A comparison of model and GRACE estimates of the large-scale seasonal cycle in ocean bottom pressure

Details A comparison of model and GRACE estimates of the large-scale seasonal cycle in ocean bottom pressure A comparison of model and GRACE estimates of the large-scale seasonal cycle in ocean bottom pressure

May 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3409603p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 9, CiteID L09603

Physics

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Geodesy And Gravity: Time Variable Gravity (7223, 7230), Geodesy And Gravity: Mass Balance (0762, 1223, 1631, 1836, 1843, 3010, 3322, 4532), Geodesy And Gravity: Ocean Monitoring With Geodetic Techniques (1225, 1641, 3010, 4532, 4556, 4560, 6959), Oceanography: General: Diurnal, Seasonal, And Annual Cycles (0438), Oceanography: General: Ocean Data Assimilation And Reanalysis (3225)

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Seasonal variability in ocean bottom pressure p b is analyzed using GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) data products and an optimized model solution obtained by fitting most available ocean data in a least-squares sense. The annual cycle in the spatial mean is a substantial part of the observed seasonal p b variability; net freshwater input and atmospheric pressure effects are both important. For the residual spatially-varying patterns, GRACE and model results agree well over the Southern Ocean where strongest variability at both annual and semiannual periods is present. Phase patterns tend to match well, although model amplitudes are generally weaker. Considerable uncertainty remains in both GRACE and model p b fields, judging from the spread among available estimates. Improving the p b estimates requires removal of data noise from aliasing and leakage of land hydrology signals, and further optimization of the ocean model, including possible use of GRACE data to constrain the solution.

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