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Bottom topography

code

source

modifications

min depth

max depth

AWI

IBCAO

deepened some channels

30 m

4800 m

GSFC

TerrainBase Global DTM

extensive smoothing

50 m

6000 m

 DRAKKAR

ETOPO2 (IBCAO in the Arctic)

 Some (not in the Arctic)

 10m

5750m

ICMMG

IBCAO

deepened some channels

50 m

5500 m

LANL

IBCAO + Smith&Sandwell

pointwise changes

20 m

5500 m

LU

IBCAO + ETOPO5

widened some straits

30 m

4345 m

NERSC

GEBCO

modified some sill depths

50m

7505m

NPS

IBCAO + ETOPO5

widened some straits

45 m

4300 m

NYU

IBCAO + ETOPO5

none

20 m

5000 m

POL

IBCAO + ETOPO5

some

15m

5500m

FEMAO1

Polyakov

smoothing, widened some straits

25 m

4000 m

FEMAO2

IBCAO

smoothing, widened some  straits

25 m

5000 m

INMOM

ETOPO5

smoothing

10 m

7457 m

N Atlantic only

radiation (Stevens, 1990)

none

 

 

UCL

ETOPO5

pointwise

20 m

5500 m

UW

IBCAO + ETOPO5

?

75 m

?

DAL

 

 

 

 

FSU

 

 

 

 

GFDL

 

 

 

 

IARC-A

IBCAO

smoothing

10m

4000m*

IARC-B

IBCAO

none

10m

4000m*

ECCO2

GEBCO + Smith&Sandwell

none

0m

6145m

MIT

 

 

 

 

NCAR

 

 

 

 

NPI

 

 

 

 

UMASD

 

 

 

 

NOCS/ORCA25

ETOPO2+IBCAO+GEBCO 1mn.

smoothing

25 m

5902 m

MCGU

 

 

 

 

LOCEAN

ETOPO5 + Smith & Sandwel

modified channels

20m

5500m

IOS

IBCAO + ETOPO5

widened Nares Strait

30 m

4345 m

Note: all z-level models use full-cell depth representation.

*IARC model adopts partial steps for vertical grid cell.