R&D activities

Being the first example of operational forecast system of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem, the present work is concentrated on assessing the quality and performance of the OPA-BFM model. A series of experiments have been planned to fulfil the requirements of the external metrics. A future implementation will be the introduction of an assimilation scheme from satellite observations.

Products

Resolution:

• Horizontal resolution = 1/8°
• Vertical resolution = 72 variable levels [ 1.47, 4.59, 7.94, 11.56, 15.45, 19.63, 24.13, 28.97, 34.16, 39.74, 45.73, 52.16, 59.06, 66.46, 74.39, 82.89, 92.01, 101.78, 112.25, 123.46, 135.47, 148.32, 162.09, 176.83, 192.60, 209.48, 227.55, 246.88, 267.55, 289.67, 313.32, 338.61, 365.66, 394.58, 425.50, 458.55, 493.87, 531.62, 571.96, 615.07, 661.12 , 710.31, 762.86, 818.98, 878.91, 942.90, 1011.21, 1084.14, 1161.97, 1245.03, 1333.66, 1428.21, 1529.06, 1636.61, 1751.29, 1873.55, 2003.86, 2142.71, 2290.64, 2448.21, 2615.99, 2794.61, 2984.70, 3186.95, 3402.06, 3630.78, 3873.88, 4132.18, 4406.51, 4697.75, 5006.82, 5334.65 meters]