Sea surface height anomaly and geostrophic current velocity from altimetry measurements over the Arctic Ocean (2011–2020)

Doglioni, Francesca; Ricker, Robert; Rabe, Benjamin; Barth, Alexander; Troupin, Charles; Kanzow, Torsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-225-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-225-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-225-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Data description paper

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12 Jan 2023

Data description paper |

| 12 Jan 2023

Sea surface height anomaly and geostrophic current velocity from altimetry measurements over the Arctic Ocean (2011–2020)

Francesca Doglioni, Robert Ricker, Benjamin Rabe, Alexander Barth, Charles Troupin, and Torsten Kanzow

Data sets

Pan-Arctic monthly maps of sea surface height anomaly and geostrophic velocity from the satellite altimetry Cryosat-2 mission, 2011-2020. Francesca Doglioni, Robert Ricker, Benjamin Rabe, Alexander Barth, Charles Troupin, and Torsten Kanzow https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931869

Steric height and bottom pressure water equivalent derived from mooring data in the Beaufort Sea. Francesca Doglioni, Torsten Kanzow, Benjamin Rabe, and Robert Ricker https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.949695

Steric height and bottom pressure water equivalent derived from mooring data at the Laptev Sea continental slope. Francesca Doglioni, Vladimir Ivanov, Torsten Kanzow, Benjamin Rabe, and Robert Ricker https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931875

Steric height and bottom pressure water equivalent derived from mooring data at the shelf break north of the Arctic Cape. Francesca Doglioni, Vladimir Ivanov, Torsten Kanzow, Benjamin Rabe, and Robert Ricker https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931878

Steric height and bottom pressure water equivalent derived from mooring data in the Fram Strait. Francesca Doglioni, Torsten Kanzow, Benjamin Rabe, and Robert Ricker https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931871

Short summary

This paper presents a new satellite-derived gridded dataset, including 10 years of sea surface height and geostrophic velocity at monthly resolution, over the Arctic ice-covered and ice-free regions, up to 88° N. We assess the dataset by comparison to independent satellite and mooring data. Results correlate well with independent satellite data at monthly timescales, and the geostrophic velocity fields can resolve seasonal to interannual variability of boundary currents wider than about 50 km.