In this presentation the status of the Portuguese forecasting system of
the marine environment is described. I must be payed into attention that
our current end-users are waste-waster monitoring companies.
Furthermore, it is neutrally disconnected from military systems, such as
Instituto Hidrografico, that, for security reasons, cannot interact
freely with the scientific and civilian community.
7. Objectives
Build coastal
management products Ag. Galicia
for endusers
SIMRIA
Ag.Oeste
National authorities, institutes, public and
private companies, researchers SIMTEJO
SANEST
Ag.Sto.André
ICREW
Ag.Algarve
Regional and mostly local applications
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8. Observation – field data
Ag. Galicia
SIMRIA
Ag.Oeste
SIMTEJO
SANEST
Ag.Sto.André
ICREW
Ag.Algarve
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9. Observation – stations, buoys
Instituto Hidrográfico buoys which are setup in
harbours (Lisbon, Sines, Leixões, Oporto) that
provide waves direction and intensity;
Meteorological stations (Guia de Cascais,
Nazaré);
•Buoys which measure freshwater inputs (Tagus,
Mondego, Guadiana, INAG data);
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18. Remote sensing comparison
9 June 2007
MOHID MODIS
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19. Remote sensing comparison
10 June 2007
MOHID MODIS
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20. Remote sensing comparison
11 June 2007
MOHID MODIS
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21. Remote sensing comparison
12 June 2007
MOHID MODIS
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22. Buoys comparison
Surface velocity modulus
Buoy data kindly provided by
Puertos del Estado
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23. Buoys comparison
Water level from
4.5 from a tidal station
4 in pink located at
3.5
Water level (m) 3 37º57’ ºN and
2.5 8º55’ ºW in Sines
2
1.5 and illustrated in
1
0.5 the the
0 bathymetries
0902 1102 1302 1502 1702 1902 2102 2302 2502
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
figure. Water level
12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 from the pre
Time operational model
in forecast mode
Sines tide gauge Operational model for the same
location. The
correlation is 0.99
+ 5e3 and the
RMSE is 0.19 +
5e3 m.
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24. Integrated results midOctober 2006 midfebruary
2007
Horizontal distribution of velocity ensemble average at 2 m depth for the top panel and 645 m depth for the
bottom panel. Two main branches of the MW spreading pathways are well pronounced in the bottom
panel. the poleward slope current branch, and the cyclonic recirculation flowing southward.
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25. Integrated results midOctober 2006 midfebruary
2007
Colour map and
contours of salinity
distribution ensemble
average at 1000 m
depth ranging in
interval [35.6 36.2]
showing the spreading
pathway of the MO off
western Iberia.
Contour lines are
valued
[35.6; 35.78; 35.84;
35.9; 35.96; 36.02;
36.08; 36.14; 36.2]
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26. Integrated results midOctober 2006 midfebruary
2007
On the left panel, salinity contours of [35.5; 35.52; 35.83; 35.94; 36.05; 36.16; 36.27; 36.38; 36.49; 36.6] and color
maps in the interval [35.5 36.6]. On the right panel, ensemble averages of zonal velocity contours of [.15; .12; .09;
.06; .03; 0; .03; .06; .09;.12; .15] ms1 and color maps in the interval [.15 .15] ms1. The plots are meridional sections
in the Gulf of Cadiz at longitude 7.83 ºW. The MO shifts from a bottom current to a buoyancy driven intermediate depth
jet current. The cross sections are shown in the bathymetries figure.
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40. Nesting
Galician
coast
(2D)
Rias Baixas
(3D – 20 layers)
Rias de Vigo and
Pontevedra
(3D – 13 layers)
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41. Nesting
New subdomains with
grid resolution = 100m
Ria de Vigo
(inner side)
Baiona Bay
42. Arrows every 200 m Nesting
Ria de Vigo (3D – 8 layers)
grid resolution = 100m
Detailed
view
Extended view
Arrows every 400 m
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43. Nesting
Arrows every 200 m
Baiona (3D – 8 layers)
grid resolution = 100m
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48. Products
Operational systems
Large scale models Software
(meteo, ocean, waves) (model, tools, documentation)
Regional models Base knowledge
(meteo, ocean, waves)
Need for Enduser
implementation
Monitoring Local models
system (meteo, ocean, waves)
Observations – field
data Results
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