Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) - Model Results/Animations -

• Early ocean state estimation results of MIT/SIO

•  Nearly real-time estimations based on Kalman filter and smoother 

• Global ocean systhesis based on adjoint method

                 zonal wind stress  (daily)
                 meridional wind stress (daily)
                 surface heat flux  (daily)
                 surface freshwater flux (daily)
                 sea surface heigth anomalies: T/P v model (daily)
                 sea surface height  and bottom pressure anomalies (daily)
                 temperature anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (monthly)
                 salinity anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (monthly)
                 vertical velocity at 1542 m (monthly)
                T/P ssh anomaly and model SSH- bottom pressure (daily)

           Global  ocean 2-degree  resolution 1992-2000:

                adjusted wind stress (monthly)
                 adjusted wind stress (weekly)
                 surface heat flux  (daily)
                 surface freshwater flux (daily)
                 sea surface heigth anomalies: T/P v model (daily)
                 sea surface height  and bottom pressure anomalies (daily)
                 sea surface height  and detrened bottom pressure anomalies (daily)
                 temperature anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (monthly)
                 temperature anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (weekly)
                 salinity anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (monthly)
                 salinity anomaly at surface and at 160 m depth (weekly)
                 T/P ssh anomaly and model SSH- bottom pressure (daily)

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