ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2-English): 123-134.

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Toward development of the 4Dvar data assimilation system in the Bering Sea:reconstruction of the mean dynamic ocean topography

Gleb Panteleev1, Dmitri Nechaev2, Vladimir Luchin3, Phyllis Stabeno4, Nikolai Maximenko5 and Motoyoshi Ikeda6   

  1. 1 International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA;
    2 Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA;
    3 Iucheu Pacific Oceanological Institute, FEBRAS, Vladivostok, Russia;
    4 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA;
    5 International Pacific Research Centre, University of Hawaii, HI 96822, USA;
    6 Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
  • Online:1958-06-30 Published:1958-06-30
  • Contact: Gleb Panteleev

Abstract:

The Bering Sea circulation is derived as a variational inverse of hydrographic profiles (temperature and salinity), atmospheric climatologies and historical observation of ocean curents. The important result of this study is estimate of the mean climatological sea surface height (SSH) that can be used as a reference for satellite altimetry sea level anomaly data in the Bering Sea region. Numerical experiments reveal that, when combined with satellite altimetry, the obtained reference SSH effectively constrains a realistic reconstruction of the Amukta Pass circulation.

Key words: Bering Sea, mean dynamic ocean topography, 4Dvar data assimilation system