GODAE is sponsored by
The CSS projects
Northeast Atlantic
P30 - ECOOP Establecimiento de un Sistema Español de Oceanografía Operacional (ESEOO)
ESEOO regional system Domain
Spanish Waters
Objectives
Real-time monitoring and prediction, reanalysis, scenario-testing, assessment of observational networks, research. To build up the capabilities required in Spain related to Operational Oceanography with special focus in fight against marine pollution. Three year national project funded with 1 million Euro. Project objectives are:
- Development of a regional scale national oil spill and current forecasting system.
- Set-up of high resolution numerical models and systems able to forecast currents and spill evolution at local scale.
- Validation and intercomparison of models in a pilot area
- Development of a data service able to quickly provide information based on analysed historical measurements.
- Set-up of a unified access point to real-time oceanographic and meteorological data at Spanish coasts.
- Basic research in the fields of data assimilation in ocean models, oceanographic and meteorological data processing...
- Design of coordination procedures in case of emergency.
Downscaling strategy
Forecast horizon is 3 days. 3 D models are employed nested into global solutions. System is run once per day. We need downscaling from global to regional application due to the nature of the problem to be solved. We are developing real time validation based on the Puertos del Estado deep water network. It is critical for us to have good solutions in the deep sea, so nesting makes sense. Assimilation is obviously critical for that.
Project status
The project finished in December 2006. Activities continue within a new project (agreed) and later as a permanent institution.
(Last Updated: 17-01-2008)