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| Title: | Output fields from the NOAA Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (Atlantic) for 2009-01-01 - 2009-01-31 (NODC Accession 0052486) |
| Abstract: | The NOAA Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (Atlantic) dataset comprises output fields from the daily operational RTOFS model runs conducted at the National Centers for Atmospheric Prediction. Each model run produces a series of gridded fields containing results of model computations for ocean temperature, salinity, currents, sea-surface height, and possibly other properties. The fields are encoded in the standard GRIdded Binary (GRIB) file format. NODC compiles a series of files into monthly accessions to facilitate archival storage and public access. Two different sets of output fields are included: 1) daily 3-dimensional fields reported on the model's native hybrid (isopycnal plus z-level) vertical coordinates (note: prior to June 6, 2007, these fields are interpolated to z-levels); and 2) hourly fields reported for the surface level only. Each daily model run produces a 24-hr hindcast as well as forecasts out to 120 hours. |
| Date received: | 20090201 |
| Start date: | 20090101 |
| End date: | 20090131 |
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| West boundary: | -105.03 |
| East boundary: | 22.215 |
| North boundary: | 75.245 |
| South boundary: | -26.5 |
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| Submitter: | NCEP, |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
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| Supplementary information: | * Surface Forcing - forcing fields from 3-hour NCEP (GDAS/GFS) model * Open Boundaries - Relaxed to NCEP climatology. Also relaxed to climatology in the Straits of Gibraltar region * Tides - M2, S2, N2, K1, P1, O1, K2, Q1 tidal modes - Body and boundary tides * Rivers - From daily USGS data and RIVDIS climatology * Data Assimilation - SST: from GOES AVHRR and in-situ - SSH, T, S: using SLA from JASON GFO (not activated) - T,S: from ARGOS, XBT, CTD (not activated) * Model Parameters - Time step: split-explicit 150 sec baroclinic, 5 sec barotropic - Advection scheme: 2nd order Flux Corrected Transport (FCT) with density and salinity as the advected scalars - Horizontal momentum viscosity: additive laplacian with biharmonic operators + Laplacian: deformation factor = 0.1, diffusion velocity = 0.005 m/s + Biharmonic: deformation factor = 0.0, diffusion velocity = 0.005 m/s - Laplacian scalar diffusion (diffusion velocity: 0.005 m/s) - Vertical viscosity and mixing: GISS - Quadratic bottom friction coefficient: 0.003 - Bottom boundary layer thickness: 10 m Documentation for RTOFS model output can be obtained from NODC Accession 0026419 (accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0026419). As it becomes available, new documentation about RTOFS model output and/or processing will be added to NODC Accession 0026419. |
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| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2009-04-01 22:13:55+00 |
| Editdate: | 2011-09-09 21:11:34+00 |