GODAE systems in operation

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GODAE systems in operation

• E. Dombrowsky, L. Bertino, G. Brassington, E.
  Chassignet, F. Davidson, H. Hurlburt, M.
  Kamachi, T. Lee, M. Martin, S. Mei, M. Tonani

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Presentation outline

• Brief overview presentation of the systems
• (1) BLUElink OceanMAPS Australia,
• (2) C-NOOFS Canada,
• (3) ECCO USA,
• (4) FOAM UK,
• (5) HYCOM/NCODA USA,
• (6) NLOM/NCOM USA,
• (7) NMEFC China,
• (8) MERCATOR France,
• (9) MFS Italy,
• (10) MOVE/MRI.COM Japan,
• (11) RTOFS USA,
• (12) TOPAZ Norway.
• Concluding remarks

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The Modelling Components
OGCM Domains Horiz. Res Vert. Grid Forcing
BLUELINK MOM4 Global 1/10 - 1 47 z-levels GASP 3-h
C-NOOFS NEMO Canada Atl. 1/4 50 z-levels EC/GEM 1-h
ECCO MIT Global 1x0.3 - 1 46 z-levels NCEP
FOAM NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels UKMO 6-h
HYCOM HYCOM Global 1/12 32 hybrid NOGAPS 3-h
NLOM/NCOM NLOM/POM Global 1/32 - 1/8 7 42 hybrid NOGAPS
NMEFC LAP/CAS Tro. Pacific 2x1 14 z-levels NCEPclim
MERCATOR NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels ECMWF 1-d
MFS NEMO Mediterranean 1/16 71 z-levels ECMWF 6-h
MOVE/MRI MRI.COM GlobalReg 1G - 1/2- 1/10 50 z-levels JMA 6-h
RTOFS HYCOM North Atlantic 4-18km 26 hybrid NCEP 3-h
TOPAZ HYCOM AtlArctic 11-16km 22 hybrid ECMWF 6-h
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The Modelling Components
OGCM Domains Horiz. Res Vert. Grid Forcing
BLUELINK MOM4 Global 1/10 - 1 47 z-levels GASP 3-h
C-NOOFS NEMO Canada Atl. 1/4 50 z-levels EC/GEM 1-h
ECCO MIT Global 1x0.3 - 1 46 z-levels NCEP
FOAM NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels UKMO 6-h
HYCOM HYCOM Global 1/12 32 hybrid NOGAPS 3-h
NLOM/NCOM NLOM/POM Global 1/32 - 1/8 7 42 hybrid NOGAPS
NMEFC LAP/CAS Tro. Pacific 2x1 14 z-levels NCEPclim
