On the observability of turbulent transport rates by Argo: supporting evidence from an inversion experiment

Forget, G.; Ferreira, D.; Liang, X.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-839-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-839-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-839-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

Research article

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19 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 19 Oct 2015

On the observability of turbulent transport rates by Argo: supporting evidence from an inversion experiment

G. Forget, D. Ferreira, and X. Liang

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RC C326: 'Referee Comment (MS No.: os-2015-30)', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jun 2015
RC C435: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2015
AC C723: 'final response, with latexdiff file, and revised manuscript', Gael Forget, 19 Sep 2015

Short summary

Results from the ECCO v4 ocean state estimate identify the constraint of fitting Argo profiles as an effective observational basis for inverse estimation of regional turbulent transport rates. The estimated parameters' geography is physically plausible and exhibits close connections with the observed upper-ocean stratification. They yield a clear reduction in the model drift away from observations over multi-century-long simulations, including for independent biochemistry variables.