Non-Tidal Ocean Angular Momentum

Non-Tidal ocean angular momentum (OAM) time-series as separated into the contributions of the pressure distribution (matter terms) and horizontal ocean transports (motion terms) are provided for a range of different numerical ocean model experiments that include both unconstrained simulations and ocean state estimates. OAM can be linearly transformed into non-tidal ocean excitation functions as described by Gross (2009).

Ocean Model Experiments

Name

 Ocean Model

Data Span

Resolution

Comments

ponte98.oam MITgcm Jan 1985 to Apr 1996 5 days -
johnson01.oam POCM_4B Jan 1988 to Dec 1997 3 days -
c20010701.oam MITgcm Jan 1980 to Mar 2002 1 day -
ECCO_50yr.oam MITgcm Jan 1949 to Dec 2002 10 days -
ECCO_kf049f.oam MITgcm Jan 1993 to Mar 2006 1 day -
ECCO_kf066a2.oam MITgcm Jan 1993 to Dec 2008 1 day -
ECCO_kf066b.oam MITgcm Jan 1993 to Dec 2008 1 day -
ECCO_kf079.oam MITgcm Jan 1993 to Mar 2020 1 day -
ECCO_kf080i.oam MITgcm Jan 1993 to Mar 2020 1 day -
ECCO_v4r3_noFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2015 1 hour w/o FWF
ECCO_v4r3_yesFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2015 1 hour with FWF
ECCO_v4r4b_IBremoved_noFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2017 1 hour w/o FWF; IB removed; corrected in June 2021
ECCO_v4r4b_noIBremoved_noFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2017 1 hour w/o FWF; IB not removed; corrected in June 2021
ECCO_v4r4b_IBremoved_yesFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2017 1 hour with FWF; IB removed; corrected in June 2021
ECCO_v4r4b_noIBremoved_yesFWF.oam MITgcm Jan 1992 to Dec 2017 1 hour with FWF; IB not removed; corrected in June 2021
MITgcm_LLC540_UBonn.oamMITgcmJan 2007 to Dec 20111 dayIB removed; Reference

All available experiments can be downloaded here.

*FWF: Net-effects of freshwater fluxes from continental (and atmospheric) storages into the oceans are explicitly considered.

*IB: Bottom pressure variations due to the inverse barometric effect are removed.

Gross, R. S. (2009), Earth Rotation Variations -- Long Period, In: Herring, T. (ed.), Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 3: Geodesy, p. 239-294, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Contact

Dr. Henryk Dobslaw
Earth System Modelling