Publication Date:
2021-07-13
Description:
Operational prediction of the marine environment
is recognised as a fundamental research issue in Europe. We
present a pre-operational implementation of a biogeochem-
ical model for the pelagic waters of the Mediterranean Sea,
developed within the framework of the MERSEA-IP Euro-
pean project. The OPATM-BFM coupled model is the core
of a fully automatic system that delivers weekly analyses
and forecast maps for the Mediterranean Sea biogeochem-
istry. The system has been working in its current configura-
tion since April 2007 with successful execution of the fully
automatic operational chain in 87% of the cases while in the
remaining cases the runs were successfully accomplished af-
ter operator intervention. A description of the system devel-
oped and also a comparison of the model results with satel-
lite data are presented, together with a measure of the model
skill evaluated by means of seasonal target diagrams. Future
studies will address the implementation of a data assimila-
tion scheme for the biogeochemical compartment in order to
increase the skill of the model’s performance.
Description:
MERSEA-IP, EU project
Description:
Published
Description:
25-39
Description:
4.6. Oceanografia operativa per la valutazione dei rischi in aree marine
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
open
Keywords:
biogeochemistry, mediterranean sea, forecast
;
03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.05. Operational oceanography
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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