Sub-basin-scale sea level budgets from satellite altimetry, Argo floats and satellite gravimetry: a case study in the North Atlantic Ocean

Kleinherenbrink, Marcel; Riva, Riccardo; Sun, Yu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1179-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1179-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1179-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

Research article

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15 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 15 Nov 2016

Sub-basin-scale sea level budgets from satellite altimetry, Argo floats and satellite gravimetry: a case study in the North Atlantic Ocean

Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Riccardo Riva, and Yu Sun

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RC1: 'Review of Sub-basin scale sea level budgets from satellite altimetry, Argo floats and satellite gravimetry in the North Atlantic', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Marcel Kleinherenbrink, 05 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of Sub-basin scale sea level budgets from satellite altimetry, Argo floats and satellite gravimetry in the North Atlantic by Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Riccardo Riva, and Yu Sun. Submitted to Ocean Science.', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Marcel Kleinherenbrink, 12 Oct 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Oct 2016) by Mario Hoppema

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ED: Publish as is (26 Oct 2016) by Mario Hoppema

AR by Marcel Kleinherenbrink on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2016)

Short summary

Satellite altimetry measures changes in sea level, while satellite gravimetry measures mass changes, and one can infer steric sea level from Argo temperature and salinity profiles. For the first time, it is shown that in most cases the mass and steric components match the total sea level measured by altimetry on a sub-basin scale in terms of trend, annual amplitude and interannual variability. We also find that the choice of gravity field filter is essential to close the budget.