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 well-stablished. The sustained availability of oceanography products has favored the proliferation of specific downstream services devoted to coastal monitoring and forecasting. Ocean models are a key component of these operational oceanographic systems (especially in a context marked by the extensive application of dynamical downscaling approaches), and progress in ocean modeling is certainly a driver for the evolution of these services. The goal of this Special Issue is to publish research papers on ocean modeling that benefit model applications that support existing operational oceanographic services. This Special Issue is addressed to an audience with interests in physical oceanography and especially on its operational applications. There is a focus on the numerical modeling needed for a better forecasts in marine environments and using seamless modeling approaches to simulate global to coastal processes.