Mediterranean Sea Biogeochemical Analysis and Forecast (CMEMS MED-Biogeochemistry, MedBFM4 system)

MEDSEA_ANALYSISFORECAST_BGC_006_014_MedBFM4

Short Description

The biogeochemical analysis and forecasts for the Mediterranean Sea at 1/24° of horizontal resolution (ca. 4 km) are produced by means of the MedBFM4 model system. MedBFM4, which is run by OGS (IT), consists of the coupling of the multi-stream atmosphere radiative model OASIM, the multi-stream in-water radiative and tracer transport model OGSTM_BIOPTIMOD v4.3, and the biogeochemical flux model BFM v5. Additionally, MedBFM4 features the 3D variational data assimilation scheme 3DVAR-BIO v3.3 with the assimilation of surface chlorophyll (CMEMS-OCTAC NRT product) and of vertical profiles of chlorophyll, nitrate and oxygen (BGC-Argo floats provided by CORIOLIS DAC). The biogeochemical MedBFM system, which is forced by the NEMO-OceanVar model (MEDSEA_ANALYSISFORECAST_PHY_006_013 product run by CMCC), produces one day of hindcast and ten days of forecast (every day) and seven days of analysis (weekly on Tuesday).

Product Citation:

Feudale, L., Bolzon, G., Lazzari, P., Salon, S., Teruzzi, A., Di Biagio, V., Coidessa, G., Alvarez, E., Amadio, C., & Cossarini, G. (2023). Mediterranean Sea Biogeochemical Analysis and Forecast (Copernicus Marine Service MED-Biogeochemistry, MedBFM4 system) (Version 2) [Data set]. Copernicus Marine Service. https://doi.org/10.25423/cmcc/medsea_analysisforecast_bgc_006_014_medbfm4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25423/cmcc/medsea_analysisforecast_bgc_006_014_medbfm4

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