Bluelink Ocean Reanalysis (BRAN)

Updated: 2019-05-17

Data here are from Bluelink ReANalysis (BRAN) experiments simulating recent decades with a near-global, 10-km resolution (eddy-resolving) ocean general circulation model. Data assimilation adjusts the ocean state to observations of temperature, salinity, and surface height. Model output is a realistic reconstruction of mesoscale upper ocean dynamics for this period. For a more complete description and assessment of the output, please refer to: Oke, P. R. et al. 2013. Towards a dynamically balanced eddy-resolving ocean reanalysis: BRAN3. Ocean Modelling, Volume 67, p. 52-70. Oke, P. R. et al. 2008. The Bluelink ocean data assimilation system (BODAS). Ocean Modelling, Volume 21, p. 46-70. Chamberlain et al. 2021. Next generation of Bluelink ocean reanalysis with multiscale data assimilation: BRAN2020. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 5663–5688, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5663-2021 Users of output here are encouraged to join the bran-users google group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bran-users), which will occasionally broadcast updates regarding these products.