P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Ocean Engineering Mechanical Engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts

Real-time modeling Data sources

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The MIT-MSEAS PE ocean forecasts for FLEAT in the Pacific Ocean were issued for: (i) the Guam region for acoustics studies in January 2017, in collaboration with Dr. Kevin Heaney; (ii) Yap region for the second week of April 2017. In collaboration with Dr. Gunnar Voet, our objectives were to utilize the MIT MSEAS primitive-equation modeling system to provide ocean field forecasts that help planning ocean sampling surveys for Lee waves and overflows at ocean ridges.

This research is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

Real-time MSEAS Forecasting

• MSEAS ocean forecasts for the Yap region

  Estimates of Environmental Conditions
  Coarse Domain		Fine Domain
  Surface Velocity	2m Vorticity	Surface Velocity	2m Vorticity

  • Coarse grid forecasts (Apr 12 0Z to Apr 16 0Z, every 12 hours)
  • Fine grid forecasts (Apr 12 0Z to Apr 16 0Z, every 12 hours)
• MSEAS ocean forecasts for the Guam region

  Estimates of Environmental Conditions
  Coarse Domain		Fine Domain
  Surface Velocity	2m Vorticity	Surface Velocity	2m Vorticity

  • Coarse grid forecasts
  • Fine grid forecasts

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Data sources

• Ocean synoptic
  • The Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
    • Data Access
      • Real-Time Data
  • National Data Buoy Center Real-Time & historical data from moored buoy & C-MAN stations
• Ocean historical/climatological
  • The Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
    • Data Access
      • Best-Copy Data
  • Data sets & products NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
    • World Ocean Database (WOD)
    • yearly data files
• Atmospheric forcing
  • Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Real-Time Forecasts
  • National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) products:
    • Global Forecast System Model: version 4 (GFS), at 0.5 degree resolution (GFSp5) and also at 0.25 degree resolution (GFSp25)
      • Direct link to GFSp5/GFSp25 data
      • NOMADS - NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (main page)
      • General information about the GFS model
      • Index of GFSp5/GFSp25 GRIB records
  • Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) products:
    • Real-time data
    • NAVGEM 0.5: Real-time and historical data

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