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Arctic ocean forecast - TOPAZ2 Arctic fields

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Product description(2007-11-23)
WHAT ?PRODUCT-ID

NERSC-ARCTIC-TOPAZ2-FOR

PRODUCT TYPE

Ocean forecast

OUTPUT TYPE

Gridded (analysis)

OVERVIEW

General description : Operational Ocean General Circulation Models describe routinely the 4D evolution of the physical ocean and sea-ice variables such as: temperature, salinity, currents, sea...
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PARAMETERS GROUP
(from BODC)
PARAMETERS (parameter, unit, convention)
  • eastward_sea_ice_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • eastward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • northward_sea_ice_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_ice_thickness,m,CF
  • sea_surface_height_above_geoid,m,CF
  • sea_water_potential_temperature,K,CF
  • sea_water_salinity,1e-3,CF
WHERE ?GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
90.0
-180.0180.0
40.0
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

Regional scale

SPATIAL RESOLUTION

12.5 Km

VERTICAL COVERAGE

from 0 to -4000 meters.

WHEN ?TEMPORAL COVERAGESince 2005-10-01 - 2007-09-30TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
PROCESS/ UPDATEUPDATEDweekly
BY (supply center)
name : NERSC/Mohn-Sverdrup center
email adress : mersea-contact@nersc.no
web site : http://topaz.nersc.no/

Delivery

ServiceResourceAverage Volume/releaseFormatLicence/
conditions
Distributor
http
74 MB (one daily file with all fields, uncompressed)DAPfree
name : NERSC/Mohn-Sverdrup center
email adress : mersea-contact@nersc.no
web site : http://topaz.nersc.no/
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http
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name : MERSEA/MIM
web site : http://www.mersea.eu.org/Information/MerseaInformationSystem.html
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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