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NOTICE: On November 4, 2009...beginning with the 0000 UTC Coordinated Universal Time /UTC/ run...the National Centers For Environmental Prediction /NCEP/ will make several changes to the Real Time Ocean Forecast System /RTOFS/. These changes are expected to improve performance of the Atlantic forecast and assimilation system. See the Technical Implementation Notice for more information.
RTOFS (Atlantic) is a basin-scale ocean forecast system based on the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM).
The model is run once a day, completing at about 1400Z. Each run starts with a 24 hour assimiliation hindcast and produces ocean surface forecasts every hour and full volume forecasts every 24 hours from the 0000Z nowcast out to 120 hours.
RTOFS (Atlantic) model data
is available after
1400 UTC (9 AM EST).
Nowcast/Forecast graphics are
updated around
1600 UTC (11 AM EST).
The latest RTOFS (Atlantic) Sea Surface Temperature nowcast
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Atlantic Ocean Western North Atlantic Zoom Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Sector |
The following selections are available from the main menu at the top of the page.
| Compare with Obs | Daily satellite and model SST comparisons |
| Data Assim | Analysis of the assimilation of observational data into the model |
| RTOFS & WOCE | Comparison of vertical cross sections of the model basin with World Ocean Circulation Experiment section data. |
| Graphics Viewer | Daily suite of graphical analyses of the model outputs. All of the model parameters (temperature, salinity, sea surface height, mixed layer depth, and velocities) are sampled at a variety of depths. |
| Data Access | How to get and use the model data. Information is available on the data formats used as well as methods of accessing the data interactively. |
| About the Model | Background information on the RTOFS model |
While RTOFS (Atlantic) is an operational model, we cannot guarantee the timeliness or accuracy of the model data and figures offered on this site. Please see our disclaimer for more information.
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