Publication Date:
2013-06-23
Description:
An improved version of the OMCT ocean model with 1° spatial resolution provides bottom pressure anomalies for the new release 05 of the GRACE Atmosphere and Ocean De-aliasing Level 1B (AOD1B) product. For high-frequency signals with periods below 30 days, this model explains up to 10 cm 2 of the residual sea level variance seen by ENVISAT in large parts of the Southern Ocean, corresponding to about 40% of the observed sea level residuals in many open ocean regions away from the tropics. Comparable amounts of variance are also explained by AOD1B RL05 for co-located in situ ocean bottom pressure recorders. Although secular trends contained in AOD1B RL05 cause GRACE KBRR residuals to increase in shallow water regions, we find a reduction of those residuals over all open ocean areas, indicating that AOD1B RL05 is much better suited to remove non-tidal high-frequency mass variability from satellite gravity observations than previous versions of AOD1B.
Print ISSN:
0148-0227
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
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