[en] This paper describes the high-resolution Western Mediterranean Sea Operational Forecasting System (WMOP) developed at the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). The system runs on a daily basis driven by high-resolution atmospheric forcing, providing 3-day forecasts of physical oceanic variables with a 2 km horizontal resolution, thus representing the ocean variability from mesoscale to basin scale from the Gibraltar Strait to the Sardinia Channel. A systematic regional monitoring and validation system has been developed using multi-platform observations, allowing the evaluation of both the overall realism of the predictions and the specific errors in each sub-basin.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Juza, Mélanie; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Mourre, Baptiste; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Renault, Lionel; Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Gómara, Sonia; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Sebastián, Kristian; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Lora, Sebastian; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Beltran, Joan Pau; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Frontera, Biel; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Garau, Bartolomé; Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
Troupin, Charles ; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears (SOCIB) > Data Center Facility
Torner, Marc; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Heslop, Emma; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Casas, Benjamín; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
Escudier, Romain; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
Vizoso, Guillermo; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
Tintoré, Joaquín; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears
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