North Atlantic and Mediterranean 1/15° (PSY2V2)

North Atlantic (70°N - 9°N) and Mediterranean Sea.

Horizontal resolution

1/15° (5-7 km).

Vertical resolution

43 levels.

Assimilation system

SAM1V2

Assimilated data

SLA, SST, T/S profiles

Mean sea level

Combination between model MSSH (particularly near the coast) and MSSH from Rio and Hernandez, 2004.

Since June 2005.

Computer: FUJITSU VPP5000
Computing time :
- Analysis mode : on 8 processors of 7.5 GB : 50 hours CPU and 7h30 of restitution elapsed time.
- Forecast mode : on 8 processors of 7 GB : 15 hours CPU and 2h15 of restitution elapsed time.
Output size : 60 Gigabytes (30 GB analysis and 30 GB forecast).