FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Accuracy assessment of ocean tide models around Antarctica BT AF KING, MA PADMAN, L AS 1:1;2:2; FF 1:;2:; C1 Newcastle Univ, Sch Civil Engn & Geosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England. Earth & Space Res, Corvallis, OR 97333 USA. C2 UNIV NEWCASTLE, UK EARTH & SPACE RES, USA IF 2.491 TC 61 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00232/34284/32657.pdf LA English DT Article CR NIVMER92/1 NIVMER93 NIVMER94- TRANSIT VALORISE NIVMER95 NIVMER97 NIVMER99 (VT 47) OISO3-NIVMER98 VT 54 / NIVMER02 VT 58 / NIVMER03 VT 61 / NIVMER04 VT 76 / NIVMER05 BO Marion Dufresne AB Accurate ocean tide models for the circum-Antarctic seas are required to remove unwanted signals from floating ice elevation and space-borne, time-variable gravity measurements ( e. g., GRACE). We present accuracy assessments for several global ( CSR4, FES2004, FES99, GOT00.2, NAO. 99b, TPXO6.2) and Antarctic (CADA00.10 and CATS02.01) ocean tide models using coastal and pelagic tide gauges, gravimetric data and GPS records of ice shelf surface elevation. The accuracies of CSR4 and NAO. 99b are poor in the ice shelf regions. The optimum model for the entire circum-Antarctic seas is TPXO6.2, with a root-mean-square deviation of similar to 5 - 7 cm, similar to 40% lower than the next best model, FES2004. The main exception is the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf where CADA00.10 and CATS02.01 most accurately represent observations from two sites near the Rutford Ice Stream grounding line. PY 2005 PD DEC SO Geophysical Research Letters SN 0094-8276 PU Amer Geophysical Union VL 32 IS 23 / L2360 UT 000234247000001 BP 1 EP 4 DI 10.1029/2005GL023901 ID 34284 ER EF