Southern Ocean State Estimate

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A modern general circulation model, the MITgcm, is least squares fit to all available ocean observations. This is accomplished iteratively through the adjoint method. The result is a physically realistic estimate of the ocean state. SOSE is being produced by Matthew Mazloff as part of the ECCO consortium and funded by the National Science Foundation. Computational resources are provided in part by NSF XSEDE.

A biogeochemical-sea ice-ocean state estimate (B-SOSE) has been developed as part of the SOCCOM project.

Results

The links below take you to files containing current results. Be sure to adhere to our disclaimer and terms of use. If you are a new user please let us know that you will be using our product. All users are encouraged to contact us for a description of methodology, file formats, or with any other questions you may have. And please let us know if you require diagnostics not presently hosted on this site.


Overview

For more information on SOSE, see M. Mazloff, P. Heimbach, and C. Wunsch, 2010: An Eddy-Permitting Southern Ocean State Estimate. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 880-899. doi: 10.1175/2009JPO4236.1

For more information on B-SOSE, see A. Verdy and M. Mazloff, 2017: A data assimilating model for estimating Southern Ocean biogeochemistry. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JC012650.


Contact

Matthew Mazloff

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