System Description

TBA

Data Assimilation

TBA

Operational Details

The system runs daily at the NAVO HPC and generates a 5 day hindcast and a 5 day forecast. The data are made available typically within two days after the model run via servers located at the Center For Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), Florida State University (FSU). The HYCOM format archive files are converted to CF 1.0 compliant NetCDF files using standard HYCOM post-processing package. These files contain diagnostic output at standard Levitus depth levels for several variables including: currents, temperature and salinity. The archive files are snapshots.

Detailed Information

Run Configuration (blkdat.input)

Contains model run configuration information such as time steps, advection scheme, mixing, vertical structure, etc.

Model Bathymetry (depth.[ab])

Files containing the model bathymetry.

Computational Grids (regional.grid.[ab])

Files containing the location of model grid point.

References

NRL Website

Contains snapshots, animations forecast verification statistics and model data comparisons.