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The ECCO 1 degree global WOCE Synthesis: Estimated Ocean Variability |
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B. Cornuelle, A. Koehl, D. Stammer and C. Wunsch for the ECCO Consortium. |
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The global ECCO ocean state estimate is compared directly to observations |
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from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment's (WOCE) one-time CTD sections. |
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The goal is to determine the goodness of fit and examine the degree to |
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which individual sections are representative of means. Sections from |
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the WOCE repeated high-resolution expendable bathythermograph (HRXBT) |
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network in the Pacific are used to compare means, seasonal cycles, and |
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interannual variability with that in the model. HRXBT sections with at |
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least 7 years of data are used to estimate the seasonal march of temperature, |
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heat content, and steric height for comparison with the model. |