Real Time Ocean Forecast System (2006 - present)
NOAA's Real Time Ocean Forecast system (RTOFS)-Atlantic is a data-assimilating nowcast-forecast system operated by the National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The model runs daily, producing a forecast out to 120 hours. Two sets of RTOFS output files are provided for distribution: (1) files that contain 3-dimensional fields reported on standard depths with a 24-hour output timestep; and (2) surface-only files with a 1-hour output timestep. More information on RTOFS and its output is contained in the metadata and on the NCEP website.
Users who require real-time access to these data are directed to high-availability servers.
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Available Services
Access to RTOFS data is provided via Thredds Data Server. Supported services include bulk file download in the native GRiB2 format, and OPenDAP subsetting. Basic visualization is provided through a custom application.
| RTOFS data and services | |||||
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| Surface | Metadata | Daily Data | Timeseries Aggregations | Visualize 2-D Fields | Visualize 3-D Fields |
| 3-D | Metadata | Daily Data | Timeseries Aggregation | Visualize 2-D Fields | Visualize 3-D Fields |
| Archive | Metadata | Historical Data Collection Organized by Year-Month-Day Surface/3-D | |||
RTOFS Snapshots
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| Curvilinear Grid Projection | Surface Temperature |
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