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NOAA Ocean Surface Current Simulator
Entry ID: NOAA_OSCURS

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Summary

Abstract: The Ocean Surface Current Simulator (OSCURS) numerical model is a research tool that allows oceanographers and fisheries scientists to perform retrospective analyses of daily ocean surface currents anywhere in an ocean-wide grid of 90 km cells that stretches from Baja California to China and from 10 degrees north of the equator to the Bering Strait. This model is used to measure the movement of ...

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Description: Access the NOAA Ocean Surface Current Simulator.

Service Citation

Title: NOAA Ocean Surface Current Simulator
Provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Service Keywords

MODELS >OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (OGCM)/REGIONAL OCEAN MODELS

Science Keywords

OCEANS >OCEAN CIRCULATION >OCEAN CURRENTS

OCEANS >TIDES >TIDAL CURRENTS

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

Model
Model Run
Ocean Current
Ocean Biology

Service Provider

DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. U.S. Department of Commerce

Service Organization URL: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER Phone: (858) 546-7000 Fax: (858) 546-7003 Contact Address: 3333 North Torrey Pines Court City: La Jolla Province or State: CA Postal Code: 92037-1022 Country: USA

Personnel

SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (858) 546-7000
Fax: (858) 546-7003
Contact Address:
3333 North Torrey Pines Court
City: La Jolla
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 92037-1022
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
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2011-09-22
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-09-23

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