The WFS ROMS uses the ROMS 2.0 code. ROMS is a hydrostatic, 3D, primitive equation, free surface model using an s-coordinate in the vertical. The WFS ROMS model is nested in the NAT HYCOM model. The WFS ROMS model bathymetry is a hand checked ETOPO5 topography merged with the HYCOM model bathymetry at the boundary. The horizontal curvilinear grid has a resolution of 4 km near the coast. At the boundary the resolution is reduced to 10 km and matches the approximately the NAT HYCOM resolution. The model is forced at the surface by NCEP NAM heat and momentum fluxes.
| Physics | hydrostatic 3D primitive equations, free surface |
| Model | ROMS 2.0 |
| Topography | modified ETOPO5 merged with HYCOM |
| horizontal grid | curvilinear grid with 4 km resolution near the coast and 10 km resolution at the open boundary |
| vertical grid | 32 s-coordinates |
| Atmospheric forcings | NCEP reanalysis and NOGAPS wind and heat fluxes and SST relaxation or NCEP NAM |
| Open boundary conditions | temperature, salinity and velocity from operational 1/12 degree North Atlantic HYCOM (experimental) |
| Initialization | from HYCOM |
| River | Climatological river runoff (Mississippi River, Mobile River, Apalachicola River, Suwannee River, Hillsborough River, Caloosahatchee River , Shark River) |
This nowcast/forecast system is a research product and under construction. No warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy or suitability of the model output for any particular application.
Several hindcasts experiments with different atmospheric forcings and for different time periods can be found here.
Plot the forecasts interactively in a single panel
Compare two different forecasts or variables
Experimental HAB cell count forecasted trajectories:
Experimental vertical section of model results
Validation with BSOP temperature and salinity data
Model animation with tides