HOMAGE Monthly Time series of global average steric height anomalies and ocean heat content estimates from gridded in-situ ocean observations version 01

(HOMAGE_STERIC_OHC_TIME_SERIES_v01)
Version1.0
Processing Level4
Start/Stop Date1978-Jan-15 to Present
Short NameHOMAGE_STERIC_OHC_TIME_SERIES_v01
DescriptionThe [HOMAGE_STERIC_OHC_TIME_SERIES_v01] dataset contains monthly global mean ocean heat content (OHC) anomalies as well as thermosteric, halosteric and total steric sea level anomalies computed from various gridded ocean data sets of sub-temperature and salinity profiles as provided by different institutions: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO); Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP); Barnes objective analysis (BOA from CSIO, MNR); Jamstec / Ishii et al. 2017 (I17); and Met Office Hadley Centre: EN4_c13, EN4_c14, EN4_g10, and EN4_I09. The data are averaged over the quasi-global ocean domain (i.e., where valid values are defined; note that gaps exist, in particular towards polar latitudes), at monthly intervals. The input profiling data (i.e, temperature and salinity profiles at depth levels), editing, quality flags and processing schemes vary across the different gridded products, please refer to the documentation for each institution’s data product for details. Since 2005, the profiling data are dominated by the observations from the global Argo network (e.g., https://argo.ucsd.edu/ ), which comprises nearly 4000 active floats (as of 08/2022). Before 2005, non-Argo data such as XBT profilers were used, and the global ocean coverage was significantly more sparse. Data sets from SIO and BOA are Argo-only, while the others also include other observations, such as expendable bathythermographs (XBTs) and Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) observations. The data are active forward stream data files and will be frequently updated as new observations are acquired by Argo, and processed by the data centers.
DOI10.5067/HMSSO-4TJ01
MeasurementOCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA LEVEL
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
Platform/Sensor
ProjectMEaSUREs HOMaGE: Heat and Ocean Mass from Gravity ESDR (MEaSUREs/HOMaGE)
Data ProviderPublisher: JPL/PO.DAAC
Creator: Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Killett, E.
Release Place: JPL
Release Date: 2022-May-26

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)GRACE-FO, HOMAGE, OBP, GOMA, Gravity, MEASURES, JPL, Sea Level, OCEAN MASS, Ocean Heat Content Energy
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 180 Decimal Degrees x 360 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly - < Annual
 
Coverage
Region: GLOBAL
North Bounding Coordinate: 89.5 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: -89.5 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees
Time Span: 1978-Jan-15 to Present
 
Projection
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
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Citation Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Killett, E.. 2022. JPL MEaSUREs HOMAGE Steric Sea Level and Ocean Heat Content Anomalies . Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/HMSSO-4TJ01

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Journal Reference Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, L. et al.. 2020. The causes of sea-level rise since 1900, Nature, 584. https://doi.org//10.1038/s41586-020-2591-3

Argo. 2022. Argo float data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (Argo GDAC), SEANOE. https://doi.org//10.17882/42182

Roemmich, D. and J. Gilson. 2009. The 2004–2008 mean and annual cycle of temperature, salinity, and steric height in the global ocean from the Argo Program, Progress in Oceanography, 82, 2. https://doi.org//10.1016/j.pocean.2009.03.004

Hakuba, M. Z., Frederikse, T., & Landerer, F. W.. 2021. Earth's energy imbalance from the ocean perspective (2005–2019), Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 16. https://doi.org//10.1029/2021GL093624