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Assimilating high-resolution sea surface temperature data improves the ocean forecast potential in the Baltic Sea
Ye Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping 60176, Sweden
Weiwei Fu
Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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The temperature and salinity trends at various depths in the Baltic basins from 1990 to 2020 were analyzed from a reasonable reanalysis data set. Overall, the Baltic Sea showed a clear warming trend in recent decades, the northern Baltic Sea has a slight desalination trend, and the southern Baltic Sea has a salinity increase trend. The temperature and salinity trends in the southern Baltic Sea are greater than those in the northern Baltic Sea.
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Short summary
We assess the impact of assimilating the SST data on the Baltic forecast potential. By assimilating SST, we find the quality of SST forecast is significantly enhanced. The temperature in water above 100 m and salinity in the deep layers have been also largely and slightly improved, respectively. In comparison with independent data, the SLA is better predicted because of assimilating SST. Besides, the forecast of sea-ice concentration is improved considerably during the sea-ice formation period.
We assess the impact of assimilating the SST data on the Baltic forecast potential. By...