The project, called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO), uses observational data —
including ocean surface topography, surface wind stress, temperature, salinity profiles and velocity data — collected between June 2005 and December 2007.
Study teams have been established and international cooperation among space agencies has been stimulated to explore four representative Constellation prototypes,
including atmospheric composition, global precipitation, land
surface imaging, and
ocean surface topography.
for several CDRs,
including SST (the GHRSST - PP),
ocean color (International Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG)-RRB-, and altimetry (Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST)-
ocean color (International
Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG)-RRB-, and altimetry (Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST)-
Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG)-RRB-, and altimetry (
Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST)-
Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST)-RRB-.
Features of the model described here
include the following: (1) tripolar grid to resolve the Arctic
Ocean without polar filtering, (2) partial bottom step representation of topography to better represent topographically influenced advective and wave processes, (3) more accurate equation of state, (4) three - dimensional flux limited tracer advection to reduce overshoots and undershoots, (5) incorporation of regional climatological variability in shortwave penetration, (6) neutral physics parameterization for representation of the pathways of tracer transport, (7) staggered time stepping for tracer conservation and numerical efficiency, (8) anisotropic horizontal viscosities for representation of equatorial currents, (9) parameterization of exchange with marginal seas, (10) incorporation of a free surface that accommodates a dynamic ice model and wave propagation, (11) transport of water across the ocean free surface to eliminate unphysical «virtual tracer flux» methods, (12) parameterization of tidal mixing on continental she
Ocean without polar filtering, (2) partial bottom step representation of
topography to better represent topographically influenced advective and wave processes, (3) more accurate equation of state, (4) three - dimensional flux limited tracer advection to reduce overshoots and undershoots, (5) incorporation of regional climatological variability in shortwave penetration, (6) neutral physics parameterization for representation of the pathways of tracer transport, (7) staggered time stepping for tracer conservation and numerical efficiency, (8) anisotropic horizontal viscosities for representation of equatorial currents, (9) parameterization of exchange with marginal seas, (10) incorporation of a free
surface that accommodates a dynamic ice model and wave propagation, (11) transport of water across the
ocean free surface to eliminate unphysical «virtual tracer flux» methods, (12) parameterization of tidal mixing on continental she
ocean free
surface to eliminate unphysical «virtual tracer flux» methods, (12) parameterization of tidal mixing on continental shelves.