Below are links to series of plots, one line per geographic region. There are several quantities plotted for each of 4 streams of model data. The af01 stream comprises the analysis, nrt and forecast cycle of ensemble member 01, ie the forecast is shown for future dates, analysis for oldest dates, nrt for in-between. Ditto for ensemble members 00 and 02 (selected regions only). The f1 stream comprises the forecast cycle only, but of all three ensemble members. For past dates it shows the t0 forecast of whichever ensemble member updated that day, while for future dates it shows the most recent forecast.
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.
[af01 tv12 sp1 ha1 hna ta1 sa20 ] [f1 tv12 sp1 ha1 ta1 sa20 ]AuNZ
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.
OceanMAPS v2
[baD0]
[anD0]
[bnD0]
[nrD0]
[fc7d]
AuNZ ha1
[anD0]
[fc7d]
AuNZ sp1
[baD0]
[anD0]
[bnD0]
[nrD0]
[fc7d]
AuNZ sa20
[baD0]
[anD0]
[bnD0]
[nrD0]
[fc7d]
AuNZ ta1
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tp3
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
tp3
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]XmasI
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]Timor
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]NW
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]NWC
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]LC
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]Perth
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]PerthCapes
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
tv1
tv12
]GAB
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]SEF
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]SAGulfs
[baD0
ro_o
ro_xv
] [anD0
ro_o
ro_xv
] [bnD0
ro_o
ro_xv
] [nrD0
ro_o
ro_xv
] [fc7d
ro_o
ro_xv
]
SydHob [more]
[baD0
ha1
tv1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]
SydHob
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]
[anD1 ha1]
[anD3 ha1]
EAC
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]Coffs
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]Syd
[baD0
ha1
tv12
] [anD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [bnD0
ha1
tv12
] [nrD0
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
] [fc7d
ha1
sp1
tv1
tv12
]Qld
Each row of links has names of the form OM_ccmm_vvz, each showing a different OceanMAPS2 product compared with satellite and insitu data. The region codes stand for Christmas Island, Timor, NorthWest, Northwest Cape, Leeuwin Current, Great Aust Bight, SE Fishery, East Aust Current, Sydney and Queensland.
cc=cycle: ba=BODAS analysis, an=OFAM analysis, bn=BODAS near-real-time, nr=Near-real time OFAM, fc7d=7-day forecast.
The 4 ensemble members take turns having an assimilation day. Model day 0 is the day when the assimilation happens, so the D0 option shows whichever ensemble member had a data-assimilation cycle that day. For the forecast cycle, dates in the future are the latest forecast. Dates in the past are the zero-leadtime (D0) forecast. No longer plotted: mm=ensemble member (00, 01, 02 or 03) or model day (D0, D1, D2, D3).
vv=variable: t,s,h,v,sp = temp, sal, height, velocity, speed. tp3 = temp and particles (drifting with surface velocity). ta, sa, ha = anomaly of t,s,h
z=depth: eg 5m explicitly or 1 for the surface (loosely defined)
Examples:
1) OM_baD0_NW_ha1 shows the BODAS surface height anomaly analysis for D0 (the only day when BODAS analyses are done) for the NW region of Australia. The super-obbed altimetry supplied to the analysis is also shown.
2) OM_anD0_NW_ha1 shows the ocean model analysis of the surface height anomaly on day 0, ie the model state averaged throughout the day on which assimilation occurs. Stepping through time cycles through the 4 members of the ensemble. The 1Hz (un-super-obbed) altimetry is also shown, but just for +-1d of the map date shown.
3) OM_an00_NW_ha1 shows the ocean model analysis of surface height anomaly for ensemble member 00. Stepping through time shows the model evolving unperturbed by assimilation for 3 steps, then a shock at the point of assimilation. The 1Hz (un-super-obbed) altimetry is also shown, but just for +-1d of the map date shown.
OceanMAPS (v1)
Indian and Pacific
OceanMAPS (isostatically-adjusted) height anomaly:
[BODAS]
[analysis]
[nrt]
Australasia
20m salinity anomaly:
[an sa20]
Australia
height anomaly and wind:
[nrt]
[forecast]
Equator-45S scale maps and sections
East Indian Ocean:
[forecast anomaly]
Coral and Tasman Seas:
[forecast anomaly]
Regional
WA-NT-Qld
[BODAS h]
[BODAS th]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt h]
[nrt tv]
[forecast h]
[forecast tv]
[animation]
Queensland
[BODAS h]
[BODAS]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[animation]
Brisbane
[BODAS h]
[an h]
[an tv100]
[an tv1]
[nrt tv1]
[fc tv100]
[fc tv1]
[an tv1 + sections]
NSW:
[BODAS h]
[BODAS th]
[BODAS t250]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[analysis tv30]
[analysis tv250]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[animation]
Sydney:
[BODAS h]
[BODAS th]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
SA-Tas
[BODAS h]
[BODAS]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[animation]
NW Cape.
[BODAS h]
[BODAS]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[fc tv100]
[animation]
NW Shelf.
[forecast tv 1h]
[tv]
[sp]
[sp 1h]
WA (south half).
[BODAS h]
[BODAS]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[animation]
Great Aust Bight.
[BODAS h]
[BODAS]
[analysis h]
[analysis tv]
[nrt]
[forecast]
[animation]
SR3 line
[BODAS h & TS sect]
[BODAS h abs]
[analysis h]
[analysis h abs]
[forecast h abs]
Macq I
[ha1]
[tv1]
[timeseries of height and velocity maps compared with along-track altimetry and drifters]