North East Atlantic Real Time Bottom Current

Published by: Marine Institute
Category: Environment
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The hydrodynamic model, ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System), is run for a domain that covers a significant portion of the northeast Atlantic at a resolution of 2.5 km and and with 40 vertical levels.7-day forecasts are generated for research purposes and for comparison with measured data. We use NCEP GFS atmospheric forcing and our model is nested within the MERCATOR North Atlantic model.The Marine Institute does not guarantee to make model output available on its web site. The predictions should not be used for safety critical applications. This data covers total bottom current forecasts. An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences, while tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon. Depth contours, shoreline configurations, and interactions with other currents influence a current's direction and strength.

Ocean currents flow for great distances, and together, create the global conveyor belt which plays a dominant role in determining the climate of many of the Earth’s regions. More specifically, ocean currents influence the temperature of the regions through which they travel.

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Theme Environment
Date released 2007-01-01
Date updated 2017-03-31
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Rights notes ['Creative Commons licence conditions apply', 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/', 'license']
Update frequency Daily
Language English
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-30.1, 44.1],[-30.1, 65.1], [5.1, 65.1], [5.1, 44.1], [-30.1, 44.1]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "sea level", "minVerticalExtent": "-5000", "maxVerticalExtent": "-1"}
Provenance information Dataset created from oceanographic ROMS model on a daily basis. Quality control applied by ROMS model and delivered via the Marine Institute ERDDAP data server.
Period of time covered (begin) 2007-01-01