Ocean reanalyses: recent advances and unsolved challenges

A Storto, A Alvera-Azcárate, MA Balmaseda… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ocean reanalyses combine ocean models, atmospheric forcing fluxes, and observations
using data assimilation to give a four-dimensional description of the ocean. Metrics …

Polar ocean observations: A critical gap in the observing system and its effect on environmental predictions from hours to a season

GC Smith, R Allard, M Babin, L Bertino… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is a growing need for operational oceanographic predictions in both the Arctic and
Antarctic polar regions. In the former, this is driven by a declining ice cover accompanied by …

[HTML][HTML] Copernicus marine service ocean state report

K von Schuckmann, PY Le Traon, N Smith… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The oceans regulate our weather and climate from global to regional scales. They absorb
over 90% of accumulated heat in the climate system (IPCC Citation 2013) and over a quarter …

The copernicus marine environment monitoring service ocean state report

K Von Schuckmann, PY Le Traon… - Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) Ocean State
Report (OSR) provides an annual report of the state of the global ocean and European …

An assessment of ten ocean reanalyses in the polar regions

P Uotila, H Goosse, K Haines, M Chevallier… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Global and regional ocean and sea ice reanalysis products (ORAs) are increasingly used in
polar research, but their quality remains to be systematically assessed. To address this, the …

Quality assessment of the TOPAZ4 reanalysis in the Arctic over the period 1991–2013

J Xie, L Bertino, F Counillon, KA Lisæter… - Ocean Science, 2017 - os.copernicus.org
Long dynamical atmospheric reanalyses are widely used for climate studies, but data-
assimilative reanalyses of ocean and sea ice in the Arctic are less common. TOPAZ4 is a …

[HTML][HTML] Wind-driven Atlantic water flow as a direct mode for reduced Barents Sea ice cover

VS Lien, P Schlichtholz, Ø Skagseth… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Wind-Driven Atlantic Water Flow as a Direct Mode for Reduced Barents Sea Ice Cover in:
Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 2 (2017) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate

AB Sandø, EA Mousing, WP Budgell… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Barents Sea and its marine ecosystem is exposed to many different processes
related to the seasonal light variability, formation and melting of sea-ice, wind-induced …

Modelled salmon lice dispersion and infestation patterns in a sub-arctic fjord

J Skarðhamar, J Albretsen, AD Sandvik… - ICES Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Salmon lice infestation is a major challenge for the aquaculture industry in Norway,
threatening wild salmonid populations and causing welfare problems for farmed salmon …

Size-fractioned zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea ecosystem: changes during four decades of warming and four capelin collapses (1980–2020)

HR Skjoldal - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Zooplankton in the Barents Sea has been monitored by the Institute of Marine
Research in Norway on autumn cruises since 1986, using a standardized procedure with …