We believe, these animations may help in better understanding ocean circulation patterns, dynamics and its variability. These movies might especially be useful for people, who do not have direct access to the model and its results, as they provide a partial overview of model skill and its potential. Also please note, that every image presented here is a result of years of work by a team of people processing thousands of megabytes of data. In addition, concentrations of the Atlantic origin tracer are shown at deeper levels.
Some animations show the entire model domain others show particular tracers over smaller regions.
The total tracer sequences integrate effects from all fresh water sources. Some movies show a single or two river tracers combined, e.g. Ob and Yenisey or Lena and Kotuy. Two animations of the Atlantic tracer along arctic-wide vertical transects are also included. Section locations are shown on the global map. Each image represents a snapshot of model output every 30 days.