Observations table(s) (operational centre usage)
Platform: Profiling floats (Argo floats)
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | Trajectory | Temp. | Salinity | Oxygen | Chlorophyl | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | |||||
| WAVEWATCH III | |||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||
| ECWAM | |||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | TS profiles are collected from GTS | |
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| SWAN | |||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | |||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTS for the operational model and WOD and GTAPP for the research mode. | ||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| Wave DA Systems | |||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) + BIO4 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 3 | ||
| WAM3km | |||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 3 | ||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| WaveWatch III | |||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from US GODAE | |||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTS | ||
| KIOST | OPEM (Northwest Pacific regional 1/24 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTSPP | |||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| MEDFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||
| BSFS | Level 5 | Level 5 |
Platform: Moorings (including TAO/TRITON/PIRATA/RAMA)
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | Ocean Temp. | Salinity | Velocity (Mech.) | Velocity (ADCP) | Surface Air Temp. | Surface Air Humid. | Surface Wind | Sea Level Pressure | Precip. | Rad. | Ice Freeb. / Thickness | Ocean Waves | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | ||||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 3 | ||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | ||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | ||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | |||||||
| ECWAM | Level 1 | |||||||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | TS profiles collected from GTS | |||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | ||||||||||||||
| SWAN | Level 1 | |||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | ||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | TS profiles collected from GTS (operation), WOD and GTSPP (research mode). SLP is used in atmospheric DA systems that provide atmospheric forcing data. | ||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||
| Wave DA Systems | Level 4 | Level 4 | via. GTS | |||||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | ||||||||||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Moorings have been assimilated then removed when CMEMS changed the NetCDF format | |||||||||
| WAM3km | Level 1 | |||||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||||
| WaveWatch III | ||||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Assimilated as daily mean collected from TAO web site | ||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | ||||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTS | ||||||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||
| MEDFS | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||||||
| BSFS | Level 1 | Level 1 |
Platform: Ships observations
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | CTD/ Temp. | CTD/ Salinity | XBT, XCTD/ Temp. | XCTD/ Salinity | ADCP/ Current | TSG/ Temp. | TSG/ Salinity | Bottle/ Oxygen | Chl-a | Nitrate | Phosph. | Silicate | Sea Level Pressure | Ocean Waves (SHIP Reports) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | |||||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | ||||||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | ||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | ||||||||||
| ECWAM | ||||||||||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | TS profiles collected from GTS | |||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | ||||||||||||||||
| SWAN | ||||||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | ||||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | TS profiles collected from GTS for operational model, WOD and GTAPP for research mode. | |||||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 4 | ||||||||
| Wave DA Systems | Level 4 | Level 4 | via. GTS | |||||||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | |||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | ||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||
| WAM3km | ||||||||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||||
| WaveWatch III | ||||||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Collected from UK Met Office | ||||||||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTS | ||||||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||
| MEDFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||
| BSFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 |
Platform: Other in-situ data
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | Drifter/ Temp. | Drifter/ Velocity |
Drifter/ ocean waves | Drifter/ SLP | Ocean glider/ Temp. | Ocean glider/ Salinity | Animal borne/ Temp. |
Ice buoy/ ice drift | Ice-tethered profiler/ Temp. | Ice-tethered profiler / Salinity | ALAMO | Tide Gage | Coastal Wave Recorders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 1 | |||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 2 | ||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | ||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 1 | ||||
| ECWAM | Level 1 | ||||||||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | ||||||||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | |||||||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | |||||||||||||||
| SWAN | |||||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | |||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | TS data on GTS are used in operation. | ||||||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||||||
| Wave DA Systems | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||||||||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Drifter temperatures assimilated but removed when CMEMS changed NetCDF data format | |||||
| WAM3km | |||||||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||
| WaveWatch III | |||||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 4 | |||||||||||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | TS profiles are collected from GTS | |||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||
| MEDFS | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 1 | ||||||||||||
| BSFS | Level 1 |
Platform: Satellite Altimeter (SSHA and wave height)
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | TOPEX/ POSEIDON | Jason-1 | Jason-2 | Jason-3 | ERS-1 | ERS-2 | Envisat | GFO | CryoSAT2 | AltiKa | HY-2 | Sentinel 3A | Sentinel 3B | Sentinel 6A | SWOT | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | |||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | |||||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | ||||||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | ||||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||
| ECWAM | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | Level 3 | |||||||||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | |||||||||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | |||||||||||||||||
| SWAN | |||||||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 2 | Nadir altimetry data are collected from along-track multi-mission products |
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | ||
| Wave DA Systems | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | ||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||
| WAM3km | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Also uses altimeter winds (not in the table) | ||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 2 | |||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 2 | ||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 2 | ||||
| WaveWatch III | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Collected from AVISO web site (nrt.cmems-du.eu) | ||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||
| NOAA |
RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Provided by NESDIS (Absolute Dynamic Topography – ADT) | ||||||||||
| WCOFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||
| MEDFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||
| BSFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||
| KIOST | OPEM (Northwest Pacific regional 1/24 degree) | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Provided by AVISO (Along-track Absolute Dynamic Topography) |
Platform: Satellite SST (Infrared/Microwave)
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/ Institute | System Name | AVHRR/ NOAA-18 | AVHRR/ NOAA-19 | AVHRR/ Metop-A | AVHRR/ Metop-B | AVHRR/ Metop-C | VIIRS/ NOAA-20 | VIIRS/ NOAA-21 | VIIRS/ sNPP | ABI/ GEOS-16 | ABI/ GEOS-17 | AMSR2/ GCOM-W | WindSAT/ Coriolis | SGLI/ GCOM-C | SLSTR/ Sentinel-3a | SLSTR/ Sentinel 3b | SEVIRI/ MSG-1 | Himawari-8 | Himawari-9 | MI/ TRMM | MODIS/ Aqua | OSTIA | ODYSSEA | CMCSST | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 5 | |||||||||||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | |||||||||||||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | |||||||||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | OSTIA (provided by UKMO) is assimilated. | |||||||||||||||
| ECWAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SWAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 1 | MGDSST (provided by JMA) is assimilated. | |||||||||||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 1 | MGDSST (provided by JMA) is assimilated. | ||||||||||||
| Wave DA Systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | OSTIA (provided by UKMO) is assimilated. | ||||||||||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | OSTIA (provided by UKMO) is assimilated. | |||||||||||||||
| WAM3km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | |||||||||||||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| WaveWatch III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | OSTIA (provided by UKMO) is relaxed. | ||||||||||||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 5 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Level 2 | Provided by NESDIS | |||||||||||||||
| WCOFS | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MEDFS | Level 4 | CMEMS SST TAC Merged product | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BSFS | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | CMEMS SST TAC Merged product | |||||||||||||||||||
| KIOST | OPEM (Northwest Pacific regional 1/24 degree) | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | OSTIA (provided by UKMO) is assimilated. |
Platform: Sea Ice Observations
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above..
