Output fields from the NOAA Atlantic Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) for 2008-10-01 to 2008-10-31 (NODC Accession 0051618)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2015
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0051618; 51618; CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V); FLUX - HEAT; MIXED LAYER DEPTH; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER DENSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; not applicable; model output; US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Centers for Environmental Prediction; NOAA Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS); Caribbean Sea; Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of Mexico; Mid-Atlantic Bight; North Atlantic Ocean; NW Atlantic (limit-40 W); South Atlantic Ocean; SW Atlantic (limit-20 W); TOGA Area - Atlantic; oceanography; circulation; currents; data assimilation; eddy-resolving; fronts; model; ocean; ocean forecast; ocean model; salinity; sea-surface elevation; sea-surface height; temperature; velocity; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{74A0BA46-A1A0-4BC8-B0A8-AB421E2A3009}

The NOAA Atlantic Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) dataset comprises output fields from the daily operational RTOFS model runs conducted at the National Centers for Atmospheric Prediction. Each model run produces a series of gridded fields containing results of model computations for ocean temperature, salinity, currents, sea-surface height, and possibly other properties. The fields are encoded in the standard GRIdded Binary (GRIB) file format. NODC compiles a series of files into monthly accessions to facilitate archival storage and public access. Two different sets of output fields are included: 1) daily 3-dimensional fields reported on the model's native hybrid (isopycnal plus z-level) vertical coordinates (note: prior to June 6, 2007, these fields are interpolated to z-levels); and 2) hourly fields reported for the surface level only. Each daily model run produces a 24-hr hindcast as well as forecasts out to 120 hours.