Atlantic and Mediterranean 1/12° (PSY2V3)

Atlantic (80°N - 20°S) and Mediterranean Sea.

Horizontal resolution

1/12° (3 km at 80°N, 9 km at the Equator).

Vertical resolution

50 levels.

Assimilation system

SAM2V1

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.

April 2008.

Computer: NEC (Meteo France)
CPU: 145 GB
Computing time :
- Analysis mode : 12 hours elapsed time with 16 processors
- Forecast mode : 4 hours elapsed time with 16 processors
Output size : 140 GB.