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(Global RTOFS) data is based on the U.S. Navy implementation of Global HYCOM. <br> Regional NCOM data is provided by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). </p> <p><i> (<b>Mouseover and click</b> the desired area to view the valid Global Ocean Model Currents 0-72 hour forecast data) </i></p> <img src="NCOM_cur_web_addhires.gif" alt="" usemap="#OPC_NCOM_Map" width="784" height="400" > <map name="OPC_NCOM_Map">  <area shape="RECT" coords="152,34,315,99" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=Global_RTOFS&area=BeringSea&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="BERING STRAIT AND GULF OF ALASKA" onMouseOver="return overlib('BERING STRAIT AND GULF OF ALASKA', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="RECT" coords="315,121,352,152" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=NCOM&area=Socal&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="HI-RES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST" onMouseOver="return overlib('HI-RES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="POLY" coords="317,69,371,69,371,164,246,163,246,99,316,100,316,69,317,69" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=Global_RTOFS&area=WestCoast&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="US WEST COAST" onMouseOver="return overlib('US WEST COAST', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="RECT" coords="400,138,448,174" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=NCOM&area=GMexHR&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="GULF OF MEXICO Hi-Res NCOM MODEL" onMouseOver="return overlib('HI-RES GULF OF MEXICO', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="POLY" coords="447,116,517,116,517,162,450,162,447,162,447,135,447,116" href="/newNCOM/NCOM_GulfStream_currents.php" alt="HI-RES US EAST COAST AND GULF STREAM" onMouseOver="return overlib('HI-RES US EAST COAST AND GULF STREAM', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="POLY" coords="444,103,564,103,564,151,450,151,450,135,444,135,444,103" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=Global_RTOFS&area=GulfStream&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="US EAST COAST AND GULF STREAM" onMouseOver="return overlib('US EAST COAST AND GULF STREAM', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="RECT" coords="207,143,246,172" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=NCOM&area=Haw&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="HAWAII" onMouseOver="return overlib('HI-RES HAWAII', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="POLY" coords="59,65,152,65,152,100,246,100,245,164,352,163,352,180,59,180,59,65" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=Global_RTOFS&area=NorthPacific&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="NORTH PACIFIC" onMouseOver="return overlib('NORTH PACIFIC', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="POLY" coords="398,64,695,64,695,180,450,180,450,152,566,153,566,100,441,100,441,136,397,136,397,65,403,65,398,64" href="/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=Global_RTOFS&area=NorthAtlantic&plot=currents&loop=1" alt="NORTH ATLANTIC" onMouseOver="return overlib('NORTH ATLANTIC', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();">  <area shape="RECT" coords="550,276,669,336" href="/SST_fcasts.php" alt="LINK TO GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL SST WEB PAGE" onMouseOver="return overlib('LINK TO GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL SST WEB PAGE', WRAP);" onMouseOut="return nd();"> </map> <p class="std"> ***Attention*** NCOM Regional files with surface temperature and currents are available in GRIB2 format. See the link below. </div> <p>For NCOM GRIB2 files with surface temperature and currents via ftp: <a href="http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/NCOM/regional/GRIB2/">http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/NCOM/regional/GRIB2/</a></p> <p>For NCOM Regional Data via ftp: <a href="http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/NCOM/regional/">http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/NCOM/regional/</a></p> <p>For archived NCOM Data: <a href="http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/ocean-nomads/global-ncom/">http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/ocean-nomads/global-ncom/</a></p> <p>For Data via Nomads GDS server: <a href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/ncom">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/ncom</a> </p> <p>For East Coast images: <a href="https://ocean.weather.gov/Loops/ocean_guidance.php?model=NCOM&area=Useast&plot=currents&day=1&loop=0">NCOM High Resolution Oceanic Model: Gulf Stream</a></p> <p>For Global RTOFS Data via ftp: <a href="http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/GLOBALHYCOM/">http://ftp.ocean.weather.gov/grids/operational/GLOBALHYCOM/</a></p> <p>For Global RTOFS Data via the NCEP operational NOMADS server: <a href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/</a></p> <p class="hdr"><u>Global RTOFS Model Information</u> <p>The Global Real-Time Ocean Forecast System is based on NAVO's configuration of the 1/12 deg. eddy resolving global HYCOM model and is initialized daily with NAVO generated initial conditions using the NCODA system. Global RTOFS is forced with NCEP's operational GFS winds. For more details see: <a href="http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/global/">NOAA/NCEP/MMAB Global RTOFS Web Page</a></p> <p class="hdr"><u>Regional NCOM Model Information</u></p> <p>The Regional NCOM models have a resolution of 1/36 deg. (3 km). The U.S. Navy Operational Global Ocean Model (NCOM), developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (Barron et al, 1&2) and maintained by the Naval Oceanographic Office, provides boundary conditions for the regional models. The regional NCOM models found here include the U.S. East Coast (ncom_useast), The Southern California Coast (ncom_socal), Hawaii Coasts (ncom_relo_hawaii) and the Gulf of America and Caribaean Seas (ncom_relo_amseas). The Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation System (NCODA) provides the data assimilation for NCOM including SSH, SST, and in situ observations. For more information about NCOM see:</p> <p><a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/navoceano-ncom-glb">Overview</a> or <a href="http://www.weather.gov/nwsexit.php?url=http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2006/first-global-ocean-model-developed-at-nrl-stennis">NRL Press Release</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.weather.gov/nwsexit.php?url=https://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/glb8_3b/html/pubs.html">NCOM Publications and Validation Test Report</a></p> <p><U><B>References</B></U></p> <p>1. Barron, C.N., A.B. Kara, H.E. Hurlburt, C. Rowley, and L.F. Smedstad, 2004: Sea surface height predictions from the Global Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) during 1998-2001. <I>J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.</I>, 21(12), 1876-1894.</p> <p>2. Barron, C.N., A.B. Kara, P.J. Martin, R.C. Rhodes, and L.F. 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