Surface Forcing

Shown below are the forcing fields covering the forecast for the most recent 24 hour ocean DA cycle. The 6 hourly atmospheric surface forcings are derived from the operational GFS fields obtained from one of the following locations:

https://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod
https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfs-avn-hi

2m Temperature

2m Humidity

Precipitation

Surface Pressure

Longwave

Shortwave

10m Zonal Wind

10m Meridional Wind

Disclaimer: the data shown here is intended to serve as 1) a demonstration of marine DA efforts at JCSDA and 2) a continuous delivery pipeline to aid in software development of SOCA by JCSDA. This data is provided to the public with no guarantee of accuracy or timely delivery. For a reliable source of ocean monitoring data use operational products from other agencies such as NCEP