NCOM NE Pacific - Ocean Currents
| Provider: | Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), NOAA (USA) |
| Model scope: | NE Pacific |
| Update frequency: | every 24 hours |
| Resolution: | 2.0nm, 3.7km |
| Model duration: | 25 forecasts starting at 0 hr, ending at 4 days |
| Parameters: | current, water temperature |
| GRIB model date: | Fri Dec 20 00:00:00 2024 UTC |
| Download date: | Fri Dec 20 17:55:39 2024 UTC |
| Download delay: | 17hr 55min |
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
NCOM (Navy Coastal Ocean Model) is a high resolution model, offering ocean current data at a 2nm resolution, every 24 hours.
The NE Pacific / Alaska version of this model is refreshed at around 15:30 UTC every day.
The Regional NCOM models have a resolution of 1/30 deg. (2 nm). The U.S. Navy Operational Global Ocean Model (NCOM), developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (Barron et al, 1&2) and maintained by the Naval Oceanographic Office, provides boundary conditions for the regional models. … The Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation System (NCODA) provides the data assimilation for NCOM including SSH, SST, and in situ observations.
Inland waters
Note that while this NCOM model offers current data for the inland waters of the Salish Sea, as shown above, there is a much better model available for this region: the OFS Salish Sea and Columbia River Currents (OFS SSC.) OFS SSC should be used by sailors sailing the waters of the Salish Sea.
OFS SSCThere is another model which overlaps with this one: the OFS West Coast model, as shown below. While OFS WC provides some data for the Salish Sea, the OFS SSC model is superior for that area.
OFS WCAdditional information
For additional information, see: