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Real-time Ocean Brief North East Atlantic

Real-time Ocean Brief North East Atlantic. Contributors: Dave Storkey (Met Office) Silvana Buarque (Mercator-Ocean) Joe Metzger (Naval Research Laboratory). Observation coverage (North Atlantic). NCODA 5/11/08. FOAM 8/11/08. ~3000 obs. 100 obs. altimeter. profiles.

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Real-time Ocean Brief North East Atlantic

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  1. Real-time Ocean Brief North East Atlantic • Contributors: • Dave Storkey (Met Office) • Silvana Buarque (Mercator-Ocean) • Joe Metzger (Naval Research Laboratory)

  2. Observation coverage (North Atlantic) NCODA 5/11/08 FOAM 8/11/08 ~3000 obs 100 obs altimeter profiles

  3. Observation coverage (North Atlantic) NCODA 5/11/08 FOAM 8/11/08 ~140000 obs SST (GHRSST data) Sea ice (SSMI)

  4. SST anomalies from OSTIA and FOAM global 1º model: early Sep 2008 Shallow cold anomaly (-2ºC) FOAM – ENACT (45m) OSTIA - NCEP +4 deg C -4 deg C

  5. SST anomalies from OSTIA and FOAM global 1º model: early Nov 2008 Warm anomaly (+2ºC) FOAM – ENACT (45m) OSTIA - NCEP +4 deg C -4 deg C

  6. Synoptic situation: 00Z 5th November

  7. FOAM N Atlantic 1/12º model: mixed-layer depth (density criterion) 00Z 3/11/2008 00Z 5/11/2008

  8. Mercator PSY2V3 MNATL12 model: mixed-layer depth (density criterion) 00Z 5/11/2008 00Z 29/10/2008

  9. HYCOM model: mixed-layer depth

  10. Alboran Sea surface current forecasts: VT 11/11/2008 FOAM 1/9º 1-day forecast Mercator 1/12º PSY2V3 Analysis 12/11/2008 1 m/s 0 m/s 1 m/s 0 m/s

  11. Alboran Sea surface current forecasts: VT 11/11/2008 FOAM 1/9º 1-day forecast Mercator 1/12º PSY2V3 Analysis 12/11/2008 HYCOM Analysis

  12. Observation coverage (Mediterranean)28/10/2008 profiles altimeter SST

  13. Sea ice minimum Sep 2008 http://nsidc.org/news/press/20081002_seaice_pressrelease.html

  14. Sea ice concentration11/11/2008 Mercator PSY2V3 ORCA025-LIM FOAM ORCA025-LIM HadISST 1990-1999 November mean

  15. http://project.ab-hosting3.co.uk/B4G/noos.php 7.5 ºC 10.0 ºC

  16. 13.26 ºC 13.27 ºC

  17. 4 ºC 0 ºC

  18. model satellite SST in North Sea (2) 1/11/2007 1/11/2008 Met Office analysis 28/10/2008

  19. Visibility in North Sea (18th Oct) satellite composite model “composite” 50m 0m

  20. Acknowledgements

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