Canada-Newfoundland Operational Oceanography Forecast System (C-NOOFS)
produces daily forecast on an operational basis for the Northwest Atlantic (NWA).
It uses the state-of-the-art numerical model
Nucleus for European Modeling of
the Ocean (NEMO) to compute the ocean state.
The system is meant to introduce improvements with respect to other available
forecast systems in that the main region of simulation is the Canadian Atlantic
waters including the Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia shelves with a
better representation of the coastline and the bathymetry. In
addition, the wind forcing field is provided by the Canadian atmospheric forecast
system at Environment Canada (EC). Thorough validation with in-situ
and remote sensing measurements is carried out (technical report on validation to
be released).
