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Use cases and Data sets

Use cases

The purpose of the use cases is to foster exchanges and collaborative work (datasets used, codes, best practices) and to share the different studies across the participating teams. Each use case is coordinated by a designated leader responsible for its scientific animation and coordination.

Topic Lead
MHW Ronan McAdam (CMCC)
OHC Chunxue Yang (CNR)
Polar Region Jiping Xie (NERSC)
Ocean transport Gael Forget (MIT)
MOC still looking for a leader *
Biomass/carbon still looking for a leader *
Meso-scale/Eddies Gregory Smith (ECCC)
Earth System Model still looking for a leader * 
Surface Lagrangian still looking for a leader * 
Sea Level still looking for a leader *
Wave Charikleia Oikonomou (HCMR)

* If you are interested to lead a use case, please contact  [email protected]

 

Data sets

A non-exhaustive list of datasets contributing to this intercomparison is available here:

Name Institute Resolution General information
C-GLORSv8  CMCC  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO4.2 
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
CIGAR-CS  CNR-ISMAR  1° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO4.2
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
ECCOv4r4  MIT  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: MITgcm 
  • Forcing field: ERA Interim 
  • Assimilation method: 4D-Var 
  • Assimilated data: SSH (ERS-1/2, TOPEX/Poseidon, GFO, ENVISAT, Jason-1/2/3, CryoSat-2, SARAL/AltiKa); SST (AVHRR); SSS (Aquarius); OBP (GRACE); sea ice; in situ (CTD, XBT, Argo) 
JCOPE-FGO  JAMSTEC  1° 
  • Domain : quasi-Global (75S-75N) 
  • Ocean model: _   
  • Forcing field: NCEP 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; in situ 
GloSia9  UK MetOffice  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO4.2 
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
GLORYS4V2  Mercator Ocean  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO3.6 
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
GLORYS12V1  Mercator Ocean  1/12° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO3.1 
  • Forcing field:  _ 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
ORAS5  ECMWF  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: NEMO3.6 
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
SODA3  Uni.Maryland  1/4° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model: _   
  • Forcing field:  _ 
  • Assimilation method: _   
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 
SODA4  Uni.Maryland  1/10° 
  • Domain : Global 
  • Ocean model:  _ 
  • Forcing field: ERA5 
  • Assimilation method:  _ 
  • Assimilated data: SSH; SST; sea ice concentration; in situ 

Summary of ocean reanalysis systems, including ocean model configuration, resolution, forcing fields, data assimilation methods, assimilated observations, and restoring strategies.

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