Research

Tools, Models, Datasets, and More

• Antarctic Tide Gauge Database: Browse ocean tide height harmonics at locations around Antarctica from a variety of measurement systems.
  
• Global Ocean Surface Currents: View and download up-to-date ocean surface current analyses (OSCAR) derived from satellite data.
  
• Monthly ENSO Index: ENSO cycle as indicated by 1st EOF of surface current and SST anomalies.
  
• Monthly PDO Index: The Pacific decadel oscillation as indicated by the spatial EOF pattern and amplitude of the first EOF of the T/P/J altimeter SSH anomaly.
  
• Polar Tide Models: Download Arctic, Antarctic, and global barotropic tide models and our Matlab "TMD" toolbox.
  
• SO GLOBEC ADCP data: Download the complete archive of processed ensemble and single ping data from the 2001-2003 Southern Ocean GLOBEC cruises.
  

Research Projects

	The Aquarius Satellite Mission One of two new Earth System Science Pathfinder small-satellite program missions confirmed by NASA in 2005.			INSTANT: International Nusantara Stratification And Transport Program An international program to measure the Indonesian Throughflow.
	Internal Tides in the Indonesian Seas Examining tides in the Indonesian Sea using observational data and models.			OSCAR: Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time A processing system that provides operational ocean surface velocity fields to a broad-based user community.
	Satellite Derived Tropical Ocean Surface Currents Calculating surface current throughout the global tropical ocean using satellite-based, altimeter derived sea level data, scatterometer derived wind data, and SST data.			Polar Science at ESR Studies of polar oceans and ice through fieldwork, modeling, and satellite remote sensing Anslope Antarctic Tide Gauge Database Polar Tide Models SO GLOBEC