Simulated Signatures of Greenland Melting in the North Atlantic: A Model Comparison With Argo Floats, Satellite Observations, and Ocean Reanalysis

Increased Greenland ice sheet melting has an impact on global mean and regional sea level rise the ocean circulation. In this study, we explore whether signatures found in model simulations are visible observations from radar altimetry, satellite gravimetry Argo floats. We have included freshwater flux (GF) Finite-Element-Sea ice-Ocean Model (FESOM) for years 1993–2016. The reference run is computed by excluding input. These experiments performed a low resolution (ca. 24 km) high 6 eddy-permitting mesh. For comparison with experiments, use different observational data, such as floats, observations, reanalyses. find that surface GF maps into temperature salinity down to about 100 m surroundings of Greenland. simulated particularly steric heights Baffin Bay Davis Strait. Here, improvement square error up 30% when including GF. Nordic part Seas, however, no compare reanalysis data new setup inversion method gravimetric altimetric data. cannot confirm variables time scales considered. However, increased often causes larger improvements than occur due effect.