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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Spatial scales of temperature and salinity variability estimated from Argo observations
F. Ninove
Ifremer, Technopole Brest Iroise, Z.I. de la Pointe du Diable, 29280 Plouzané, France
Mercator Ocean, Parc technologique du Canal, 8–10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
P.-Y. Le Traon
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Ifremer, Technopole Brest Iroise, Z.I. de la Pointe du Diable, 29280 Plouzané, France
Mercator Ocean, Parc technologique du Canal, 8–10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
E. Remy
Mercator Ocean, Parc technologique du Canal, 8–10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
S. Guinehut
CLS, Parc Technologique du Canal, 8–10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
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- Observing the Ice‐Covered Weddell Gyre With Profiling Floats: Position Uncertainties and Correlation Statistics P. Chamberlain et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC012990
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- Variability of SST and ILD in the Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman in Association with the Monsoon Cycle S. Khan et al. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9958257
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- Coherent heat patterns revealed by unsupervised classification of Argo temperature profiles in the North Atlantic Ocean G. Maze et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.12.008
- Unsupervised Clustering of Southern Ocean Argo Float Temperature Profiles D. Jones et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014629
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Short summary
Argo floats are one of the main components of the in situ observation network in the ocean. Nowadays, more than 3500 profiling floats are sampling the world ocean. In this study, they are used to characterize spatial scales of temperature and salinity variations from the surface down to 1500m. The scales appear to be anisotropic and vary from about 100km at high latitudes to 700km in the Indian and Pacific equatorial and tropical regions.
Argo floats are one of the main components of the in situ observation network in the ocean....