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Non-Tidal Ocean Center-of-Mass Variations

Large-scale ocean mass distributions induce time-variations in the oceans's center-of-mass that contribute to offsets between the center-of-mass of the whole Earth including its outer geophysical fluid layers, and the center-of-figure that is typically relized by geodetic instruments attached to the crust of the solid Earth (Blewitt, 2003). The offset is also commonly referred to as geocenter motion.

Oceanic Model Experiments

NameOcean ModelData SpanResolutionComments
dong97_mom.cmMOMFeb 1992 to Dec 19943 days-
dong97_micom.cmMICOMFeb 1992 to Dec 19943 days-
c20010701.cmMITgcmJan 1980 to Mar 20021 day-
ECCO_50yr.cmMITgcmJan 1949 to Dec 200210 days-
ECCO_kf049f.cmMITgcmJan 1993 to Mar 20061 day-
ECCO_kf066a2.cmMITgcmJan 1993 to Dec 20081 day-
ECCO_kf066b.cmMITgcmJan 1993 to Dec 20081 day-
ECCO_kf079.cmMITgcmJan 1993 to Mar 20201 day-
ECCO_kf080i.cmMITgcmJan 1993 to Mar 20201 day-
ECCO_v4r3_noFWF.cmMITgcmJan 1992 to Dec 20151 hourw/o FWF
ECCO_v4r3_yesFWF.cmMITgcmJan 1992 to Dec 20151 hourwith FWF
ECCO_v4r4b_noFWF.cmMITgcmJan 1992 to Dec 20171 hourw/o FWF; corrected in June 2021
ECCO_v4r4b_yesFWF.cmMITgcmJan 1992 to Dec 20171 hourwith FWF; corrected in June 2021

All available experiments can be downloaded here.

*FWF: Net-effects of freshwater fluxes from continental (and atmospheric) storages into the oceans are explicitly considered.

Blewitt, G. (2003), Self-consistency in reference frames, geocenter definition, and surface loading of the solid Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 108 (B2), 2103.

Contact

Dr. Henryk Dobslaw
Earth System Modelling

Telegrafenberg
Building A20, room 316
14473 Potsdam
tel. +49 331 288-1974

henryk.dobslaw@gfz.de