Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2006.

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Main Author: Mazloff, Matthew R
Other Authors: Carl Wunsch.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39200
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spelling mit-1721.1/392002022-02-02T20:01:24Z Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate Mazloff, Matthew R Carl Wunsch. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Joint Program in Physical Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ocean circulation Antarctic Ocean Mathematical models Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-106). A modern general circulation model of the Southern Ocean with one-sixth of a degree resolution is optimized to the observed ocean in a weighted least squares sense. Convergence toward the state estimate solution is carried out by systematically adjusting the control variables (prescribed atmospheric state, initial conditions, and open northern boundary at 24.7 S) using the adjoint method. A cost function compares the model state to data from CTD synoptic sections, hydrographic climatology, satellite altimetry, and XBTs. Costs attributed to control variable perturbations ensure a physically realistic solution. An optimized solution is determined by the weights placed on the cost function terms. The state estimation procedure, along with the weights used, is described. A significant result is that the adjoint method is shown tto work at eddy-permitting resolution in the highly-energetic Southern Ocean. At the time of the writing of this thesis the state estimate was not filly consistent with the observations. An analysis of the remaining misfit, as well as the mass transport in the preliminary state, is presented. by Matthew R. Mazloff. S.M. 2007-10-19T20:30:08Z 2007-10-19T20:30:08Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39200 74336618 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 106 p. application/pdf t------ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Joint Program in Physical Oceanography.
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Ocean circulation Antarctic Ocean Mathematical models
Mazloff, Matthew R
Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title_full Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title_fullStr Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title_full_unstemmed Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title_short Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate
title_sort production and analysis of a southern ocean state estimate
topic Joint Program in Physical Oceanography.
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Ocean circulation Antarctic Ocean Mathematical models
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39200
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