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Steric height variability in the northern Atlantic on seasonal and interannual scales

Steric height variability in the northern Atlantic on seasonal and interannual scales
Steric height variability in the northern Atlantic on seasonal and interannual scales
Steric height (SH) variability computed from Argo profiling buoys data for the North Atlantic and period 1999–2006 is analyzed and compared to the variability computed from the satellite altimetry data. It is demonstrated that although the contribution from halosteric contraction is smaller than that from the thermal expansion, it is not negligible in wide areas in the North Atlantic and cannot be discarded (the regression of trends in full steric and thermosteric heights is 0.73). It is found that the SH variability is not really sensitive to increasing the reference level from 1000 to 1500 m. Differences in trend reach several mm/year locally, which is estimated to be below sampling errors (about 1.4 mm/year). The SH trends are between ±1 cm/year locally. The comparison of SH and altimetric height variability shows qualitative agreement of both for the amplitude of the annual harmonics and trend but reveals significant local differences which cannot be explained by bottom pressure variability. The main modes of variability seen in yearly mean patterns of SH and satellite altimetry are also different. It is suggested that sampling/interpolation errors are still too high to reveal a balance between the SH and altimetric height variability at the local level.

0148-0227
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Ivchenko, V.O.
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Danilov, S.
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Sidorenko, D.
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Schroeter, J.
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Wenzel, M.
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Aleynik, D.L.
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Ivchenko, V.O.
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Danilov, S.
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Sidorenko, D.
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Schroeter, J.
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Wenzel, M.
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Aleynik, D.L.
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Ivchenko, V.O., Danilov, S., Sidorenko, D., Schroeter, J., Wenzel, M. and Aleynik, D.L. (2008) Steric height variability in the northern Atlantic on seasonal and interannual scales. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (C11), C11007. (doi:10.1029/2008JC004836).

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Abstract

Steric height (SH) variability computed from Argo profiling buoys data for the North Atlantic and period 1999–2006 is analyzed and compared to the variability computed from the satellite altimetry data. It is demonstrated that although the contribution from halosteric contraction is smaller than that from the thermal expansion, it is not negligible in wide areas in the North Atlantic and cannot be discarded (the regression of trends in full steric and thermosteric heights is 0.73). It is found that the SH variability is not really sensitive to increasing the reference level from 1000 to 1500 m. Differences in trend reach several mm/year locally, which is estimated to be below sampling errors (about 1.4 mm/year). The SH trends are between ±1 cm/year locally. The comparison of SH and altimetric height variability shows qualitative agreement of both for the amplitude of the annual harmonics and trend but reveals significant local differences which cannot be explained by bottom pressure variability. The main modes of variability seen in yearly mean patterns of SH and satellite altimetry are also different. It is suggested that sampling/interpolation errors are still too high to reveal a balance between the SH and altimetric height variability at the local level.

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Published date: 5 November 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 58336
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/58336
ISSN: 0148-0227
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Date deposited: 13 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 11:11

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Author: V.O. Ivchenko
Author: S. Danilov
Author: D. Sidorenko
Author: J. Schroeter
Author: M. Wenzel
Author: D.L. Aleynik

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