Francis, PA and Vinayachandran, PN and Shenoi, SSC (2013) The Indian Ocean forecast system. In: Current Science, 104 (10). pp. 1354-1368.
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Abstract
In order to meet the ever growing demand for the prediction of oceanographic parametres in the Indian Ocean for a variety of applications, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has recently set-up an operational ocean forecast system, viz. the Indian Ocean Forecast System (INDOFOS). This fully automated system, based on a state-of-the-art ocean general circulation model issues six-hourly forecasts of the sea-surface temperature, surface currents and depths of the mixed layer and the thermocline up to five-days of lead time. A brief account of INDOFOS and a statistical validation of the forecasts of these parametres using in situ and remote sensing data are presented in this article. The accuracy of the sea-surface temperature forecasts by the system is high in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, whereas it is moderate in the equatorial Indian Ocean. On the other hand, the accuracy of the depth of the thermocline and the isothermal layers and surface current forecasts are higher near the equatorial region, while it is relatively lower in the Bay of Bengal.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Current Science |
| Publisher: | Current Science Association |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Current Science Association. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2013 07:00 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2013 07:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46867 |
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