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Chronological Summary of Forecast Runs

 OCEANUS 402

    May 18 -- 28 , 2004
 

 



            ID       FCAST          Obs        ICs    Error statistics
   RMS
  Obs/Prior/Post1/post2
   Moorings RMS Post2
   Vector bias
    Operator      Comments
         FC0            3.1      ADCP,     B,E,I          OACI    7.0   Hindcast of OC391_FC_22; crashed on 3-rd fwd run
           FC1            3.1       B, E, I         clim  9.9/7.8/6.2/6.1
B: 4.7; (1.1, 0.4)
E: 5.5; (-2.5, -0.3)
I: 7.7; (3.6, -1.8)
   
           FC2           2.0       B, E, I          clim   9.9/7.8/6.3/6.2
B: 4.7; (1.0, 0.3)
E: 5.7; (-2.5, -0.3)
I: 7.7; (3.6, -1.7)
   
           FC3           3.1        B, E, I          clim      FC1 + rivers
 abandoned

           FC4

 


          3.1

       B, E, I

        clim

 9.9/7.7/6.3/6.0
B: 4.7; (1.1, 0.4)
E: 5.4; (-2.4, -0.3)
I: 7.7; (3.6, -1.8)

 FC1 + less size penalty

           FC5
 

          3.1

               I

         clim
13.9/9.7/9.3/9.2
I: 9.2 (3.8, 1.4)

       CAS
 FC1 Mooring I only

           FC6

           3.1

         B, E, I


 NMFS svy +  AVHRR
9.9/9.1/6.6/6.2
B: 4.7: (1.1, 1.1)
E: 5.2; (-1.3, -0.6)
I: 8.0; (4.3, -0.8)

       KWS

 FC1 + AVHRR, NMFS ICs

           FC7

           3.1

         B, E, I

          clim

9.9/7.8/6.2/6.1
B: 4.7; (1.1, 0.4)
E: 5.5; (-2.5, -0.3)
I: 7.7; (3.5, -1.7)

       KWS

 FC1 + forecast winds

           FC8

           3.1 

         B, E, I

          clim
9.9/7.8/6.2/6.1
B: 4.7; (1.1,  0.4)
E: 5.5; (-2.4, -0.3)
I: 7.7; (3.5, -1.8)

       KWS

FC7 + NOAA winds instead of NCEP; longer record

           FC9

           3.1

         B, E, I

          clim
10.5/8.4/7.5/6.5
B: 6.1; (1.5, 2.8)
E: 5.3; (0.7, -0.4)
I: ?

        KWS
 FC8 + updated buoy winds + updated mooring data

          FC10
 

           3.1

         B, E, I

          clim
10.5/8.4/7.5/6.5
B: 6.2; (1.6, 2.9)
E: 5.3; (1.0, -0.4)
I: 7.8; (3.6, -1.5)

FC9 with 10 iterations
           FC11





           FC12





           FC13






          FC14
 
 

 

         B, E, I

          clim
10.3/8.3/7.7/6.8
B: 7.2; (2.1, 4.4)
E: 5.8; (2.0, 0.8)
I: 7.4; (3.4, -1.2)



           FC16
 

 

         B, E, I

           clim
10.5/8.4/7.7/7.1
B: 7.0; (2.0, 3.6)
E: 5.7; (2.1, -0.7)
I: ?



           FC17
 


         B, E, I

           clim
10.3/8.1/7.1/6.9
B: 7.7 (2.2, 5.1)
E: 5.7; (2.3, 0.9)
I: 7.2; (3.3, -0.9)


Tradeoff fit in B vs E?

           FC19

     fc19_movie


        B, E, I

  Survey 1


      KWS

 ICs from Survey 1
 Winds at E plus NOAA forecast

          FC20
        Central

          2.0

 Ship ADCP 
        B, E, I

          clim
11.7/7.6/6.6/6.3
B: 7.1; (2.5, 3.7)
E: 5.8; (0.0, -1.4)
I: 7.4; (2.1, -2.0)
ADCP: 6.0; (-1.0, 0.2)

       CAS


Forcing:
 winds at E plus NOAA forecast

           FC21

     fc21_movie


          3.1

 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I
 

          clim


B: 
E: 
I: 7.5; (1.8, -2.1)
ADCP: 5.3; (-0.1, -.03)

        KWS

FC20 using FCAST_3.1

           FC22

fc22 SST & Vel


         3.1

 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

    Survey 1
11.7/7.9/7.1/6.5
B: 6.0; (2.2, 1.0)
E: 6.3; (-3.3, 0.0)
I: ?
ADCP: 6.2; (-0.3, -0.1)

        KWS

FC21 plus ICs from survey data

            FC23

         2.0


 Ship ADCP
      B, E, I

      Survey 1
11.7/7.9/6.9/6.7
B: 6.0; (2.2, 1.0)
E: 6.1; (-2.8, 0.0)
I: 8.2; (4.7, 0.1)
ADCP: 6.7; (-0.6, 0.5)


FC20 with ICs from survey data

           FC24

        2.0
   central

 Ship ADCP
     B, E, I

       clim
12.0/8.3/7.7/7.5
B: 7.8; (2.7, 4.1)
E: 5.7; (-0.3, -1.7)
I: 7.2; (2.3, -1.4)
ADCP: 7.8; (-0.7, 0.2)


FC20 + new data

          FC25

fc25 SST & Vel

     fc25 drifters

         3.1


 Ship ADCP
      B, E, I

         clim


12.0/8.3/7.5/7.2
B: 7.6; (2.8, 4.0)
E: 5.7; (-0.6, -1.8)
I: ?
ADCP: 7.3; (-0.8, -0.4)
 


FC21 + new data

          FC26

fc26 SST &Vel 

     fc26 drifters

        3.1


 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

      Survey 1


12.0/8.7/7.5/7.2
B: 6.7; (3.2, 1.3)
E: 5.6; (-0.3, -0.9)
I: ?
ADCP: 7.3; (-0.2, -0.3)


FC22 + new data + delayed advection

          FC27

        2.0

 Ship ADCP
    B, E, I

   Survey 1
12.0/9.2/8.4/8.3
B: 7.2; (1.7, -0.1)
E: 7.5; (-4.4, -1.5)
I: 10.6; (7.4, 3.1)
ADCP: 8.3; (-0.4, 0.1)



          FC28

fc28 SST &Vel 

    fc28 drifters

        3.1


 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

      clim




 Central with new  data

          FC29

fc29 SST &Vel 

    fc29 drifters

       3.1


 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

   Survey 1





          FC30

       2.0

 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

     clim

 



          FC31

       2.0

 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I

   Survey 1




          FC32

fc32SST & Vel 

    fc32 drifters



 Ship ADCP
        B, E, I




 
          FC33

fc33SST & Vel 

    fc33 drifters  







   
          FC34

fc34SST & Vel 

   fc34 drifters