Black Sea Physics Analysis and Forecast (CMEMS BS-Currents, EAS3 system)

BLKSEA_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_PHYS_007_001_EAS3

Short Description

The physical component of the Black Sea near real time system (BS-PHY NRT) is based on a hydrodynamic model implemented over the whole Black Sea basin. The model horizontal grid resolution is 1/36° in zonal resolution, 1/27° in meridional resolution (ca. 3 km) and has 31 unevenly spaced vertical levels. The hydrodynamics are supplied by the Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean (NEMO, v3.4).The model solutions are corrected by the variational assimilation (based on a 3DVAR scheme), originally developed for the Mediterranean Sea and later extended for the global ocean. The observations assimilated in the BS-Currents includes in-situ profiles, along-track sea level anomalies (SLA) and gridded sea surface temperature (SST) provided by Copernicus TAC.