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Below are links to series of ocenographic maps, one line per geographic region, showing a daily-updating archive of OceanMAPS v4.0i forecasts and analyses, both compared with satellite data, Argo, drifters, gliders, radars and current meters. Quantitative error estimates are given for some data types. For some regions, there are also multi-year archives of BRAN2020 hindcasts.
Plot types (inconsistent naming convention, sorry): tv12 temperature and velocity at 12m, sp1 speed in layer 1 (0-5m), mld mixed layer depth, tp3m tracked particles at 3m, ha1 surface height anomaly (no IB or tide), hna surface height anomaly ('non-tidal', ie with IB), ta1 SST anomaly, sa1 SSS anomaly, sa20 salinity anomaly at 20m.
Date selection Selecting a plot type and region shows the latest available forecast ('fc' column; out to T+6d), OceanMAPS analysis ('an') or BRAN2020 hindcast ('bran'). Navigate time using the PREVious or NEXT buttons, or via the DATE INDEX calendar (where you will also find mp4 animations).
regions plotted This has evolved ad hoc over the years. Coming up: 1) an index map. 2) other plot types and regions (as needed).

fc: tv12 sp1 mld an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna EAC
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 Bris-Syd
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 NSW38-32S
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 NSW36-29S
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 SydHob
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 Coffs
fc: tv12 sp1 mld an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna LC
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 Perth
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 PerthCapes
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna GAB
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 TasE
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 SEF
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 SAgulfs
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna NW
fc: tv12 sp1 mld an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna NWA
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 NWC
fc: tv12 sp1 mld an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna Qld
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 Syd
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 Timor
fc: tv12 sp1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 XmasI
fc: tv12 sp1 sa20m ta1 ha1 an: tv12 sp1 ha1 hna sa20m ta1 ha1 AuNZ


fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 bran: tv12 Indo
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 JXA
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 YS
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 ECS
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 SOJ
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 SCS
fc: mld tv12 ha1 an: mld tv12 ha1 Luzon5x5


WIP some analyses of BRAN2020


legacy material (not updating)

OceanMAPS3.4, 2 and 1 images (dating back to 2007, in various forms).

Google Earth:
Forecast Sea Surface Temperature anomaly (not updating at present)
Analysis-cycle Sea Surface Temperature anomaly
Animatable from 5 days ago to 6days hence (Needs Google Earth 4.1.7). The anomaly is difference from the CARS seasonal climatology - colourbar is +/-4deg C. Surface velocity streamlines (1 day long, black) appear on zoom-in, then 100m streamlines (blue) on further zoom-in. Magenta arrow heads are surface drifter positions (one day's movement per frame). The 200m isobath is dashed.
Tasman Sea Near-Real-Time Temperature and current velocity(not updating at present)

Single-pass satellite SST Load this also to Google Earth for comparison.


[timeseries of height and velocity maps compared with along-track altimetry and drifters]

Hindcasts (BRAN)

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