INTERNAL METRICS
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differences (with automated re-gridding), overlay them graphically and view
them as side-by-side plots.
More information about LAS can be found on the web:
x http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/ferret_LAS.html
x http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/LAS_forInSituData.pdf
2.3. MERSEA servers
Mersea OPeNDAP server URL addresses are (Password and user name are
available upon request):
http://user:password@www.nerc-essc.ac.uk:9090/dodsC/ for FOAM
http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/dodsC/ for HYCOM-US
http://user:password@opendap.mercator-ocean.fr/dodsC/ for
MERCATOR
http://thredds.sincem.unibo.it:8080/thredds/dodsC/ for MFS
http://mersea.nersc.no/dodsC/ for TOPAZ
MERSEA LAS URL is the following:
http://las.mersea.eu.org (restricted access)
2.4. MERSEA forecast systems main characteristics
Ocean Model?
Vertical
Coordinate?
Ice Model?
Spin Up Length?
Mixing
Parameterization?
Which Basin?
Horizontal and
Vertical
Resolution?
Relaxation to
Mediterranean
Water?
Which Heat and
Momentum
Forcing?
Relaxation?
Which Data Assimilation
Method? Which Data
Assimilated?
Which MSSH used (Mean
Sea Level used as a
reference for data
assimilation)?
MERCATOR FR
OPA 8.1
Z coord., Rigid Lid.
Simple diagnostic
sea ice.
SPIN UP : 15days
TKE .
ATL + MED.
Hori.1/15°(5/7km)
.
Verti. 43 levels.
Relaxation to
Medatlas (T,S) in
Gulf of Cadiz
below 500m.
Daily ECMWF
forcing.
Relaxation to
Reynolds SST and
Reynaud SSS.
OI SOFA.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
along track once a week.
MSSH from Rio et
al.(2004) in the Atlantic
and blend of previous runs
in Mediterranean basin.
TOPAZ NO
HYCOM 1.0
Hybrid coord., Free
surface.
Dyn/thermodynanic
sea ice.
SPIN UP: 20years .
KPP mixing.
ATL.
Hori. 20 to 30km.
Verti. 22 hybrid
layers.
Closed boundary
without relaxation.
6 hourly ECMWF
forcing (Bulk
formulae momentum
and heat).
Precipitation Clim +
Relaxation to Levitus
SSS.
EnKF.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
maps once a week.
SST from CLS AVHRR.
Maps of ice concentration.
MSSH from previous
OCCAM run.
FOAM UK
Brian-Cox Hadley
Center.
Hori. 1/9° (12km).
Verti. 20 levels.
6 Hourly UK-MetOffice forcing.
OI Cooper&Haines.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
along track once a week.
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differences (with automated re-gridding), overlay them graphically and view
them as side-by-side plots.
More information about LAS can be found on the web:
x http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/ferret_LAS.html
x http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/LAS_forInSituData.pdf
2.3. MERSEA servers
Mersea OPeNDAP server URL addresses are (Password and user name are
available upon request):
http://user:password@www.nerc-essc.ac.uk:9090/dodsC/ for FOAM
http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/dodsC/ for HYCOM-US
http://user:password@opendap.mercator-ocean.fr/dodsC/ for
MERCATOR
http://thredds.sincem.unibo.it:8080/thredds/dodsC/ for MFS
http://mersea.nersc.no/dodsC/ for TOPAZ
MERSEA LAS URL is the following:
http://las.mersea.eu.org (restricted access)
2.4. MERSEA forecast systems main characteristics
Ocean Model?
Vertical
Coordinate?
Ice Model?
Spin Up Length?
Mixing
Parameterization?
Which Basin?
Horizontal and
Vertical
Resolution?
Relaxation to
Mediterranean
Water?
Which Heat and
Momentum
Forcing?
Relaxation?
Which Data Assimilation
Method? Which Data
Assimilated?
Which MSSH used (Mean
Sea Level used as a
reference for data
assimilation)?
MERCATOR FR
OPA 8.1
Z coord., Rigid Lid.
Simple diagnostic
sea ice.
SPIN UP : 15days
TKE .
ATL + MED.
Hori.1/15°(5/7km)
.
Verti. 43 levels.
Relaxation to
Medatlas (T,S) in
Gulf of Cadiz
below 500m.
Daily ECMWF
forcing.
Relaxation to
Reynolds SST and
Reynaud SSS.
OI SOFA.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
along track once a week.
MSSH from Rio et
al.(2004) in the Atlantic
and blend of previous runs
in Mediterranean basin.
TOPAZ NO
HYCOM 1.0
Hybrid coord., Free
surface.
Dyn/thermodynanic
sea ice.
SPIN UP: 20years .
KPP mixing.
ATL.
Hori. 20 to 30km.
Verti. 22 hybrid
layers.
Closed boundary
without relaxation.
6 hourly ECMWF
forcing (Bulk
formulae momentum
and heat).
Precipitation Clim +
Relaxation to Levitus
SSS.
EnKF.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
maps once a week.
SST from CLS AVHRR.
Maps of ice concentration.
MSSH from previous
OCCAM run.
FOAM UK
Brian-Cox Hadley
Center.
Hori. 1/9° (12km).
Verti. 20 levels.
6 Hourly UK-MetOffice forcing.
OI Cooper&Haines.
SLA SSALTO-DUACS
along track once a week.