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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Decorrelation length scales in NEMO ORCA12 Adam Blaker, Elaine McDonagh, Ben Moat, Brian King, Andrew Coward Current speed at 100m depth
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk SSS SST January Climatology ORCA12EN3 Marzocchi et al (2014) in prep
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Atlantic MOC at 26 o N Florida Straits Obs: 31.56 (3.02) O12: 28.57 (1.56) AMOC Obs: 17.47 (4.78) O12: 12.57 (3.72) Ekman Obs: 3.19 (3.32) O12: 2.56 (2.26) UMO Obs: -17.22 (3.47) O12: -18.44 (2.07)
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Year Increased AABW transport Marzocchi et al (2014) in prep
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Winter mixed layer depth Peak winter MLD in early 1990s Marzocchi et al (2014) in prep
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk T anomalies on neutral density much smaller than on depth levels Fine scale features present even at ~2km depth
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Typical length scale 500- 600km Gaussfit currently not working for points at/near most extreme T anomalies Need to check fit behavior in some regions (e.g. here)
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk ~2km ~3km ~4km Peak (~500-600km) still present deeper down Shortest (100-300km) length scales probably a processing issue (maybe proximity to bathymetry or because T anomalies become very small at depth)
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk Next steps Verify gaussfit behavior Explore zonal vs meridional dependence Investigate time dependence of length scales Extend analysis in deep ocean Extend analysis to Global ocean
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk
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World class marine research and technology for your business For further information, contact Mr. Gerry Scott, NOC Commercialisation Manager National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton. SO14 3ZH Tel: +44(0)23 8059 6223 email: gerry.scott@noc.ac.uk noc.ac.uk
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