MERCATOR NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels ECMWF 1-d
MFS NEMO Mediterranean 1/16 71 z-levels ECMWF 6-h
MOVE/MRI MRI.COM GlobalReg 1G - 1/2- 1/10 50 z-levels JMA 6-h
RTOFS HYCOM North Atlantic 4-18km 26 hybrid NCEP 3-h
TOPAZ HYCOM AtlArctic 11-16km 22 hybrid ECMWF 6-h
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The Modelling Components
OGCM Domains Horiz. Res Vert. Grid Forcing
BLUELINK MOM4 Global 1/10 - 1 47 z-levels GASP 3-h
C-NOOFS NEMO Canada Atl. 1/4 50 z-levels EC/GEM 1-h
ECCO MIT Global 1x0.3 - 1 46 z-levels NCEP
FOAM NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels UKMO 6-h
HYCOM HYCOM Global 1/12 32 hybrid NOGAPS 3-h
NLOM/NCOM NLOM/POM Global 1/32 - 1/8 7 42 hybrid NOGAPS
NMEFC LAP/CAS Tro. Pacific 2x1 14 z-levels NCEPclim
MERCATOR NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels ECMWF 1-d
MFS NEMO Mediterranean 1/16 71 z-levels ECMWF 6-h
MOVE/MRI MRI.COM GlobalReg 1G - 1/2- 1/10 50 z-levels JMA 6-h
RTOFS HYCOM North Atlantic 4-18km 26 hybrid NCEP 3-h
TOPAZ HYCOM AtlArctic 11-16km 22 hybrid ECMWF 6-h
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The Modelling Components
OGCM Domains Horiz. Res Vert. Grid Forcing
BLUELINK MOM4 Global 1/10 - 1 47 z-levels GASP 3-h
C-NOOFS NEMO Canada Atl. 1/4 50 z-levels EC/GEM 1-h
ECCO MIT Global 1x0.3 - 1 46 z-levels NCEP
FOAM NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels UKMO 6-h
HYCOM HYCOM Global 1/12 32 hybrid NOGAPS 3-h
NLOM/NCOM NLOM/POM Global 1/32 - 1/8 7 42 hybrid NOGAPS
NMEFC LAP/CAS Tro. Pacific 2x1 14 z-levels NCEPclim
MERCATOR NEMO GlobalReg 1/4G - 1/12R 50 z-levels ECMWF 1-d
MFS NEMO Mediterranean 1/16 71 z-levels ECMWF 6-h
MOVE/MRI MRI.COM GlobalReg 1G - 1/2- 1/10 50 z-levels JMA 6-h
RTOFS HYCOM North Atlantic 4-18km 26 hybrid NCEP 3-h
TOPAZ HYCOM AtlArctic 11-16km 22 hybrid ECMWF 6-h
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The modelling Components

