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contributor authorDorandeu, J.
contributor authorLe Traon, P. Y.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:15:40Z
date available2017-06-09T14:15:40Z
date copyright1999/09/01
date issued1999
identifier issn0739-0572
identifier otherams-1589.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4151611
description abstractThe authors used meteorological pressure fields from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to calculate a mean global pressure to serve as a reference for an improved inverse barometer correction of altimeter data. These global pressure fields, available every 6 h on a ½ degree grid, enabled the extraction of the dominant mean pressure signals. Then, the effect of an improved inverse barometer correction on TOPEX/Poseidon mean sea level variation was estimated. Different low-pass smoothings of global mean pressure were used with cutoff frequencies ranging from (40 to 2 days)?1. Best results were obtained with the (2 days)?1 cutoff frequency, which was then used for an improved inverse barometer correction. The improved correction reduces the standard deviation of mean sea level variations (relative to an annual cycle and slope) by more than 20% when compared with standard inverse barometer correction and no correction at all. It also slightly reduces the variance of sea surface height differences at crossover points. The impact of the improved correction on the mean sea level annual cycle and slope is also not negligible.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleEffects of Global Mean Atmospheric Pressure Variations on Mean Sea Level Changes from TOPEX/Poseidon
typeJournal Paper
journal volume16
journal issue9
journal titleJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1279:EOGMAP>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1279
journal lastpage1283
treeJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;1999:;volume( 016 ):;issue: 009
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