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The nowcast/forecast system and other analyses/data are research products under development. No warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding accuracy, or regarding the suitability for any particular application. All rights reserved University of South Florida, Ocean Circulation Group. Copyright University of South Florida 2010

Observations

· High-Frequency (HF) radars: CODAR system WERA system
· West Florida Shelf moorings (Current) (Archives)
· Satellite-tracked surface drifters
· Underwater glider

Models

· West Florida Shelf FVCOM (WFCOM) nested in Navy's HYCOM nowcast/forecast model
WFCOM daily-mean surface current, bottom current, depth-averaged current

· Next generation WFCOM based HAB tracking tool New!

Products

· NOAA NCEP & NDBC winds
· Drifter trajectories calculated from altimetry-derived geostrophic currents
· Gulf of Mexico HYCOM surface currents
· Altimetry sea surface height (Local access only)

Data analysis tools

· Dual Self-Organizing Map (SOM) analysis & joint SOM-wavelet analysis New!
· A skill score for trajectory model evaluation using drifter data
· Rectified wavelet power spectrum
· Self-Organizing Map (SOM): evaluation & applications

Operations

· Buoy GPS Positions

News:

• Coastal Ocean Circulation Influences on Matters of Societal Concern (SECOORA Webinar)

New Publications:

• On the movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to northern Gulf beaches, Ocean Modelling

• Winds on the West Florida Shelf: Regional comparisons between observations and model estimates, JGR Oceans

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