progetto 21003-COP-GLORAN-LOT8

Programme: Copernicus Marine Service

Project title: Validation and inter-comparison of global ocean reanalyses for long term changes in the ocean state

Acronym: 21003-COP-GLORAN-LOT8

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023

Project budget: € 90.000

ISMAR budget: € 90.000

Web site: n/a

Summary:
The Global Ocean Reanalysis (GLORAN) component of CMEMS is designed to provide, among a large portfolio of products, long-term physical reanalyses of the global ocean, covering at least the era of satellite altimetry, along with their scientific assessment. CNR-ISMAR proposes the independent validation and inter-comparison of the GREP global ocean reanalyses, looking in detail at the low-frequency changes, trends, and climatologically relevant diagnostics, deduced from the GREP ocean reanalyses along with other reanalysis products belonging to the CMEMS catalogue and outside it. Observation-only products will also be used for reference. The scientific team involved in the project has a long-standing experience in ocean reanalysis development, production and validation, and assessment of key parameters such as ocean heat and salt content, sea level and its steric component, and slowly varying processes. We will focus our studies not only on such relevant variables, assessed at both global and regional levels, but also on sea level budget studies, ocean heat content optimization through a multi-platform approach, and analysis of the thermohaline circulation, volume, heat, and salt transports across the main oceanic sections, and extreme events such as marine heat waves.

Contact person in ISMAR: andrea.storto@cnr.it

Partnership:
CNR-ISMAR (Italy)