DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPERATIONAL OCEAN SEA LEVEL AND WAVES FORECASTING SYSTEM AT THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF

SIMIONATO, C. G.; DINÁPOLI, MATÍAS; ETALA, P.; DRAGANI, W. C.; RE, M.; TOMAZIN. N.; GARCÍA SKABAR, Y.; D'ONOFRIO, E.; FIORE, M.

Exeter

Workshop; EuroSea & OceanPredict Workshop on Ocean Prediction and Observing system design; 2022

MetOffice

The authors are principal investigators of a project which proposes to form an institutional network of science, technology and innovation organizations that will develop, implement and give support and continuity to a state-of-the-art sea level and waves forecasting system. in co-production with the National Meteorological Service (SMN). About 30 researchers and technicians from the involved institutions participate in the project.The initiative, funded by the Inter-Ministerial Pampa Azul Initiative of Argentina, will develop operational applications for the forecast and hindcasting of sea level and nested currents at intermediate resolution (average 4 km) throughout the entire South Western Atlantic (Argentinean) Continental Shelf (SWACA), at high resolution (1 km) in regions with depths less than 50 m along the entire coastline and very high resolution (100 m) in some high-impact regions. A similar scheme will be adopted for wave forecasting and hindcasting, starting from a global application with 1° resolution up to very high-resolution applications (1 km and less) for the shallow areas of the SWACA. These systems will be transferred and run operationally in the National Meteorological Service (SMN) and the results will be made available by the SMN and the Hydrographic Service. A web portal will be developed to provide free and open access to the information produced (forecasts and hindcasts/reanalysis) to the society (including both the public and private sectors); we foresee thatit will facilitate a better management and exploitation of marine resources, as well as the monitoring of climate variability.