BLUElink: Operational Ocean Forecasting BLUElink: Operational Ocean Forecasting in the Southern Hemispherein the Southern Hemisphere
David Griffin David Griffin et al.,et al., CSIRO CSIROandand
Gary Brassington Gary Brassington et alet al. BoM. BoM
Australia’s EEZAustralia’s EEZ
70% of Australia is ocean!70% of Australia is ocean!
Fisheries
Oil & Gas
Tourism
Satellites: SST, sealevelSatellites: SST, sealevel Argo: T, S profilesArgo: T, S profiles
Supercomputing and Supercomputing and high-resolution ocean high-resolution ocean
circulation modelscirculation models
Ocean Prediction – Ocean Prediction – AA Revolution in Ocean Science Revolution in Ocean Science
Offshore energyOffshore energy
Water qualityWater quality
National securityNational security
Fisheries and marine Fisheries and marine managementmanagement
Shipping & safetyShipping & safety
ApplicationsApplications
Relocatable Ocean Atmosphere Model (ROAM)Relocatable Ocean Atmosphere Model (ROAM)
SummarySummary
version 1 of a data-assimilating global ocean model has version 1 of a data-assimilating global ocean model has been run for 10yrs. Surface currents good, temperatures will been run for 10yrs. Surface currents good, temperatures will be better in version 2.be better in version 2.
GUI-launched nested model in final stages of testingGUI-launched nested model in final stages of testing
daily-updated web site showing ocean data popular with daily-updated web site showing ocean data popular with industrial and recreational usersindustrial and recreational users
user pull: GoogleEarth/GIS compatibilityuser pull: GoogleEarth/GIS compatibility
threat analysis: threat analysis: declining number of altimetersdeclining number of altimeters
Ocean model: Andreas Schiller, Russell Fiedler Data assimilation: Peter Oke, Jim Mansbridge
Ocean data: David Griffin, Ken Ridgway, Ian Barton, Madeleine Cahill, Jeff Dunn, Chris RathboneNested models: Peter Craig, Mike Herzfeld, Debbie Abbs, Jason Waring, Dirk Slawinski, Irshad Nainar
Operational Implementation: Neville Smith, Gary Brassington, Oscar Alves, Graham Warren, Diana Greenslade, Tim Pugh, Eric Schulz, Mikhail Entel, Konstantin Belyaev, Helen Beggs and Claire Spillman
http://www.cmar.csiro.au/bluelink/
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