PPT-Ocean Reanalyses-

An Overview and Prospects for the Future Michele Rienecker Global Modeling and Assimilation Office NASAGSFC With many contributions borrowed from the Ocean Data Assimilation Community. Michael Bosilovich. Ana4MIPs Project. Original Goal tracks Obs4MIPS . Repackage variables to conform to . CMIP . standard format. Distribution through the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). Documentation to accompany data, similar to obs4MIPs Tech Notes. extratropical. cyclones: their influence on extreme precipitation events in the . UK. Suzanne Gray. Ruari. Rhodes. , Len . Shaffrey. Jointly sponsored . by . University of Reading and Lloyds Banking Group. 1. Systematic Improvements of Reanalyses in the Arctic (SIRTA).  . Draft White Paper.  . Richard Cullather . (NASA, U. Maryland). Thomas M. Hamill . (NOAA). David Bromwich . (Ohio State). Xingren Wu . Fig. 2 shows the largest spatial differences occur between the older JRA-25 reanalysis when compared with the newer high resolution reanalyses (ERA-Interim) (top), particularly in the Southern Hemisphere (top right).. MEDITERRANEAN SEA. NILE RIVER. CONGO RIVER. ZAMBEZI RIVER. NIGER RIVER. ATLAS MOUNTAINS. SAHARA DESERT. DRAKENSBURG MOUNTAINS. GREAT RIFT VALLEY. ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS. KALAHARI DESERT. MT. KILAMANJARO. Warm Up & Spiral . November 4. How are surface currents created?. How are deep ocean currents created? . What are 2 factors that affect the density of water?. What is upwelling? . Objectioves. : 8.E.1.1/1.2. A white paper outlining the need for reanalysis intercomparison guidanceand task teamat an international level Developed with input fromMichael Bosilovich, NASA GSFC GMAOJeanNoël Thépaut, ECMWFKazut 1 WOCE was conceived in late-1970snot so easy to re-capture thinking of the time: We Get Our Food from the Ocean. We Do this both directly and indirectly. We eat fish that is harvested from the ocean. We also process harvested fish for livestock feed. . We get Valuable Minerals from the Ocean. https://psl.noaa.gov/data/writ_new/. Presentation given May 2020. . Additional datasets, variables, and features have been added since.. Ocean Datasets. Reanalyses. Original horizontal resolution. Original Time range. Submersibles, satellites, and other technology allow scientists to study the structure and composition of the ocean floor.. a. system that uses transmitted and reflected sound waves to measure distances to the ocean floor; SONAR. A: Sunlight – Producers require sunlight for photosynthesis. Ocean life is determined by many factors:. B: Temperature – most animals live near the surface where it is warmer. Ocean life is determined by many factors:. Section 2: Life in the Oceans. Section 3: Ocean Resources. Salinit. y. - measure of the mount of dissolved salts and other solids in a given liquid. Thermocline. - marks the distinct separation between the warm surface water and the deep, cold water. The Vast World . Ocean. Area of Continents and Oceans. Seventy one percent (71%) of the globe is covered with oceans or seas.. Continents and islands compose the remaining twenty nine percent (29 %)..