Table 1 OCIM2-48L Model–Observation RMSE and Pearson’s r for data-assimilated circulation tracers.

From: Diffusion controls the ventilation of a Pacific Shadow Zone above abyssal overturning

tracer

RMSE

RMSE

r

r

 

global

Pacific

global

Pacific

Θ

0.34 C

0.32 C

0.997

0.998

S

0.038 psu

0.027 psu

0.983

0.992

CFC-11

0.22 pmol kg−1

0.17 pmol kg−1

0.977

0.979

CFC-12

0.11 pmol kg−1

0.08 pmol kg−1

0.979

0.983

Δ14C

3.9‰

3.6‰

0.995

0.995

δ3He

0.58%

0.46%

0.997

0.998