P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley Jr., C. Mirabito Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Ocean Engineering Mechanical Engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts	Synoptic RIOT Data Synoptic Data of Opportunity Atmos. Forecasts RIOT Team Products Data sources
This research is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research

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The RIOT sea experiment occurs in the waters off Southern California around the Channel Islands during August 2026. We thank all of the RIOT team members for their input and collaboration, and especially our LAS5 team members Jessica Garwood (OSU), Trevor Harrison (UW), Christian Sarason (UW), and Jennifer Sevadjian (Scripps).

Real-time MSEAS Data Analysis and Forecasting

 

• MSEAS-processed atmospheric forcing flux forecasts:
  

  NCEP NAM 12km: August 2026
  Daily average wind stress, E-P, heat flux, and SW Radiation
  Flux snapshot plots (1 fct issued daily)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

  NCEP NAM 3km: August 2026
  Daily average wind stress, E-P, heat flux, and SW Radiation
  Flux snapshot plots (1 fct issued daily)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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RIOT Team Products

• Situational Awareness: RIOT Asset Map (from Christian Sarason)
• R/V Sproul Ship Data:
  • ADCP and temperature plots
  • Daily report (directory)
  • Text of daily email with ship status

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Real-time Model Analyses and Forecasts for the RIOT Region

• Windy.com Surface Current Model Display

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Data sources

• Initialization, BCs, and Other Ocean Model Output
  • HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) Description (HYCOM Consortium)
  • Operational Mercator Ocean 1/12° Model Output (Copernicus Marine Data Store)
• Ocean synoptic
  • ARGO float data access
  • Gliders: IOOS ERDDAP/TableDAP page
  • National Data Buoy Center station selection
  • HF Radar:
    • NOAA HF Radar THREDDS server
    • SCCOOS HF Radar Surface Current Map and Link to Data
  • SST products and data:
    • Global Ocean OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (CMEMS)
    • GHRSST Level 2P (MODIS) (PO.DAAC)
    • SSH:
      • AVISO+ (distributed by CMEMS) L3 NRT along-track SSH
      • AVISO+ (distributed by CMEMS) L4 NRT 0.25° gridded SSH
      • SWOT Level 2 KaRIn Low Rate Sea Surface Height Data Product, Version 2.0
  • Ocean historical/climatological
    • Data sets and products NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
      • World Ocean Database (WOD)
  • 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 (combo)
        • Direct link to GFSp5/combo model output
        • NOMADS - NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (main page)
        • General information about the GFS model
        • Index of GFSp5/combo GRIB records

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