ECCO Ocean 3D Gent-Mcwilliams, Redi, and Background Vertical Diffusivity Coefficients for the Lat-Lon-Cap 90 (llc90) Native Model Grid (Version 4 Release 4)

(ECCO_L4_OCEAN_3D_MIX_COEFFS_LLC0090GRID_V4R4)
VersionV4r4
Processing Level4
Start/Stop Date1992-Jan-01 to 2018-Jan-01
Short NameECCO_L4_OCEAN_3D_MIX_COEFFS_LLC0090GRID_V4R4
DescriptionThis dataset provides 3D coefficients for the Gent-McWilliams and Redi parameterizations and background vertical diffusivity on the lat-lon-cap 90 (llc90) native model grid from the ECCO Version 4 Release 4 (V4r4) ocean and sea-ice state estimate. Each of these three time-invariant, spatially-varying terms are estimated during the ECCO V4r4 optimization. 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.
DOI10.5067/ECL5A-MIX44
MeasurementOCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
Platform/Sensor
ProjectEstimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)
Data ProviderPublisher: 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

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)ECCO, Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, reconstruction, remote sensing, in situ, estimate, ocean, global, model, 3d, mixing, coefficients
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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
 
NameLong NameUnit
DIFFKRVertical diffusivitym2 s-1
igrid index in x for variables at tracer and 'v' locations
i_ggrid index in x for variables at 'u' and 'g' locations
jgrid index in y for variables at tracer and 'u' locations
j_ggrid index in y for variables at 'v' and 'g' locations
kgrid index in z for tracer variables
k_lgrid index in z corresponding to the top face of tracer grid cells ('w' locations)
k_p1grid index in z for variables at 'w' locations
k_ugrid index in z corresponding to the bottom face of tracer grid cells ('w' locations)
KAPGMGent-McWilliams diffusivitym2 s-1
KAPREDIAlong-isopycnal diffusivitym2 s-1
tilelat-lon-cap tile index
XClongitude of tracer grid cell centerdegrees_east
XC_bndslongitudes of tracer grid cell corners
XGlongitude of 'southwest' corner of tracer grid celldegrees_east
YClatitude of tracer grid cell centerdegrees_north
YC_bndslatitudes of tracer grid cell corners
YGlatitude of 'southwest' corner of tracer grid celldegrees_north
Zdepth of tracer grid cell centerm
Z_bndsdepths of top and bottom faces of tracer grid cell
Zldepth of top face of tracer grid cellm
Zp1depth of top/bottom face of tracer grid cellm
Zudepth of bottom face of tracer grid cellm
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Citation ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.. 2021. ECCO Ocean 3D Gent-Mcwilliams, Redi, and Background Vertical Diffusivity Coefficients 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-MIX44

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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