Ocean Modelling in Support of Operational Ocean and Coastal Services

• Other Authors: Sotillo, Marcos G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; singular spectrum analysis; altimeter waveform; Json-1; mean sea surface height; threshold retracker; waveform retracking; Northeast Atlantic; ROMS; ARGO; tide gauges; Irish coastal current; river freshwater discharges; operational ocean models; sea surface salinity field; IBI region; LAMBDA river database; IBI model validation; model sensitivity tests; barotropic solver; PCG; CA-PCG; ocean general circulation model; NEMO; sea of Marmara; Bosphorus strait; Dardanelles strait; Turkish strait system; SHYFEM; Black Sea; wave-current interaction; NEMOv4; WaveWatchIII; operational oceanography; physical oceanography; biogeochemistry; waves; numerical modelling; data assimilation; forecasting; reanalysis; validation; SAMOA; coastal models; operational forecasting; port circulation; dynamical downscaling; nesting techniques in operational applications; ocean model validation; wave modeling; current-wave coupling; current forcing; model validation; wave altimetric products; Copernicus Marine IBI; freshwater discharges; sea surface salinity; land boundary; estuarine proxy; water continuum; numerical models; n/a
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Operational oceanography is maturing rapidly. Its capabilities are being noticeably enhanced in response to a growing demand for regularly updated ocean information. Today, several core forecasting and monitoring services, such as the Copernicus Marine ones focused on global and regional scales, are...