• See
• Chassignet et al. presentation on Friday morning
  (Session 4, 910 am) GODAE OGCM
• See also
• Hurlburt et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 915 am) global mesoscale
• Kamashi et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 940 am) regional mesoscale
• Lee et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 1005) Ocean state estimation for
  climate

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The Assimilation Components
Scheme SST obs SSH obs In Situ Other
BLUELINK BODAS EnOI AMSR-E Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
C-NOOFS None None None None
ECCO Kalman Filt/Sm None Jason 1 T Profiles Clim
FOAM Anal. Cor. IAU OSTIA J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
HYCOM NCODA MVOI SatIn situ J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
NLOM/NCOM MODAS OI Nud MCSST (NLOM) J1EnvisatGFO MODAS T/S (NCOM)
NMEFC OVALS 3DVAR Reynolds Jason 1 T/S Profiles
MERCATOR SAM2 SEEK RTG SST J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MFS 3DVAREOFs AVHRR maps J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MOVE/MRI 3DVAREOFs MGDSST J1Envisat T/S Profiles
RTOFS 3DVARVert 1D Sat In Situ Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
TOPAZ EnKF (100 mbs) RTG SST DUACS MAPS Ice conc. Drift
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The Assimilation Components
Scheme SST obs SSH obs In Situ Other
BLUELINK BODAS EnOI AMSR-E Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
C-NOOFS None None None None
ECCO Kalman Filt/Sm None Jason 1 T Profiles Clim
FOAM Anal. Cor. IAU OSTIA J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
HYCOM NCODA MVOI SatIn situ J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
NLOM/NCOM MODAS OI Nud MCSST (NLOM) J1EnvisatGFO MODAS T/S (NCOM)
NMEFC OVALS 3DVAR Reynolds Jason 1 T/S Profiles
MERCATOR SAM2 SEEK RTG SST J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MFS 3DVAREOFs AVHRR maps J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MOVE/MRI 3DVAREOFs MGDSST J1Envisat T/S Profiles
RTOFS 3DVARVert 1D Sat In Situ Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
TOPAZ EnKF (100 mbs) RTG SST DUACS MAPS Ice conc. Drift
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The Assimilation Components
Scheme SST obs SSH obs In Situ Other
BLUELINK BODAS EnOI AMSR-E Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
C-NOOFS None None None None
ECCO Kalman Filt/Sm None Jason 1 T Profiles Clim
FOAM Anal. Cor. IAU OSTIA J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
HYCOM NCODA MVOI SatIn situ J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
NLOM/NCOM MODAS OI Nud MCSST (NLOM) J1EnvisatGFO MODAS T/S (NCOM)
NMEFC OVALS 3DVAR Reynolds Jason 1 T/S Profiles
MERCATOR SAM2 SEEK RTG SST J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MFS 3DVAREOFs AVHRR maps J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MOVE/MRI 3DVAREOFs MGDSST J1Envisat T/S Profiles
RTOFS 3DVARVert 1D Sat In Situ Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
TOPAZ EnKF (100 mbs) RTG SST DUACS MAPS Ice conc. Drift
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The Assimilation Components
Scheme SST obs SSH obs In Situ Other
BLUELINK BODAS EnOI AMSR-E Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
C-NOOFS None None None None
ECCO Kalman Filt/Sm None Jason 1 T Profiles Clim
FOAM Anal. Cor. IAU OSTIA J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
HYCOM NCODA MVOI SatIn situ J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
NLOM/NCOM MODAS OI Nud MCSST (NLOM) J1EnvisatGFO MODAS T/S (NCOM)
NMEFC OVALS 3DVAR Reynolds Jason 1 T/S Profiles
MERCATOR SAM2 SEEK RTG SST J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MFS 3DVAREOFs AVHRR maps J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MOVE/MRI 3DVAREOFs MGDSST J1Envisat T/S Profiles
RTOFS 3DVARVert 1D Sat In Situ Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
TOPAZ EnKF (100 mbs) RTG SST DUACS MAPS Ice conc. Drift
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The Assimilation Components
Scheme SST obs SSH obs In Situ Other
BLUELINK BODAS EnOI AMSR-E Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
C-NOOFS None None None None
ECCO Kalman Filt/Sm None Jason 1 T Profiles Clim
FOAM Anal. Cor. IAU OSTIA J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
HYCOM NCODA MVOI SatIn situ J1EnvisatGFO T/S Prof. ice conc
NLOM/NCOM MODAS OI Nud MCSST (NLOM) J1EnvisatGFO MODAS T/S (NCOM)
NMEFC OVALS 3DVAR Reynolds Jason 1 T/S Profiles
MERCATOR SAM2 SEEK RTG SST J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MFS 3DVAREOFs AVHRR maps J1EnvisatGFO T/S Profiles
MOVE/MRI 3DVAREOFs MGDSST J1Envisat T/S Profiles
RTOFS 3DVARVert 1D Sat In Situ Jason 1Envisat T/S Profiles
TOPAZ EnKF (100 mbs) RTG SST DUACS MAPS Ice conc. Drift
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The Assimilation Components

• See
• Cummings et al. presentation on Friday morning
  (Session 4, 845 am) GODAE assimilation systems
• See also
• Hurlburt et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 915 am) global mesoscale
• Kamashi et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 940 am) regional mesoscale
• Lee et al. presentation on Thursday morning
  (Session 3, 1005) Ocean state estimation for
  climate

