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· WFCOM Nowcast/Forecast: Currents and Salinity
(Daily-mean surface,
bottom,
& depth-averaged currents)
· Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model (TBCOM) Nowcast/Forecast
· Red tide tracking for West Florida Shelf & Tampa Bay
· Piney Point Effluent Nowcast/Forecast

· Gulf of Mexico Loop Currents:
Altimetry-derived,
Global OPAF,
Global HYCOM
· Virtual drifter trajectories based on altimetry-derived geostrophic currents
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OCL on the News:
- • Students conduct science at sea (USF News, 9/20/2023) New!
- • Hurricane Idalia likely mitigated red tide for the Tampa Bay area, for now (WTSP 10 Tampa Bay, 9/01/2023)
- • ‘Wildly hot’ Gulf of Mexico waters could fuel rapid intensification of Hurricane Idalia (NBC News, 8/29/2023)
- • New High Frequency Radar Improves Ocean Surface Current Measurements in the Florida Keys (SECOORA News, 8/23/2023)
- • From plastic to productive: can air-cushions be repurposed to cultivate algae? (USF News, 6/16/2023)
- • Piney Point pollution spread farther than first thought, new study shows (Tampa Bay Times, 6/13/2023)
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