Time series

Time series#

This section contains area-weighted mean and integrated time series for a set of two-dimensional variables. These time series were generated using the following basin masks:

basins

Variables processed:

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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)