| Center/ Institute | System Name | Ice concentration | SMMR (Ice concentration) – Nimbus-7) | SSMIS (Ice concentration) – DMSP F-17 | SSMIS (Ice concentration) – DMSP F-18 | (Ice Concentration) – RCM | (Ice Concentration) – Sentinel 1 | AMSR2 (Ice Concentration) – GCOM-W | Ice thickness | Ice thickness – ICESAT | Ice thickness – CryoSAT-2 | Thin Ice thickness – SMOS | ASCAT / Metop-1 – (B) | ASCAT / Metop-3 – (C) | Ice Surface Temperature | Ice Drift | Ice Age / Ice Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | |||||||||||||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | |||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | ||||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | |||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 1 | Use merged C2SMOS product for ice thickness | ||||||||
| ECWAM | ||||||||||||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | |||||||||||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | ||||||||||||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | ||||||||||||||||||
| SWAN | ||||||||||||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | ||||||||||||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | SIC in MGDSST (provided by JMA) is assimilated. | |||||||||||||
| Wave DA Systems | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||||||||||||||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | ||||||||||||||||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 5 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 1 | Merged CS2SMOS assimilated, OSI-SAF SSMI sea ice concentrations | |||||
| WAM3km | Level 4 | Level 4 | Wave-in-ice attenuation | |||||||||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 1 | ||||||||||||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | Level 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| WaveWatch III | ||||||||||||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Merge of Reynolds (Nimbus-7 and DMSP) and OSI-SAF (from DMSP/SSMI) | |||||||||||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 4 | Level 2 | ||||||||||||||
| NOAA | RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 1B received through GTS and is converted to L2 at NCEP | |||||||||||||
| CMCC | GOFS16 (global 1/16°) | Level 4 | Nudging to Reynolds |
Platform: Other satellite data
Latest update: 27 March 2025
Level descriptions as in graphic above.
| Center/Institute | System Name | SMOS (SSS) | Aquarius (SSS) | SMAP (SSS) | MODIS/ Aqua (Ocean Color) | Sentinel-1A (Ocean Waves) | CFOSAT (Ocean Waves) | High Frequency Radar (Surface Currents) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoM (CSIRO) | OceanMAPS | ||||||||
| CHM-REMO | RODAS | Level 3 | |||||||
| ECCC | GIOPS (global 1/4°) | ||||||||
| RIOPS (Pac-Arctic-NAtl 1/12°) | |||||||||
| CIOPS (East&West Coast, 1/36°) | Level 1 | ||||||||
| ECMWF | OCEAN5 Global 1/4 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||
| ECWAM | |||||||||
| INCOIS | RAIN (1/12 degree) | ||||||||
| INCOIS-GODAS (1/2X1/4 global) | |||||||||
| HYCOM (1/12 degree) | |||||||||
| SWAN | |||||||||
| WAVEWATCH III (1 degree) | |||||||||
| JMA | MOVE (Global) | Level 3 | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||
| MOVE (Regional) | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | ||||||
| Wave DA Systems | Level 1 | Level 1 | |||||||
| Mercator Ocean | GLO12 (Global 1/12°) | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 1 | Level 5 | Level 1 | |||
| IBI36 (Regional 1/36°) | Level 1 | ||||||||
| MET Norway | TOPAZ4 (Pan-Arctic) | Level 3 | Level 5 | Surface chlorophyll assimilated in the biogeochemical model only | |||||
| WAM3km | |||||||||
| Met Office | FOAM global and regional (1/4 and 1/12 degree) | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |||||
| FOAM shelf (1.5 km) | |||||||||
| Coupled NWP (1/4 degree) | |||||||||
| WaveWatch III | |||||||||
| NASA GEOS | S2Sv2 global 1/2 | ||||||||
| S2Sv3 MERRA2 Ocean 1/4 | Level 5 | Level 5 | Level 5 | ||||||
| NOAA |
RTOFS-DA | Level 5 | Level 5 | Provided by NESDIS | |||||
| WCOFS | Level 5 |
References
Latest update: 27 March 2025