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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2016-07-19
    Description: ESA's satellite magnetometer mission Swarm is supposed to lower the limit of observability for oceanic processes. While periodic magnetic signals from ocean tides are already detectable in satellite magnetometer observations, changes in the general ocean circulation are yet too small or irregular for a successful separation. An approach is presented that utilizes the good detectability of tidal magnetic signals to detect changes in the oceanic electric conductivity distribution. Ocean circulation, tides and the resultant magnetic fields are calculated with a global general ocean circulation model coupled to a 3D electromagnetic induction model. For the decay of the meridional overturning circulation, as an example, the impact of climate variability on tidal oceanic magnetic signals is demonstrated. Total overturning decay results in anomalies of up to 0.7 nT in the radial magnetic M2 signal at sea level. The anomalies are spatially heterogeneous and reach in extended areas 30% or more of the unperturbed tidal magnetic signal. The anomalies should be detectable in long time series from magnetometers on land or at the ocean bottom. The anomalies at satellite height (430 km) reach 0.1 nT and pose a challenge for the precision of the Swarm mission. Climate variability induced deviations in the tide system (e.g., tidal velocities and phases) are negligible. Changes in tidal magnetic fields are dominated by changes in sea water salinity and temperature. Therefore, it is concluded that observations of tidal magnetic signals could be used as a tool to detect respective state changes in the ocean. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2017-05-10
    Description: In contrast to ocean circulation signals, ocean tides are already well detectable by electromagnetic measurements. Oceanic electric conductivities from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) climate simulations are combined with tidal currents of M2 and O1 to estimate electromagnetic tidal signals and their sensitivity to global warming. Ninety-four years of global warming lead to differences of ±0.3 nT in tidal magnetic amplitudes and ±0.1 mV/km in the tidal electric amplitudes at sea level. Locally, the climate induced changes can be much higher, e.g., +1 nT in the North Atlantic. In general, all studied electromagnetic tidal amplitudes show large scale climate induced anomalies that are strongest in the northern hemisphere and amount to 30% of their actual values. Consequently, changes in oceanic electromagnetic tidal amplitudes should be detectable in electromagnetic records. Electric and magnetic signals, as well as tides of different frequencies contain complementary regional information.
    Print ISSN: 0094-8276
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-8007
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Description: Oceanic magnetic signals are sensitive to ocean velocity, salinity, and heat content. The detection of respective signals with global satellite magnetometers would pose a very valuable source of information. While tidal magnetic fields are already detected, electromagnetic signals of the ocean circulation still remain unobserved from space. We propose to use satellite altimetry to construct proxy magnetic signals of the ocean circulation. These proxy time series could subsequently be fitted to satellite magnetometer data. The fitted data could be removed from the observations or the fitting constants could be analyzed for physical properties of the ocean, e.g., the heat budget. To test and evaluate this approach, synthetic true and proxy magnetic signals are derived from a global circulation model of the ocean. Both data sets are compared in dependence of location and time scale. We study and report when and where the proxy data describe the true signal sufficiently well. Correlations above 0.6 and explained variances of above 80% can be reported for large parts of the Antarctic ocean, thus explaining the major part of the global, sub-seasonal magnetic signal.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
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