The SEACOOS effort includes the
implementation of an operational model
system for nowcasting and forecasting (NC/FC) the coastal ocean. The
system extends from the Virginia-North Carolina border to the
Mississippi River and requires collaboration by several institutions
(UNC, UM, USF). The focus in our lab, as part of the North Carolina
Coastal Ocean Observing System (NCCOOS),
is
to produce forecast fields for
the South
Atlantic Bight (SAB) region.
The baroclinic implementation of the NCCOOS NC/FC system includes
forcings by atmospheric wind stress and heat flux at the model surface
and tidal elevation, temperature, salinity and far-field elevation at
the model open-ocean boundary. The main goal of the NC/FC system is to
provide circulation and mass field information for the SAB region
available through a web interface. Both hindcast and forecast products
are provided. Currently the hincast length is 8-9 days and the forecast
14 days. The time availability of the forecast fields depends on the
delay in the posting times of the input fields (atmospheric and
basin-scale forcings).
The current implementation consists of a one-way nested system that
uses initial and boundary conditions from the basin-scale operational HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate
Ocean Model) simulations for the North Atlantic. The atmospheric
forcings are extracted from available National Center for Environmental
Predictions (NCEP) mesoscale meteorological model products. More
detailed information of the NCCOOS NC/FC system available. The output files are
available at http://nccoos.org/files/model/oceanographic
MOST RECENT SIMULATION
Surface Temperature and depth-averaged
velocity
Temperature transects
Entire Transects
Shelf Transects
Point comparisons:
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The results for this simulation are not that realistic because of
issues with the availability and validity of atmospheric fluxes...
