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Geodetic Residual Ocean Excitation Functions

Geodetic residual OAM are derived by calculating the geodetically observed angular momentum from the deconvolution of IERS 20C04 EOPs into the geodetic angular momentum (GAM) and subtracting the model-based contributions of atmosphere (AAM), terrestrial hydrology (HAM), and accounting for the global mass balance with the apropriate combination-dependent barystatic sea level contribution (SLAM). 

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GAHS combinations

NameAAMHAMSLAMData SpanResolutionComments
ESMGFZ GAHS RL07ECMWF ERA5OS LISFLOODSLEJan 1960 to Dec 20251 days-
ESMGFZ GAHS RL06ECMWF ERA-InterimLSDMSLEJan 1978 to Dec 20241 days-
GravIS-3 GAHS GFZECMWF ERA-InterimGRACE/-FO TWSGRACE/-FO OBP-barslvJan ???? to Dec ????1 month-
GravIS-3 GAHS COST-GECMWF ERA-InterimGRACE/-FO TWSGRACE/-FO OBP-barslvJan ???? to Dec ????1 month-
MERRA-2 GAHSMERRA-2OS LISFLOODSLEJan ???? to Dec ????1 day-

All available geodetic residuals GAHS can be downloaded here.

*SLE: Sea level equation representing the barystatic response of the global ocean required to conserve the total mass of the related surface fluid systems atmosphere (AAM) and terrestrial hydrology (HAM), see

Dobslaw et al. (2010), Seasonal polar motion excitation from numerical models of atmosphere, ocean, and continental
hydrosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 115:10406.

Dill and Dobslaw (2019), Seasonal variations in global mean sea level and consequences on the excitation of length-of-day changes. Geophysical Journal
International, 218:801–816.

 

*OBP-barslv: Pressure variations due to mass inflow from the continents and deformations of the equipotential surface coincident with mean sea-level due to gravitational attraction of masses at the continents, see GravIS OBP technical note.

Contact

Dr. Henryk Dobslaw
Earth System Modelling

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

henryk.dobslaw@gfz.de