OceanCurrentWhat can it do for you?
OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE
Madeleine CahillDavid Griffin Roger Scott15 February 2017
Acknowledgements
Edward King, CSIRO Helen Beggs, Bureau of MeteorologyChris Griffin, Bureau of MeteorologySusan Wijffels, CSIRO
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OceanCurrent - define
• Make IMOS data more accessible scientists but also to the public -the fishing industry, yachties and swimmers
• Facilitate the uptake of IMOS data
• Make physical oceanography accessible and relevant … to fisheries, biologists, the publicthe news items
• Core business started with single pass SST plotted with GSLA and surface velocities• Chlorophyll-a/Colour images• Daily images using composite SST to represent a single day• In-situ observations
• Current meter• Argo• Glider • And more recently SealCTDs
• SST Percentiles – a way of identifying extremes in SST and to help interpret the relevance of events
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SealCTDs
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Great Australian Bight Salinity time series 2015/2016
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2016 – A year of extremes Monthly Mean SST Anomaly, April 2016
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SST Percentiles
Objective – to be able to quantify events on a map of SST-> Percentiles
The need for a climatologyThe dataThe method The product
Estimating percentilesThe problems – cloud,Example location time seriesResulting maps
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Climatology
• large spatial and temporal gradients in SST -> need a climatology to reference observations
• Previously we used CARS surface temperature - in-situ observations - 0.5 degree spatial resolution O(50km)- some regions poorly sampled
• a more recent climatology by Foster et al (2014) derived using CSIRO 1d SST composites- high resolution but cold bias
• New international standards in SST - GHRSST (Group for High Resolution SST)• Wijffels et al (in prep) ClimFit3• climatology based on BoM/IMOS SST 1-day night-only composites
Robust fit using 4 seasonal harmonics and trendable to reflect effects which modify the solar forcing
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Foster et al (2014) Drifter-Satellite SSTMean cold bias 0.5 – 1° C
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Satellite SST – Drifter SST (data used in Wijffels et al)
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Data provided by Helen Beggs from Bureau of Meteorology
• NB only 2012-2016• All regions • Much smaller cold bias < 0.1°C• Improvements are due to
1. better cloud clearing and2. drifting buoys are used to
calibrate satellite SST to GHRSST standards
SW Australia - JanuaryMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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SW Australia - MarchMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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SW Australia - MayMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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SW Australia - JulyMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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SW Australia - SeptemberMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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SW Australia - NovemberMean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)
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Tasmania January ClimFit3 SST
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Tasmania February ClimFit3 SST
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Tasmania March ClimFit3 SST
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SST and Percentiles
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Coral Sea SST, 20 March 2015
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SST Anomaly, 20 March 2015
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SST Percentiles
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Time series of SST (L3S-1d) in Coral Sea
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Coral SeaMarch SST Anomalies (10x10km region)
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Mean SST in pink
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Gulf of Carpentaria – L3S-6d SST
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SST Anomaly
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Percentiles
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Time series of SST in the Gulf of CarpentariaAnomalously high temperatures Jan-Apr 2016
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ClimFit3 in pinkPercentiles calculated over 1993-2014
Gulf of CarpentariaMarch SST Anomalies (10x10km region)
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Estimating Percentiles - February SST Anomalies149E 41.5S (off E Tas)
• Cloud and diurnal heating (afternoon effect) give problems at the extremes of the pdf/histogram
• Estimate the statistics using all SST anomalies for each month at every 2x2km location
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Estimating Percentiles - February SST Anomalies149E 41.5S (off E Tas)
Same location but using data over 10x10km region around the same location
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Eddy off Tasmania July 2016
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Time series of SST in Eddy off Eastern Tasmania
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Eastern Tasmania (eddy centre)May SST Anomalies (10x10km region)
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January 2017 SST
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January 2017Percentiles
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SST and Percentiles are plotted daily on IMOS OceanCurrent
We will be updating the percentile calculation and bring back the pink dots
Ocean and AtmosphereMadeleine Cahillt +61 3 6232 5302E [email protected] www.csiro.au
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Thank you
OceanCurrent�What can it do for you?AcknowledgementsOceanCurrent - defineSealCTDsGreat Australian Bight Salinity time series 2015/20162016 – A year of extremes �Monthly Mean SST Anomaly, April 2016�SST PercentilesClimatologyFoster et al (2014) Drifter-Satellite SST�Mean cold bias 0.5 – 1° C Satellite SST – Drifter SST (data used in Wijffels et al) SW Australia - January� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)� SW Australia - March� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)� SW Australia - May� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)� SW Australia - July� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)� SW Australia - September� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)� SW Australia - November� Mean Sea Level (OFAM) Mean SST (ClimFit3)�Tasmania January ClimFit3 SSTTasmania February ClimFit3 SSTTasmania March ClimFit3 SSTSST and PercentilesCoral Sea SST, 20 March 2015SST Anomaly, 20 March 2015SST PercentilesTime series of SST (L3S-1d) in Coral Sea Coral Sea�March SST Anomalies (10x10km region)Gulf of Carpentaria – L3S-6d SSTSST Anomaly PercentilesTime series of SST in the Gulf of Carpentaria�Anomalously high temperatures Jan-Apr 2016 �Gulf of Carpentaria�March SST Anomalies (10x10km region)Estimating Percentiles - February SST Anomalies� 149E 41.5S (off E Tas)Estimating Percentiles - February SST Anomalies� 149E 41.5S (off E Tas)Eddy off Tasmania July 2016� Time series of SST in Eddy off Eastern TasmaniaEastern Tasmania (eddy centre)�May SST Anomalies (10x10km region)January 2017 �SSTJanuary 2017�Percentiles�Thank you