Forecasting the ocean
Operational oceanography will enable us to forecast sea state in the same way that meteorologists forecast the atmosphere today. Altimetry, already being used operationally, will be one of the cornerstone techniques.
Further information :
- Altimetry applications in videos: Mercator Océan.
- Dossiers : Predicting currents, forecasting the ocean
- Posters :
- Image of the month, January 2001 : Mercator, takes oceanography into the future
- Newsletter # 8, 2001 : Mercator, Forecasting Global Ocean P. Bahurel and al. (pdf, 360 Ko).
- external site : Mercator Océan.
Applications
Ocean .- Sub-mesoscale circulation.
- Large-scale circulation .
- Mesoscale circulation .
- Operational oceanography.
- Tides .
- Mean Sea Level, Greenhouse effect .
- Seasons .
- Hydrology and land .
- Coastal ocean applications .
- Ice and Cryosphere .
- Climate .
- Atmosphere, wind and waves .
- Geodesy and geophysics .
- Biology .
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