A Deep Learning Approach to Extract Balanced Motions From Sea Surface Height Snapshot

Type Article
Date 2024-04
Language English
Author(s) Gao ZhanwenORCID1, 2, Chapron BertrandORCID2, Ma ChunyongORCID1, 3, Fablet RonanORCID4, Febvre QuentinORCID4, Zhao Wenxia1, Chen GeORCID1, 3
Affiliation(s) 1 : Department of Marine Technology Ocean University of China Qingdao ,China
2 : Ifremer UMR CNRS LOPS Brest ,France
3 : Laoshan Laboratory Qingdao, China
4 : IMT Atlantique UMR CNRS Lab‐STICC Brest, France
Source Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (American Geophysical Union (AGU)), 2024-04 , Vol. 51 , N. 7 , P. e2023GL106623 (11p.)
DOI 10.1029/2023GL106623
Abstract

Extracting balanced geostrophic motions (BM) from sea surface height (SSH) observations obtained by wide‐swath altimetry holds great significance in enhancing our understanding of oceanic dynamic processes at submesoscale wavelength. However, SSH observations derived from wide‐swath altimetry are characterized by high spatial resolution while relatively low temporal resolution, thereby posing challenges to extract the BM from a single SSH snapshot. To address this issue, this paper proposes a deep learning model called the BM‐UBM Network, which takes an instantaneous SSH snapshot as input and outputs the projection corresponding to the BM. Training experiments are conducted both in the Gulf Stream and South China Sea, and three metrics are considered to diagnose model's outputs. The favorable results highlight the potential capability of the BM‐UBM Network to process SSH measurements obtained by wide‐swath altimetry.

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Gao Zhanwen, Chapron Bertrand, Ma Chunyong, Fablet Ronan, Febvre Quentin, Zhao Wenxia, Chen Ge (2024). A Deep Learning Approach to Extract Balanced Motions From Sea Surface Height Snapshot. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(7), e2023GL106623 (11p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106623 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00886/99747/