Climo native

Climo native#

This section presents area-weighted maps—and, when applicable, vertical profiles—for the following ocean basins:

basins

Variables processed:

  • uh (Zonal Thickness Flux, m3 s-1)

  • vh (Meridional Thickness Flux, m3 s-1)

  • vhbt (Barotropic meridional transport averaged over a baroclinic step, m3 s-1)

  • uhbt (Barotropic zonal transport averaged over a baroclinic step, m3 s-1)

  • rsdo (Downwelling Shortwave Flux in Sea Water at Grid Cell Upper Interface, W m-2)

  • agessc (Ideal Age Tracer, yr)

  • T_ady_2d (Vertically Integrated Advective Meridional Flux of Heat, W)

  • T_adx_2d (Vertically Integrated Advective Zonal Flux of Heat, W)

  • T_diffy_2d (Vertically Integrated Diffusive Meridional Flux of Heat, W)

  • T_diffx_2d (Vertically Integrated Diffusive Zonal Flux of Heat, W)

  • T_hbd_diffx_2d (Vertically-integrated zonal diffusive flux from the horizontal boundary diffusion scheme for Heat, W)

  • T_hbd_diffy_2d (Vertically-integrated meridional diffusive flux from the horizontal boundary diffusion scheme for Heat, W)

  • diftrelo (Ocean Tracer Epineutral Laplacian Diffusivity, m2 s-1)

  • diftrblo (Ocean Tracer Diffusivity due to Parameterized Mesoscale Advection, m2 s-1)

  • difmxybo (Ocean lateral biharmonic viscosity, m4 s-1)

  • difmxylo (Ocean lateral Laplacian viscosity, m2 s-1)

  • volcello (Ocean grid-cell volume, m3)

  • vmo (Ocean Mass Y Transport, kg s-1)

  • vhGM (Time Mean Diffusive Meridional Thickness Flux, kg s-1)

  • vhml (Meridional Thickness Flux to Restratify Mixed Layer, kg s-1)

  • umo (Ocean Mass X Transport, kg s-1)

  • uhGM (Time Mean Diffusive Zonal Thickness Flux, kg s-1)

  • uhml (Zonal Thickness Flux to Restratify Mixed Layer, kg s-1)

  • uo (Sea Water X Velocity, m s-1)

  • vo (Sea Water Y Velocity, m s-1)

  • h (Layer Thickness, m)

  • e (Interface Height Relative to Mean Sea Level, m)

  • thetao (Sea Water Potential Temperature, degC)

  • so (Sea Water Salinity, psu)

  • KE (Layer kinetic energy per unit mass, m2 s-2)

  • MEKE (Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy, m2 s-2)

  • rhopot0 (Potential density referenced to surface, kg m-3)

  • oml (Thickness of the surface Ocean Boundary Layer calculated by [CVMix] KPP, meter)

  • oml_min (Thickness of the surface Ocean Boundary Layer calculated by [CVMix] KPP, meter)

  • oml_max (Thickness of the surface Ocean Boundary Layer calculated by [CVMix] KPP, meter)

  • tauuo (Surface Downward X Stress, N m-2)

  • tauvo (Surface Downward Y Stress, N m-2)

  • friver (Water Flux into Sea Water From Rivers, kg m-2 s-1)

  • prsn (Snowfall Flux where Ice Free Ocean over Sea, kg m-2 s-1)

  • prlq (Rainfall Flux where Ice Free Ocean over Sea, kg m-2 s-1)

  • evs (Water Evaporation Flux Where Ice Free Ocean over Sea, kg m-2 s-1)

  • hfsso (Surface Downward Sensible Heat Flux, W m-2)

  • rlntds (Surface Net Downward Longwave Radiation, W m-2)

  • hfsnthermds (Latent Heat to Melt Frozen Precipitation, W m-2)

  • sfdsi (Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux, kg m-2 s-1)

  • rsntds (Net Downward Shortwave Radiation at Sea Water Surface, W m-2)

  • hfds (Surface ocean heat flux from SW+LW+latent+sensible+masstransfer+frazil+seaice_melt_heat, W m-2)

  • ustar (Surface friction velocity = [(gustiness + tau_magnitude)/rho0]^(1/2), m s-1)

  • hfsifrazil (Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Frazil Ice Formation, W m-2)

  • wfo (Water Flux Into Sea Water, kg m-2 s-1)

  • vprec (Virtual liquid precip into ocean due to SSS restoring, kg m-2 s-1)

  • ficeberg (Water Flux into Seawater from Icebergs, kg m-2 s-1)

  • fsitherm (water flux to ocean from sea ice melt(> 0) or form(< 0), kg m-2 s-1)

  • hflso (Surface Downward Latent Heat Flux due to Evap + Melt Snow/Ice, W m-2)

  • pso (Sea Water Pressure at Sea Water Surface, Pa)

  • seaice_melt_heat (Heat flux into ocean due to snow and sea ice melt/freeze, W m-2)

  • Heat_PmE (Heat flux into ocean from mass flux into ocean, W m-2)

  • salt_flux_added (Salt flux into ocean at surface due to restoring or flux adjustment, kg m-2 s-1)

  • heat_content_lrunoff (Heat content (relative to 0C) of liquid runoff into ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_frunoff (Heat content (relative to 0C) of solid runoff into ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_lprec (Heat content (relative to 0degC) of liquid precip entering ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_fprec (Heat content (relative to 0degC) of frozen prec entering ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_vprec (Heat content (relative to 0degC) of virtual precip entering ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_cond (Heat content (relative to 0degC) of water condensing into ocean, W m-2)

  • heat_content_evap (Heat content (relative to 0degC) of water evaporating from ocean, W m-2)

  • tos (Sea Surface Temperature, degC)

  • tos_min (Sea Surface Temperature, degC)

  • tos_max (Sea Surface Temperature, degC)

  • sos (Sea Surface Salinity, psu)

  • sos_min (Sea Surface Salinity, psu)

  • sos_max (Sea Surface Salinity, psu)

  • SSU (Sea Surface Zonal Velocity, m s-1)

  • SSV (Sea Surface Meridional Velocity, m s-1)

  • opottempmint (integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_potential_temperature, degC kg m-2)

  • somint (integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_salinity, psu kg m-2)

  • Rd_dx (Ratio between deformation radius and grid spacing, m m-1)

  • speed (Sea Surface Speed, m s-1)

  • mlotst (Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T, m)

  • mlots_min (Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T, m)

  • mlots_max (Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T, m)

  • SSH (Sea Surface Height, m)

  • mass_wt (The column mass for calculating mass-weighted average properties, kg m-2)