Abstract:
The primary objective of the National Operational Coastal Modeling Program (NOCMP) is to develop and operate a national network of Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems (called OFS) to support NOAA's mission goals and priorities. An OFS consists of the automated integration of observing system data streams, hydrodynamic model predictions, product dissemination and continuous ... quality-control monitoring. State-of-the-art numerical hydrodynamic models driven by real-time data and meteorological, oceanographic, and/or river flow rate forecasts will form the core of these end-to-end systems. The OFS will perform nowcast and short-term (0 hr. - 48 hr.) forecast predictions of pertinent parameters (e.g., water levels, currents, salinity, temperature, waves) and disseminate them to users.
Nowcasts and forecasts are scientific predictions about the present and future states of water levels (and possibly currents and other relevant oceanographic variables, such as salinity and temperature) in a coastal area. These predictions rely on either observed data or forecasts from a numerical model. A nowcast incorporates recent (and often near real-time) observed meteorological, oceanographic, and/or river flow rate data. A nowcast covers the period of time from the recent past (e.g., the past few days) to the present, and it can make predictions for locations where observational data are not available. A forecast incorporates meteorological, oceanographic, and/or river flow rate forecasts and makes predictions for times where observational data will not be available. A forecast is usually initiated by the results of a nowcast.
OFS are being implemented in critical ports, harbors, estuaries, Great Lakes and coastal waters of the United States, and will join the National Ocean Service's operational oceanographic capabilities to form a national backbone of real-time data, tidal predictions, data management and operational modeling.
Description:
St. John's River Operational Forecast System (SJROFS).
Service Citation
Originators:
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Title:
Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems
Provider:
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
URL:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/models.html
Name:
NOCMP PROGRAM MANAGER
Email:
nos.info at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
1305 East-West Highway City:
Silver Spring
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20910-3281
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
Online
Fees:
No fees
Personnel
NOCMP PROGRAM MANAGER Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email:
nos.info at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
1305 East-West Highway City:
Silver Spring
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20910-3281
Country:
USA
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Chahine, M. T., 1968, "Determination of the Temperature Profile in an Atmosphere from its Outgoing Radiances", J. Opt. Soc. Am., 58, 1634-1637.
Reuter, D., J. Susskind, and A. Pursch, 1988, "First Guess Dependence of a Physically Based Set of Temperature Humidity Retrievals from HIRS2/MSU ... Data", J. Atm. Ocean. Tech., 5, 70-83.
Susskind, J., J. Rosenfield, D. Reuter, and M. T. Chahine, 1984, "Remote Sensing of Weather and Climate Parameters from HIRS2/MSU on TIROS-N", J. Geophys. Res., 89D, 4677-4697.
Susskind J. and D. Reuter, 1985, "Retrieval of Sea-Surface Temperatures from HIRS2/MSU", J. Geophys. Res., 90C, 11602-11608.
Susskind, J., D. Reuter, and M. T. Chahine, 1987, "Cloud Fields Derived from Analysis of HIRS2/MSU Sounding Data", J. Geophys. Res., 92D, 4035-4050.
Takacs, L., A. Molod, and T. Wang, 1994, "Documentation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) General Circulation Model Version 1", NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, April 1994.
Wu, M. L. C. and J. Susskind, 1990, "Outgoing Longwave Radiation Computed from HIRS2/MSU Soundings", J. Geophys. Res. 95D, 7579-7602.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2010-08-24
SERF Last Revision Date:
2010-08-24
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