A multi-year time series of observation-based 3D horizontal and vertical quasi-geostrophic global ocean currents

Buongiorno Nardelli, Bruno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1711-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1711-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1711-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

Data description paper

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03 Aug 2020

Data description paper |

| 03 Aug 2020

A multi-year time series of observation-based 3D horizontal and vertical quasi-geostrophic global ocean currents

Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli

Data sets

CNR global observation-based OMEGA3D quasi-geostrophic vertical and horizontal ocean currents (1993-2018) (Version 1) B. Buongiorno Nardelli https://doi.org/10.25423/cmcc/multiobs_glo_phy_w_rep_015_007

CNR global observation-based OMEGA3D quasi-geostrophic vertical and horizontal ocean currents (1993-2018): validation subset B. Buongiorno Nardelli https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3696885

Short summary

To better understand ocean dynamics and assess their responses and feedbacks to natural and anthropogenic pressures, 3D ocean circulation estimates are needed. Here we present the OMEGA3D product, an observation-based time series (1993–2018) of global 3D ocean currents developed within the European Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service. OMEGA3D provides vertical velocities – an observational barrier due to their small intensity – and full horizontal velocities down to 1500 m depth.