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Operation Setup
Fcst range Update Freq Hindcast Length
BLUELINK 7 days Twice weekly 11 days
C-NOOFS 6 days Daily none
ECCO None 10 days
FOAM 5 days Daily 1 day
HYCOM 7 days Daily 5 days
NLOM/NCOM 4 days (30 days) Daily 3 days
NMEFC None Monthly
MERCATOR 7 days (14 days) Daily (Weekly) 14 days
MFS 10 days Daily 7 days
MOVE/MRI 30 days Every 5 days 10 days
RTOFS 5 days Daily
TOPAZ 10 days Weekly 7 days
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Operation Setup
Fcst range Update Freq Hindcast Length
BLUELINK 7 days Twice weekly 11 days
C-NOOFS 6 days Daily none
ECCO None 10 days
FOAM 5 days Daily 1 day
HYCOM 7 days Daily 5 days
NLOM/NCOM 4 days (30 days) Daily 3 days
NMEFC None Monthly
MERCATOR 7 days (14 days) Daily (Weekly) 14 days
MFS 10 days Daily 7 days
MOVE/MRI 30 days Every 5 days 10 days
RTOFS 5 days Daily
TOPAZ 10 days Weekly 7 days
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Operation Setup
Fcst range Update Freq Hindcast Length
BLUELINK 7 days Twice weekly 11 days
C-NOOFS 6 days Daily none
ECCO None 10 days
FOAM 5 days Daily 1 day
HYCOM 7 days Daily 5 days
NLOM/NCOM 4 days (30 days) Daily 3 days
NMEFC None Monthly
MERCATOR 7 days (14 days) Daily (Weekly) 14 days
MFS 10 days Daily 7 days
MOVE/MRI 30 days Every 5 days 10 days
RTOFS 5 days Daily
TOPAZ 10 days Weekly 7 days
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Operation Setup
Fcst range Update Freq Hindcast Length
BLUELINK 7 days Twice weekly 11 days
C-NOOFS 6 days Daily none
ECCO None 10 days
FOAM 5 days Daily 1 day
HYCOM 7 days Daily 5 days
NLOM/NCOM 4 days (30 days) Daily 3 days
NMEFC None Monthly
MERCATOR 7 days (14 days) Daily (Weekly) 14 days
MFS 10 days Daily 7 days
MOVE/MRI 30 days Every 5 days 10 days
RTOFS 5 days Daily
TOPAZ 10 days Weekly 7 days
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BLUElinkgt OceanMAPS

• Australia (BoM, CSIRO, Navy)
• Global low resolution with eddy resolving
  (1/10) around Australia
• EnOI of Alt, SST, T/S profiles
• 7-day forecast twice weekly
• http//www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/forecasts
• See
• Gary Brassington poster S2.4-77
• Graham Warren poster S2.20-73
• Clothilde Langlais et al. poster S3.19-078

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BLUElinkgt OceanMAPS
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C-NOOFS

• Canada (DFO)
• Regional 1/4 in Canadian Atlantic Waters
• Nemo config nested in Mercator, including tides
• No assimilation yet
• Daily 6-day forecast
• http//www.c-noofs.gc.ca/viewer/
• See
• Youyu Lu et al. poster S3.22-180

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C-NOOFS
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ECCO

• USA (JPL)
• Global low resolution MIT model configuration
• Kalman Filter/Smoother of J1 T profiles and
  clim
• No forecast NRT hindcast every 10 days
• http//ecco-group.org
• See
• Ichiro Fukumori et al. poster S3.10-055
• Daria Halkides et al. poster S3.12-030
• Patrick Heimbach et al. poster S3.13-133

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ECCO
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FOAM

• United Kingdom (NCOF, UKMO)
• Global eddy permitting (1/4) including ice with
  eddy resolving nested configs (1/12) in North
  Atlantic, Med and Indian Ocean
• Analysis Correction Scheme IAU of Alt., SST,
  T/S profiles and ice concentration
• Daily 5-day forecast
• http//lovejoy.nerc-essc.ac.uk8080/Godiva2
• See
• Ed. Blockley poster, S2.2-086
• Daniel Lea et al. poster, S2.12-026
• Matthew Martin Poster S2.14-044

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FOAM
SST animations. January April 2006
SST maps derived from observations (OSTIA)
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HYCOM/NCODA

• USA (US Navy NAVOCEANO)
• Global 1/12 HYCOM configuration including
  thermodynamic ice
• NCODA multivariate OI IAU of Alt., SST and T/S
  profiles ice concentration
• Daily 7-day forecast
• http//www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/GLBhycom1-12/skill.
  html
• See
• Ole Martin Smedstad et al. poster S2.19-038
• James Richman poster S3.29-026
• George Halliwell et al. poster S4.20-130
• Steve Hankin et al poster, S4.21-053
• Joseph Metsger et al poster S4.37-050

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HYCOM/NCODA
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NLOM/NCOM

• USA (US Navy NAVOCEANO)
• Global 1/32 NLOM 1/8 NCOM
• MODAS (offline OI of Alt., SST, and T/S profiles)
• Daily 4-day and weekly 30-day forecasts
• http//www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_nlom32/skill
  .html
• http//www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/
• See
• Sergio Derada et al. poster S3.5-149

