Fine resolution SSS and SST maps in the region south of Tasmania
SST (left) and SSS (rigth) advected fields for the 1st January 2004 constructed from low-resolution tracer fields with -13 days of lateral stirring by altimetry.
Brief Description
Lateral advection from altimetry allows us to re-produce small scales tracer patterns at the ocean surface, starting from larger temporal and spatial scale tracer observations.
We advect the tracer particles using weekly or daily global 1/3 degree gridded fields of surface geostrophic velocities calculated from sea surface height (SSH) fields distributed by Aviso over the period 2002-2012.
Using these lagrangian 'advected' fields, we stir large-scale surface tracer fields (from the the CORIOLIS data center) enabling us to derive higher-resolution surface data.
Dataset: Sea Surface Salinity and Sea Surface Temperature maps
Temporal resolution: daily
Spatial resolution:0,04°*0,04°
Longitude range:132E -152E
Latitude range:58S-43S
Units: psu for salinity, degrees Celcius for temperature
Future study areas:
Zone 1:
Longitude range:140E -180E
Latitude range:10S-10N
Zone 2:
Longitude range:140E -220E
Latitude range:30S-10S
Zone 3:
Longitude range:240E -280E
Latitude range:10S-10N
Obtaining data
To obtain the data, please send a query using the contact form.
Reference
More information about this product and its scientific application can be found in:
Survostral_fine_resolution.pdf
Dencausse, Morrow, et al. Lateral Stirring of large-scale tracer fields by altimetry (submitted to Ocean Dynamics).
Warning
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Unexpected behaviour and/or values could be found. If this is the case
please help us improve this product by providing us your feedback.
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