The Mediterranean Forecasting System – Part 1: Evolution and performance
<p>The Mediterranean Forecasting System produces operational analyses and reanalyses and 10 d forecasts for many essential ocean variables (EOVs), from currents, temperature, salinity, and sea level to wind waves and pelagic biogeochemistry. The products are available at a horizontal resolutio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Ocean Science |
| Online Access: | https://os.copernicus.org/articles/19/1483/2023/os-19-1483-2023.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>The Mediterranean Forecasting System produces operational analyses and reanalyses and 10 d forecasts for many essential ocean variables (EOVs), from currents, temperature, salinity, and sea level to wind waves and pelagic biogeochemistry. The products are available at a horizontal resolution of <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">24</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="27pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="95a9d147a31e8661d108ea5413935dc4"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="os-19-1483-2023-ie00001.svg" width="27pt" height="14pt" src="os-19-1483-2023-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span><span class="inline-formula"><sup>∘</sup></span> (approximately 4 km) and with 141 unevenly spaced vertical levels.</p>
<p>The core of the Mediterranean Forecasting System is constituted by the physical (PHY), the biogeochemical (BIO), and the wave (WAV) components, consisting of both numerical models and data assimilation modules. The three components together constitute the so-called Mediterranean Monitoring and Forecasting Center (Med-MFC) of the Copernicus Marine Service.</p>
<p>Daily 10 d forecasts and analyses are produced by the PHY, BIO, and WAV operational systems, while reanalyses are produced every <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 3 years for the past 30 years and are extended (yearly). The modelling systems, their coupling strategy, and their evolutions are illustrated in detail. For the first time, the quality of the products is documented in terms of skill metrics evaluated over a common 3-year period (2018–2020), giving the first complete assessment of uncertainties for all the Mediterranean environmental variable analyses.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1812-0784 1812-0792 |