389
tools guaranty access to multi-year reference simulations (and reanalysis to
come) with different extraction tools on one hand and real-time ocean
(LAS) tool is implemented and has been defined to be the standard interface
for the GODAE community, and the MERSEA group in Europe.
MERCATOR outputs are freely available for Research and Educational
applications; a user identification procedure (login/password) enables a
precise knowledge of our user community and two-way dialogue with it.
A User Bureau is taking care of any request and can be contacted at
mailto://products@mercator-ocean.fr.
3.
System assessment
For operational activities, system assessment is a critical issue to
guaranty high-level products to the system end-users; MERCATOR OCEAN
organized four assessment loops with different scopes, time scales and team
involved to ensure a perfect validation of any output of the system.
Each assessment result is widely communicated (see MERCATOR
website) in a quaterly newsletter, so that interested users can access to this
information. So far, 13 newsletters have been published: they give a good
overview of the MERCATOR system products validation activity.
Figure 2. Temperature time series at North Madeira XBT mooring for model (left) and
interpolated in situ data (right). See the MERCATOR Newsletter n°6 for details
(http://www.mercator-ocean.fr/html/lettre/presentation_lettre_en.html).
3.1
Short loop
The first loop of validation is under the responsibility of MERCATOR
OCEAN forecasters and considers real-time validation associated to the
weekly bulletin. Before allowing any new Ocean Bulletin diffusion, Ocean
Forecasters
validate
the
new
information
processed
during
Tuesday/Wednesday night. Input data entering the system are first assessed
bulletins and numerical fields (recent hindcasts, real-time nowcats and
2-week forecasts) on the other hand. For this purpose, a Live Access Server
MERCATOR OCEAN
tools guaranty access to multi-year reference simulations (and reanalysis to
come) with different extraction tools on one hand and real-time ocean
(LAS) tool is implemented and has been defined to be the standard interface
for the GODAE community, and the MERSEA group in Europe.
MERCATOR outputs are freely available for Research and Educational
applications; a user identification procedure (login/password) enables a
precise knowledge of our user community and two-way dialogue with it.
A User Bureau is taking care of any request and can be contacted at
mailto://products@mercator-ocean.fr.
3.
System assessment
For operational activities, system assessment is a critical issue to
guaranty high-level products to the system end-users; MERCATOR OCEAN
organized four assessment loops with different scopes, time scales and team
involved to ensure a perfect validation of any output of the system.
Each assessment result is widely communicated (see MERCATOR
website) in a quaterly newsletter, so that interested users can access to this
information. So far, 13 newsletters have been published: they give a good
overview of the MERCATOR system products validation activity.
Figure 2. Temperature time series at North Madeira XBT mooring for model (left) and
interpolated in situ data (right). See the MERCATOR Newsletter n°6 for details
(http://www.mercator-ocean.fr/html/lettre/presentation_lettre_en.html).
3.1
Short loop
The first loop of validation is under the responsibility of MERCATOR
OCEAN forecasters and considers real-time validation associated to the
weekly bulletin. Before allowing any new Ocean Bulletin diffusion, Ocean
Forecasters
validate
the
new
information
processed
during
Tuesday/Wednesday night. Input data entering the system are first assessed
bulletins and numerical fields (recent hindcasts, real-time nowcats and
2-week forecasts) on the other hand. For this purpose, a Live Access Server
MERCATOR OCEAN