Dynamic ocean topography of the northern Nordic seas: a comparison between satellite altimetry and ocean modeling

Müller, Felix L.; Wekerle, Claudia; Dettmering, Denise; Passaro, Marcello; Bosch, Wolfgang; Seitz, Florian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-611-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-611-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-611-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Research article

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20 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 20 Feb 2019

Dynamic ocean topography of the northern Nordic seas: a comparison between satellite altimetry and ocean modeling

Felix L. Müller, Claudia Wekerle, Denise Dettmering, Marcello Passaro, Wolfgang Bosch, and Florian Seitz

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review comments', Sine M. Hvidegaard, 21 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Sine M. Hvidegaard', Felix L. Müller, 28 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Dynamic Oceacn Topography of the Greenland Sea: a comparison between satellite altimetry and ocean modelling", by Felix Muller & colleagues.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Nov 2018
- RC4: 'Typo in review RC2', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 2', Felix L. Müller, 28 Jan 2019
RC3: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer 3', Felix L. Müller, 28 Jan 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Felix L. Müller on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2019) by David M Holland

AR by Felix L. Müller on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2019)

Short summary

Knowledge of the dynamic ocean topography (DOT) enables studying changes of ocean surface currents. The DOT can be derived by satellite altimetry measurements or by models. However, in polar regions, altimetry-derived sea surface heights are affected by sea ice. Model representations are consistent but impacted by the underlying functional backgrounds and forcing models. The present study compares results from both data sources in order to investigate the potential for a combination of the two.