Mercator Global - Ocean Currents
| Provider: | Mercator Ocean International via CMEMS. |
| Model scope: | Global |
| Update frequency: | every 24 hours |
| Resolution: | 0.08°, 4.8nm, 8.9km |
| Model duration: | 32 forecasts starting at 12 hrs, ending at 9 days 12 hrs |
| Parameters: | current, water temperature |
| GRIB model date: | Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 2025 UTC |
| Download date: | Thu Jan 30 13:38:36 2025 UTC |
| Download delay: | 13hr 38min |
Note: the Download delay is the amount of time required for the GRIB model to compute its forecast and then for the LuckGrib cluster to download the data and make it available. The LuckGrib delay is generally less than 10 minutes, the remainder of the delay is the model compute time.
Description
This is the Mercator Océan International global ocean current model, providing 10 days of forecast data at 1/12° resolution.
This data is generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information which, in turn, is obtained from Mercator Océan International.
The Operational Mercator global ocean analysis and forecast system at 1/12 degree is providing 10 days of 3D global ocean forecasts updated daily. …
This model is refreshed daily at around 14:00 UTC.
Note that you may also find this data referred to as MyOcean by other services. The history of MyOcean, Copernicus and the Mercator global ocean current model can be found at the MyOcean Wikipedia page.
Note on forecast data
The Copernicus site providing this data has many different versions of the Mercator model, over a dozen versions. Some of the data is indicated as being instantaneous and the rest is marked as being the mean (average) over various time intervals. For example, there is one version of this model which offers forecasts for the daily average current, or the six hourly average.
The data being downloaded for the LuckGrib Mercator data is the hourly mean (average) version of the model.
Additional information
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