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SODA β/1/2 reanalyses


References: mostly in: www.aosc.umd.edu/~carton/carton/ref.html

Table 1: Select group of available SODA β/1/2 Reanalyses

Name

Winds

Time

Model

Obs

Notes

SODAβ 6

NCEP

1948-1998

MOM2

WOD98

quasi-global 1deg x 1deg (enhanced tropics)

SODAβ 7

NCEP

1948-2000

MOM2

WOD98/altimetry

1deg x 1deg (enhanced tropics)

SODA1.2

NCEP

1948-2003

POP1.4

WOD01

1/4deg x 0.4deg full Arctic

1.4.2

ERA40

1958-2001

POP1.4

WOD01

occasional appearance of spurious cold anomalies at thermocline depths.

2.2.4

C20Rv2 (mean corrected)

1890-2010

POP2.1

WOD09

fall-rate correction applied. Problems with error covariances. Problems at high latitude. No ice.