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Met Office FOAM North Atlantic model

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Product description(2007-04-23)
WHAT ?PRODUCT-ID

UKMET-NEATL-FOAM-FOR
PRODUCT TYPE

Ocean forecast

OUTPUT TYPE

Gridded (analysis)
OVERVIEW

General description : The UK Met Office has been running operational ocean models since 1997. There is global coverage at low resolution (1°) with suites of nested models giving higher resolu...
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PARAMETERS GROUP
(from BODC)
PARAMETERS (parameter, unit, convention)
  • eastward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • northward_sea_water_velocity,m s-1,CF
  • ocean_mixed_layer_thickness,m,CF
  • sea_surface_height_above_sea_level,m,CF
  • sea_water_potential_temperature,K,CF
  • sea_water_salinity,1e-3,CF
WHERE ?GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
65.0
-98.010.0
10.0
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

Regional scale
SPATIAL RESOLUTION

1/8 degree
VERTICAL COVERAGE

from 0 to -3000 meters.
WHEN ?TEMPORAL COVERAGESince 2003-07-01 - onGoingTEMPORAL RESOLUTION
PROCESS/ UPDATEUPDATEDannually
BY (supply center)
name : NCOF
email adress : enquiries@ncof.gov.uk
web site : http://www.ncof.gov.uk/

Delivery

ServiceResourceAverage Volume/releaseFormatLicence/
conditions		Distributor
http
N/AHTTP/imagefree
name : MET OFFICE
web site : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
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http
N/AHTTP/imagefree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
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http
Class I Analysis: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
full...[more]
http
Class 1 24H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
incremental...[more]
http
Class 1 48H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
incremental...[more]
http
Class 1 72H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
full...[more]
http
Class 1 96H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
full...[more]
http
Class 1 120H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
full...[more]
http
Class 1 144H forecast: 5MB for a single field for a single dayDAPfree
name : NERC/ESSC
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
full...[more]
http
N/AHTTP/imagefree
name : MERSEA/MIM
web site : http://www.mersea.eu.org/Information/MerseaInformationSystem.html
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Documentation

TitleOnline ResourcePublication
FOAM System Overviewhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/ncof/foam/index.html
FOAM System Overviewhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/ncof/foam/index.html



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