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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access originally published online on July 30, 2008
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2008 65(8):1504-1507; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn122
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© 2008 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Published by Oxford Journals. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following ICES Journal of Marine Science issue: Marine Environmental Indicators: Utility in Meeting Regulatory Needs [View the issue table of contents]

Three ocean state indices implemented in the Mercator-Ocean operational suite

L. Crosnier, M. Drévillon, S. Ramos Buarque and F. Soulat

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Crosnier, L., Drévillon, M., Ramos Buarque, S., and Soulat, F. 2008. Three ocean state indices implemented in the Mercator-Ocean operational suite. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1504–1507.

We present three indices for the state of the ocean, all computed using the Mercator-Ocean analyses and ocean forecast system: an upwelling index based on sea surface temperature (SST), the tropical cyclone heat potential, showing the thermal energy available in the ocean to enhance or decrease the power of cyclones, and the Indian Ocean dipole mode index based on SST. Such indices are updated on a weekly or monthly basis.

Keywords: environmental indicators, ocean, operational forecast system

Received 7 December 2007; accepted 1 May 2008; advance access publication 30 July 2008.


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