IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Lagrangian Paths in OSCAR Surface Currents Kathleen Dohan Earth and Space Research Seattle,

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IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Lagrangian Paths in OSCAR Surface Currents Kathleen Dohan Earth and Space Research Seattle, WA

OSCAR surface currents IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Ocean Surface Currents Analyses-Realtime processing system (OSCAR) is a satellite- derived surface current database provided in near-real time. geostrophic term is computed from the gradient of ocean surface topography fields (AVISO/CLS) wind-driven velocity components are computed from an Ekman/Stommel formulation with variable eddy viscosity using QuikSCAT vector winds (FSU/COAPS) and NCEP winds thermal wind adjustment using Reynolds OI SST data. Source data is continually updated. Data is available at and Areas of development: Time-dependent wind-driven dynamics Turbulent mixing scheme Vertical variation Coastal areas

OSCAR surface currents IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 OSCAR surface currents (Ocean Surface Current Analyses- Realtime) are global ocean surface velocities calculated from satellite-sensed SSH, wind, and SST (SSS). The dataset is produced on a 5-day timebase, on a 1/3 degree regular grid. Here: OSCAR currents in the convergent zones How best to describe the convergent zones? Eulerian vs Lagrangian views Compare with drifters Effects of vertical variation Discussion

Motivation IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 OSCAR surface currents from satellite measurements 1/3 o regular gridding, 5-day timebase, NRT Eulerian Global validation with drifters Lagrangian Convergent zones in basins “Pacific Trash Vortex” “Great Garbage Patch” How best to describe and analyze Issues Small-scale Fast timescales Coastal Vertical variation

Eulerian Viewpoint IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Regular grid in time and space EKE plots, transport into regions, timeseries Regularly compare OSCAR with drifting buoy velocities from drifter paths

Lagrangian approach: Particles in OSCAR IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Simple advection of initial seeding of “drifters” by interpolated currents

Lagrangian approach: Particles in OSCAR IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011

Particles in OSCAR IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Final positions after running from 2000 to end of 2009 Stop when drifters approach coasts (NaN velocities)

Particles in OSCAR IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Drifter paths, color coded by initial position

Compare with AOML drifters IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Initial position of drifter array

Compare with AOML drifters IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Final position of drifter array Function of seeding positions and times 2 year average drifter track times

Compare with AOML drifters: Drifters which have hit land IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 All drifters that have landed, courtesy of Rick Lumpkin AOML OSCAR end points after 10 years

Compare with AOML drifters IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Amount of time drifter tracks are in bins

Compare with AOML drifters IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Amount of time drifter tracks are in bins 2 yrs of data10 yrs of data

Future Development Along Coasts IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Explore the possibility of extending OSCAR closer to the coast. Work with OSU group: Ted Strub, Mike Kosro, Craig Risien, Corrine James to develop methods for OSCAR, starting with the area off of Oregon. Use of tide gauges Craig Risien’s geostrophic velocities calculated along the US West Coast, following method of Saraceno, Strub and Kosro JGR 2008, where the near- coast altimeter data is removed and replaced by interpolation to tide gauge SSH data. Hosted at PO.DAAC. Wind dataset as well. High frequency radar Data from Mike Kosro, part of the US West Coast HF mapping system. Along track Coastal mask Mask out AVISO gridded SSH as function(distance from coast, bathymetric features, in situ disagreement…)

Coastal Issues IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Sample comparison between OSCAR, tide gauge geostrophic currents (Risien and Strub), and HF radar currents, all treated in time as in OSCAR (10-day timescale smoothing, 5-day timebase).

Coastal Issues IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Worst case example. OSCAR (AVISO mapping) completely missed the jet.

Issues: Coasts IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011

Issues: Small Scale IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Compare OSCAR with 5d timestep, 10 day smoothing to OSCAR with daily winds, no smoothing on the winds

Issues: small scale IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011

Issues: small scale IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Amount of time drifter tracks are in bins, 5day OSCAR – 1 day OSCAR

Issues: small scale IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Close view of drifter paths

Adding noise to the advection IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 End points after 10 years: OSCAR and OSCAR + 10cm/s amplitude random noise

Issues: Vertical Variation IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Extreme test case of surface wind-driven u scaled by depth of mixed layer U wind = U wind * 30m/MLD Using Holte mixed layer climatology from Argo Holte, J., J. Gilson, L. Talley and D. Roemmich, 2010: Argo Mixed Layers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD.

Issues: Vertical Variation IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Test case of surface wind-driven u scaled by depth of mixed layer U wind = U wind * 30m/MLD Idea of momentum being distributed over well-mixed layer

Summary IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Are coarse velocity fields enough to measure Lagrangian pathways? Turbulent small-scale processes Filaments Eddies Coasts Offshore transport Coastal jets Topographic steering Coastal products How reliant are any calculations of transport on the vertical profile? How deep do particles reside?

IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011

Issues: Vertical Variation IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Green and cyan (OSCAR) show the vertical variation implicit in OSCAR. Blue compares with using a vertically varying eddy viscosity.

Linearly decaying currents to depth of mixed layer IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Extreme test case of linearly decaying u with depth to base of mixed layer Lose the convergent zones (albeit unrealistic)

OSCAR IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Same plot for OSCAR drifters

Compare with AOML drifters: Drifters which have hit land IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Initial position of all drifters that have landed, courtesy of Rick Lumpkin AOML

Compare with AOML drifters: Drifters which have hit land IOVWST Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, May 9-11, 2011 Initial position of all drifters that have landed, courtesy of Rick Lumpkin AOML.