reducing the variance, while at low latitudes, the results are similar to the IB static response. In shallow water, the model shows an oceanic response very different from the IB response. In conclusion, MOG2D-G models the high frequency (HF) atmospheric forced variability of the global ocean with unprecedented accuracy.
PY 2003
PD MAR
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 30
IS 6
UT 000182219500005
DI 10.1029/2002GL016473
ID 33673
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