Description
This dataset comprises output fields from NOAA Operational Forecast System (OFS) coastal ocean models. The National Ocean Service (NOS) maintains a suite of operational high-resolution hydrodynamic nowcast/forecast systems known as Operational Forecast Systems (OFS). The OFS are implemented in critical ports, harbors, estuaries, the Great Lakes and coastal waters of the United States and provide nowcast and near-term forecast guidance (generally 48 hours) of total water level (without waves), currents, salinity, and water temperature. This dataset includes two types of outputs: (1) time series of gridded (3-dimensional) model fields at up to hourly intervals; and (2) time series of values at specific locations, generally representing observing stations located within the model domain, at up to 6-minute resolution. The format of both types of files is CF-compliant netCDF. Though the OFS models are run 4x daily, for most domains NCEI only preserves one realization of each output time slice (i.e. only the 0-5 hour forecast fields from each run cycle are preserved).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional OFS Models | Unknown | Access to the regional OFS models. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Operational Forecast System | HTML | NOAA Tides and Currents page for the Operational Forecast System (OFS). | Open resource |
| NOS Hydrodynamic Model Outputs of Operational Forecast System (OFS) | Unknown | Related NOAA National Ocean Service metadata record (InPort). | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Direct Download (Dataset Files) | HTML | Direct download for the dataset. | Open resource |
| CO-OPS Operational Forecast System | Unknown | NCEI model information page. | Open resource |
| NCEI THREDDS | HTML | THREDDS Data Server (TDS) for the dataset. | Open resource |
Tags
- alaska
- atlantic ocean
- california
- canada
- center for operational oceanographic products and services
- coastal processes
- continent
- delaware
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- doc/noaa/nos
- doc/noaa/nos/co-ops
- doc/noaa/nws
- doc/noaa/oar
- earth science
- earth science services
- florida
- great lakes
- gulf of maine
- gulf of mexico
- longshore currents
- models
- national centers for environmental information
- national ocean service
- national weather service
- nesdis
- new jersey
- new york
- noaa
- north america
- north atlantic ocean
- north pacific ocean
- ocean
- ocean and atmospheric research
- ocean circulation
- ocean currents
- ocean general circulation models (ogcm)/regional ocean models
- oceans
- ocean temperature
- ocean winds
- operational models
- oregon
- other
- pacific ocean
- salinity/density
- sea surface height
- surface winds
- tidal currents
- tidal height
- tides
- united states of america
- u.s. department of commerce
- washington
- water temperature