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Mercator high resolution PSY2V3 on Atlantic and Mediterranean

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Product description(2008-07-23)
WHAT ?PRODUCT-ID

MERCATOR-GLOBAL-PSY2V3-FOR

PRODUCT TYPE

Ocean forecast

OUTPUT TYPE

Gridded (analysis)

OVERVIEW

  • General information:      North Atlantic 1/12° eddy revolving daily 3D ocean hindcast, nowcast and forecast, assimilating in situ profiles, altimetry and SST data.
     
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PARAMETERS GROUP
(from BODC)
PARAMETERS (parameter, unit, convention)
  • eastward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t,m,CF
  • sea_ice_area_fraction,1,CF
  • sea_ice_thickness,m,CF
  • sea_ice_x_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • sea_ice_y_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • sea_surface_height_above_geoid,m,CF
  • sea_water_potential_temperature,K,CF
  • sea_water_salinity,1e-3,CF
  • sea_water_x_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • sea_water_y_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water,W m-2,CF
  • surface_downward_x_stress,Pa,CF
  • surface_downward_y_stress,Pa,CF
  • surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux,W m-2,CF
  • water_flux_into_ocean,kg m-2 s-1,CF
WHERE ?GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
70.0
-100.020.0
-20.0
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

Regional scale

SPATIAL RESOLUTION

1/6

VERTICAL COVERAGE

from 5000 to 0 meters.

WHEN ?TEMPORAL COVERAGESince 2008-04-09 - onGoingTEMPORAL RESOLUTION
PROCESS/ UPDATEUPDATEDweekly
BY (supply center)
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org

Delivery

ServiceResourceAverage Volume/releaseFormatLicence/
conditions
Distributor
http
1 day, all variables, all levels ; NAT area : 380 MB, MED area : 63 MB/file, TAT area : 58 MB/fileDAPsee: http://www.mercator-ocean.fr/html/produits/description/acces_en.html
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
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http
Live Access Serversee: http://www.mercator-ocean.fr/html/produits/description/acces_en.html
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
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Documentation

TitleOnline ResourcePublication



MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY FOR THE
EUROPEAN AREA INTEGRATED PROJECT
IFREMER, BP 70
29280 Plouzane France
merseaip@ifremer.fr