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NLOM/NCOM
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NMEFC

• China (SOA/NMEFC)
• Tropical pacific low resolution configuration
• 3D-VAR based OI assimilation of Jason-1, SST, and
  T/S profiles
• No forecast - Monthly NRT hindcast
• http//dell1500sc.nmefc.gov.cn/argo-sz/argo7n.asp
  
• See
• Xianjun Xiao et al. poster S2.21-181
• Ye Liuet al. poster S4.34-043

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NMEFC
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MERCATOR

• French (Mercator Océan)
• Global eddy permitting (1/4) including sea ice
  Tropical and North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
  eddy resolving (1/12)
• SEEK assimilation of Alt. SST T/S profiles
• Weekly 14-day forecast (global) daily 7-day
  forecast (NatlMed)
• http//bulletin.mercator-ocean.fr/html/welcome_en.
  jsp
• See
• Marie Drevillon et al. poster S3.6-096
• Nicolas Ferry et al. poster S3.8-062
• Olivier Legalloudec poster, S4.33-041
• Benoit Tranchant et al. poster S4.60-114
• Nathalie Verbrugge et al poster S4.61-166

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MERCATOR
Global ¼ SLA innovation RMS. Black Jason, Blue
Envisat, Orange GFO
600m
Global ¼ Sal. Innov. RMS
Global ¼ Temp. innov. RMS
0.5 C
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MFS

• Italy (INGV, GNOO)
• Mediterranean Sea eddy resolving (1/16) coverage
  nested in Mercator (Atlantic box)
• 3D-VAR (2D EOFs) of Alt, SST, and T/S profiles
• Daily 10-day forecast
• http//gnoo.bo.ingv.it/mfs
• See
• Simona Masina et al. poster S4.36-046

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MFS
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MOVE/MRI.COM

• Japan (JMA)
• Global low resolution nested Tropical Pacific
  (1/2) and Western Tropical Pacific (1/10)
• 3D-VAR (Vertical EOFs) of Alt., SST and T/S
  profiles
• 30-day forecast issued every 5 days
• http//godae.kishou.go.jp/onlineregist.html
• See
• Norihisa Usui et al. poster S2.8-036
• Masafumi Kamachi et al. poster S3.16-069
• Norihisa Usui et al. poster S3.33-067
• Masafumi Kamashi et al. poster S4.27-068

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MOVE/MRI.COM
SSH variability
Altimeter data
No assimilation
Assimilation
Kuroshio transport south of Japan Asuka line
Blue squares obs
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RTOFS

• USA (NOAA/NCEP)
• North Atlantic eddy permitting coverage (eddy
  resolving in the western part of the domain)
• 3D-VAR (2D vertical 1D covariances) of alti.,
  SST and T/S profiles
• Daily 5-day forecast
• http//polar.ncep.noaa.gov/ofs
• See
• Carlos Lozano poster S2.13-142
• Avichal Mehra poster S2.15-016

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RTOFS
Nov 8th surf currents
Nov 11th SST
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TOPAZ

• Norway (NERSC, METNO)
• Atlantic and Arctic eddy permitting/resolving
  coverage, including prognostic sea ice
• Ensemble Kalman Filter (100 members) of Altimeter
  maps (DUACS), SST (Reynolds) sea ice
  concentration drift
• Weekly 10-day forecast
• http//topaz.nersc.no/Knut
• See
• Laurent Bertino et al. poster S3.3-047
• Ehouarn Simon and Laurent Bertino poster
  S4.54-021

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TOPAZ
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Concluding remarks

• GODAE has fostered the worldwide development of
  operational oceanography
• 12 systems, involving 9 countries have been
  briefly reviewed in this paper
• Coverage ranging from basin-scale to global
• From low resolution to eddy resolving
• 11 systems assimilate real-time observations
• 7 systems provide daily short term forecast
• Their products are available through web services