SST Comparison Between RT_OFS_ATL and OI SST
** Experimental Product **
Real Time Ocean Forecast System (RT_OFS_ATL)
0 hour nowcasts are compared to daily Optimum Interpolation (OI)
SST analyses. OI SST is a ¼ degree latitude/longitude
analysis from NOAA National Climatic Data Center
(www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/oi-daily.php).
All RT_OFS_ATL grids shown here are in standard latitude/longitude
format. The RT_OFS_ATL SST shown here for the entire Atlantic has
a resolution of 0.255 degrees. The RT_OFS_ATL grids for the Gulf
of Maine, Mid Atlantic Coast and Southeast Atlantic Coast have
resolutions of 0.046 degrees and the Gulf of Mexico grid has a
resolution of 0.034 degrees.
Monthly Averages of RT_OFS_ATL – OI SST are here:
2007 Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2008 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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