1. ARC MFC: En havovervåkings- og varslingstjeneste for nordområdene
Lars Petter Røed & the met.no MyOcean ARC MFC production and dissemination Team
Bruce, Arild, Harald, Magne, Geir Arne
Kaffeinfo Tallhall, 1

2. A European Marine “Core” Service
MyOcean?
A European Marine “Core” Service
brought to you by GMES!

3. ARC MFC? ARC MFC: Arctic Monitoring & Forecasting Center
met.no: Production Unit & Dissemination Unit
Collaboration: met.no, NERSC, IMR

4. Short history Mersea Strand 1 (2002-2004) Mersea IP (2004-2009)
MyOcean (2009 – 2012)
MyOcean 2 (2012 – 2014)
Future ( )?
ECOMF - European Center for Ocean Monitoring & Forecasting
An ocean ECMWF?

5. Weekly forecasts and analysis
The analysis lags one week behind!
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Forecast members
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Forecast14 Single member
Best estimate
”Today’s” forecast
Bulletin date
25.5
17 days

6. ARC MFC product: Forecasted sea ice fraction: 2012-05-116

7. ARC MFC product: Forecasted temperature 5m: 2012-05-117

8. Forecasts vs. observations 2012-05-068

9. Other variables Valid: 2012-05-11
Sea surface elevation
Salinity
Ice thickness 9

10. The end