ECCO Geometry Parameters for the Lat-Lon-Cap 90 (llc90) Native Model Grid (Version 4 Release 4)
(ECCO_L4_GEOMETRY_LLC0090GRID_V4R4)Version | V4r4 |
Processing Level | 4 |
Start/Stop Date | 1992-Jan-01 to 2018-Jan-01 |
Short Name | ECCO_L4_GEOMETRY_LLC0090GRID_V4R4 |
Description | This dataset provides geometric parameters for the lat-lon-cap 90 (llc90) native model grid from the ECCO Version 4 Release 4 (V4r4) ocean and sea-ice state estimate. Parameters include areas and lengths of grid cell sides; horizontal and vertical coordinates of grid cell centers and corners; grid rotation angles; and global domain geometry including bathymetry and land/ocean masks. Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) state estimates are dynamically and kinematically-consistent reconstructions of the three-dimensional, time-evolving ocean, sea-ice, and surface atmospheric states. ECCO V4r4 is a free-running solution of a global, nominally 1-degree configuration of the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) that has been fit to observations in a least-squares sense. Observational data constraints used in V4r4 include sea surface height (SSH) from satellite altimeters [ERS-1/2, TOPEX/Poseidon, GFO, ENVISAT, Jason-1,2,3, CryoSat-2, and SARAL/AltiKa]; sea surface temperature (SST) from satellite radiometers [AVHRR], sea surface salinity (SSS) from the Aquarius satellite radiometer/scatterometer, ocean bottom pressure (OBP) from the GRACE satellite gravimeter; sea ice concentration from satellite radiometers [SSM/I and SSMIS], and in-situ ocean temperature and salinity measured with conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sensors and expendable bathythermographs (XBTs) from several programs [e.g., WOCE, GO-SHIP, Argo, and others] and platforms [e.g., research vessels, gliders, moorings, ice-tethered profilers, and instrumented pinnipeds]. V4r4 covers the period 1992-01-01T12:00:00 to 2018-01-01T00:00:00. |
DOI | 10.5067/ECL5A-GRD44 |
Measurement | OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION |
Platform/Sensor | |
Project | Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) |
Data Provider | Publisher: PO.DAAC Creator: ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M. Release Place: PO.DAAC Release Date: 2021-Apr-19 |
Format | netCDF-4 |
Keyword(s) | ECCO, Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, reconstruction, remote sensing, in situ, estimate, ocean, global, model, grid, geometry |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees Coverage North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees Time Span: 1992-Jan-01 to 2018-Jan-01 Projection Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
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Name | Long Name | Unit |
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CS | cosine of tracer grid cell orientation vs geographical north | 1 |
Depth | model seafloor depth below ocean surface at rest | m |
drC | distance between the centers of adjacent tracer grid cells in the 'z' direction | m |
drF | distance between the upper and lower interfaces of the model grid cell | m |
dxC | distance between centers of adjacent tracer grid cells in the 'x' direction | m |
dxG | distance between 'southwest' and 'southeast' corners of the tracer grid cell | m |
dyC | distance between centers of adjacent tracer grid cells in the 'y' direction | m |
dyG | distance between 'southwest' and 'northwest' corners of the tracer grid cell | m |
hFacC | vertical open fraction of tracer grid cell | 1 |
hFacS | vertical open fraction of tracer grid cell 'south' face | 1 |
hFacW | vertical open fraction of tracer grid cell 'west' face | 1 |
i | grid index in x for variables at tracer and 'v' locations | |
i_g | grid index in x for variables at 'u' and 'g' locations | |
j | grid index in y for variables at tracer and 'u' locations | |
j_g | grid index in y for variables at 'v' and 'g' locations | |
k | grid index in z for tracer variables | |
k_l | grid index in z corresponding to the top face of tracer grid cells ('w' locations) | |
k_p1 | grid index in z for variables at 'w' locations | |
k_u | grid index in z corresponding to the bottom face of tracer grid cells ('w' locations) | |
maskC | wet/dry boolean mask for tracer grid cell | |
maskS | wet/dry boolean mask for 'south' face of tracer grid cell | |
maskW | wet/dry boolean mask for 'west' face of tracer grid cell | |
PHrefC | reference ocean hydrostatic pressure at tracer grid cell center | m2 s-2 |
PHrefF | reference ocean hydrostatic pressure at tracer grid cell top/bottom interface | m2 s-2 |
rA | area of tracer grid cell | m2 |
rAs | area of 'u' grid cell | m2 |
rAw | area of 'v' grid cell | m2 |
rAz | area of vorticity 'g' grid cell | m2 |
SN | sine of tracer grid cell orientation vs geographical north | 1 |
tile | lat-lon-cap tile index | |
XC | longitude of tracer grid cell center | degrees_east |
XC_bnds | longitudes of tracer grid cell corners | |
XG | longitude of 'southwest' corner of tracer grid cell | degrees_east |
YC | latitude of tracer grid cell center | degrees_north |
YC_bnds | latitudes of tracer grid cell corners | |
YG | latitude of 'southwest' corner of tracer grid cell | degrees_north |
Z | depth of tracer grid cell center | m |
Z_bnds | depths of top and bottom faces of tracer grid cell | |
Zl | depth of top face of tracer grid cell | m |
Zp1 | depth of top/bottom face of tracer grid cell | m |
Zu | depth of bottom face of tracer grid cell | m |
Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. Please cite the data as follows, and cite the reference papers when it is appropriate.
Citation | ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.. 2021. ECCO Geometry Parameters for the Lat-Lon-Cap 90 (llc90) Native Model Grid (Version 4 Release 4). Ver. V4r4. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/ECL5A-GRD44
For more information see Data Citations and Acknowledgments.
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Journal Reference | ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.. 2021. Synopsis of the ECCO Central Production Global Ocean and Sea-Ice State Estimate (Version 4 Release 4)., Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765928 |