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North Atlantic ocean forecast - eddy revolving

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Product description(2007-08-16)
WHAT ?PRODUCT-ID

MERCATOR-NATL-PSY2V2-FOR
PRODUCT TYPE

Ocean forecast

OUTPUT TYPE

Gridded (analysis)
OVERVIEW

General description : North Atlantic 1/15° eddy revolving daily 3D ocean hindcast, nowcast and forecast.
Operational Ocean General Circulation Models are able to describe routinely ...
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PARAMETERS GROUP
(from BODC)
PARAMETERS (parameter, unit, convention)
  • downwelling_radiative_flux_in_sea_water,W m-2,CF
  • eastward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • northward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • ocean_barotropic_streamfunction,m3 s-1,CF
  • ocean_mixed_layer_thickness,m,CF
  • sea_surface_height_above_geoid,m,CF
  • sea_water_salinity,1e-3,CF
  • sea_water_temperature,K,CF
  • surface_downward_eastward_stress,Pa,CF
  • surface_downward_northward_stress,Pa,CF
  • surface_downward_water_flux,kg m-2 s-1,CF
WHERE ?GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
70.0
-100.010.0
9.0
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

Regional scale
SPATIAL RESOLUTION

1/15 degree
VERTICAL COVERAGE

from 0 to -2000 meters.
WHEN ?TEMPORAL COVERAGESince 2007-01-01 - 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
260 Mb for each parameter, each dayHTTP/imageAccess terms are mentioned in this document : acces_en_1.pdf
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
full...[more]
http
N/ALive Access Serverfree
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
full...[more]
http
North Atlantic: N/ADAPrestricted access, see conditions at acces_en.html
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
full...[more]
http
Mediterranean: N/ADAPrestricted access, see conditions at acces_en.html
name : MERCATOR OCEAN
email adress : products@mercator-ocean.fr
web site : http://www.mercator.eu.org
full...[more]
http
N/AHTTP/netCDFfree
name : MERSEA/MIM
web site : http://www.mersea.eu.org/Information/MerseaInformationSystem.html
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Documentation

TitleOnline ResourcePublication
Guide to the Mercator digital productshttp://www.mercator-ocean.fr/html/produits/description/produits_numeriques/gp_num_tdm_en.html
MERCATOR PSY2V2 model overviewhttp://w3.mersea.eu.org/html/ocean_modelling/psy2v2_products.html



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