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Ocean dynamics reconstruction using remotely sensed variables in two climate hotspots

Equipo

Physical and Technological Oceanography Department (ICM-CSIC)

Acrónimo

DINACLIM

IP

Marta Umbert y Jordi Isern-Fontanet

Resumen

By transporting heat and energy, ocean currents play a major role in shaping the climte of Earth's many regions. However, characterization of ocean dynamics remains one of the key problems in oceanography. This project addresses the reconstruction of ocean currents from satellite observations. Using quasi-geostrophic models, this project aims to exploit the available spatiotemporal sampling capacity of remotely sensed salinity sinergistically with sea surface temperature and sea surface heigh to reconstruct ocean three dimensional dynamics. This approach is applied to the Arctic Ocean, a key region to better understanf the impact and consequences of climate chance, where specific satellite salinity products are recently being produced

Actividades del proyecto

- Build a comprehensive 4D (long., lat., depth, time) regional dataset using a suite of satellite and in-situ data during the period of SMOS mission in the Arctic Ocean.

- Software development of SQG approaches.

- Study the representativeness of satellite SSS products as compared to SST/SSH products with different spatial resolutions using data from Sentinel-3.

- Reconstruction of ocean 3D dynamics and evaluate the results with altimetry-derived products in the Arctic Ocean and Subartic seas

Fecha inicio

15/09/2019

Fecha finalización

13/04/2023

Organismo financiador

EUROPEAN COMISSION H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

Cuantía

260,000€