Bulletin géodésique

, 68:7 | Cite as

Separation of residual ocean tide signals in a collinear analysis of Geosat altimetry

  • Per Knudsen
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Abstract

The effects of residual ocean tide signals on altimetric mesoscale variability estimates are analyzed in the north east Atlantic region using one year of Geosat Exact Repeat Mission data. The variability is evaluated along collinear tracks and covariance functions are determined. Initial results show that the average variability is about 10 cm. Variability values of 15–20 cm are found between Iceland and the Faeroe Islands and values up to 1/2 m are found near the coast of the UK. Then a procedure for estimation of ocean tide signals combined with the collinear analyses was tested. A separation of the estimated tide residuals associated with M2, S2, and N2 resulted in a significant reduction of the variability. The average variability decreased to 5 cm and the temporal correlations vanished. A reduction of the large variability values from 15–50 cm to 5–10 cm demonstrates that significant residual ocean tide signals can be estimated and removed efficiently in a collinear analysis of the mesoscale ocean variability.

Keywords

Height Anomaly Ocean Tide Faeroe Island Ocean Tide Model Norwegian Coastal Current 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Per Knudsen
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  1. 1.Kort- og MatrikelstyrelsenGeodetic DivisionCopenhagenDenmark

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