A Review of Models and Metocean Databases
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
OGP-IPIECA OSR-JIP REVIEW OF MODELS AND METOCEAN DATABASES Final report OGP-IPIECA REPORT № MOC-0970-01 V1.2 2015/02/23 ACTIMAR - 36, Quai de la Douane – F-29200 Brest - Tél: +33 256 35 56 20 - Fax: +33 298 46 91 04 e-mail: [email protected] - web: http://www.actimar.fr OGP-IPIECA - Review of models and metocean databases Report № MOC-0970-01 - V1.2 – 2015/02/23 REVISIONS Version Date Changes Written by Checked by S. Casitas 0.1 17/10/2014 Outline of the report S. Legac H. Pineau 0.2 04/11/2014 Misc corrections S. Casitas 1.0 23/12/2014 Models evaluation H. Pineau C. Heyraud Corrections after comments. S. Casitas 1.1 13/02/2014 Updated GFS information H. Pineau C. Heyraud Addition of filled questionnaires 1.2 23/02/2014 OGP-IPIECA reference H. Pineau DISTRIBUTION Addressee Company Date of review IPIECA - 1 - OGP-IPIECA - Review of models and metocean databases Report № MOC-0970-01 - V1.2 – 2015/02/23 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ..........................................................................................................................4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................11 1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................14 1.1 CONTEXT .................................................................................................................14 1.2 CONTENTS ...............................................................................................................15 1.3 GLOSSARY ...............................................................................................................15 2 WP3: MODELLING AND PREDICTION........................................................................17 2.1 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................17 2.1.1 General.............................................................................................................17 2.1.2 Review of hydrodynamic models.......................................................................18 2.1.3 Review of atmospheric models..........................................................................22 2.2 REVIEW OF HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS .........................................................................25 2.2.1 Global configurations ........................................................................................25 2.2.2 Brazil.................................................................................................................27 2.2.3 Gulf of Mexico ...................................................................................................29 2.2.4 Gulf of Guinea...................................................................................................31 2.2.5 Australia NW shelf.............................................................................................33 2.2.6 North sea ..........................................................................................................35 2.2.7 South China Sea...............................................................................................37 2.2.8 Caspian Sea .....................................................................................................39 2.2.9 Mediterranean Sea............................................................................................40 2.2.10 Indian Ocean.....................................................................................................42 2.3 REVIEW OF ATMOSPHERIC MODELS ............................................................................44 2.3.1 Global ...............................................................................................................44 2.3.2 Brazil.................................................................................................................48 2.3.3 Gulf of Mexico ...................................................................................................49 2.3.4 Gulf of Guinea...................................................................................................50 2.3.5 Australia NW shelf.............................................................................................51 2.3.6 North Sea..........................................................................................................52 2.3.7 South China Sea...............................................................................................53 2.3.8 Caspian Sea .....................................................................................................54 2.3.9 Mediterranean Sea............................................................................................55 2.3.10 Indian ocean .....................................................................................................57 3 WP4: METOCEAN DATABASES .................................................................................58 3.1 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................58 3.1.1 Definition...........................................................................................................58 3.1.2 Inventory ...........................................................................................................59 - 2 - OGP-IPIECA - Review of models and metocean databases Report № MOC-0970-01 - V1.2 – 2015/02/23 3.2 DATA REVIEW ...........................................................................................................60 3.2.1 Global ...............................................................................................................60 3.2.2 Brazil.................................................................................................................62 3.2.3 Gulf of Mexico ...................................................................................................63 3.2.4 Gulf of Guinea...................................................................................................64 3.2.5 Australia............................................................................................................66 3.2.6 North sea ..........................................................................................................68 3.2.7 South China Sea...............................................................................................68 3.2.8 Caspian Sea .....................................................................................................68 3.2.9 Mediterranean Sea............................................................................................69 3.2.10 Indian Ocean.....................................................................................................69 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS..............................................................71 4.1 CONCLUSIONS ..........................................................................................................71 4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ON VALIDATION TECHNIQUES ......................................................71 4.3 LIMITATIONS OF THE WORK ........................................................................................72 4.4 FROM DATA TO BIG DATA ...........................................................................................72 5 REFERENCES..............................................................................................................73 - 3 - OGP-IPIECA - Review of models and metocean databases Report № MOC-0970-01 - V1.2 – 2015/02/23 ACRONYMS General GCM General Circulation Model (or Global Climate Model) GIS Geographic Information System GoG Gulf of Guinea GoM Gulf of Mexico GRIB GRidded Information in Binary ETOPO Earth Topographic dataset GEBCO General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans JIP Joint Industry Project NE North East NetCDF Network Common Data format NW North West OGCM Ocean Global Circulation Model OSR Oil Spill and Response WP Work package Organizations and companies AOML Atlantic Oceanographic and meteorological Laboratory (NOAA, USA) BOM Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) CLS Collecte Localisation Satellites (France) CMC Canadian Meteorological Center (Canada) CMCC Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (Italy) CNMCA National Center of Meteorology and Climatology (Italy) CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) CPTEC/INPE Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos / Instituto National de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil) CUA Catholic University of America (USA) CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation DHI Danish Hydraulic Institute (Denmark) DHN Navy Hydrology Center (Brazil) - 4 - OGP-IPIECA - Review of models and metocean databases Report № MOC-0970-01 - V1.2 – 2015/02/23 DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst (Germany) DMI Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark) ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts FMI Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (USA) FSL Forecast System Laboratory (NOAA, USA) GMAO Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (USA) GNOO Gruppo Nazionale di Oceanografia Operativa (Italy) GODAE Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment HNMS Helenic National Meteorological Service (Greece) IFREMER Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (France) IMGW Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (Poland) INCOIS Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (India) INGV,