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Operational Oceanography Division
Head of division, Erik Buch
+45 39157210
Staff
The Operational Oceanography Division has the duty to:
- forecast the ocean conditions for the Domestic Danish Waters, Baltic Sea, North Sea and for the North Atlantic with special focus on Greenland Waters
- disseminate general information and advice on issues related to the marine environment and climate.
The primary tasks of the Division are to:
- issue storm surge warnings for the Danish Waters
- forecast waves for the North Atlantic area including the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea
- forecast current, temperature, salinity and sea ice for the North Sea-Baltic Sea area.
- forecast ice drift for the Greenland Waters
- forecast drift of oil and floating objects
- advice on oceanographic conditions in Danish and Greenlandic waters
- produce and study scenarios of variability of the marine climate in the North Atlantic
The Division is responsible for the following ocean models:
Mike 21 – 2D model used for storm surge predictions (provided to DMI by DHI-Institute for Water and Environment). The model is run 4 time a day for a 48 hour forecast.
BSH-Cmod – 3D model predicting current, temperature, salinity and sea ice (provided to DMI by Bundesamt für Seeschiffarht und Hydrographie, Hamburg). The model is run twice a day for a 54 hours forecast.
WAM – wave model run four times a day for a 54 hours forecast.
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DMI 29 March 2004
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Danish coaster in heavy sea.
SMILLA – ice drift model based on a finite element code. A 54 hours forecast is produced whenever a new ice chart is available.
DRIFT (oil and floating objects) – drift module coupled to BSH-Cmod. Run on request for forecast, hindcast and backtracking (See simulation of the Fu Shan Hai accident in the Baltic June 2003 (danish))
Ocean forecast animations are displayed routinely on ocean.dmi.dk. Case studies, verification studies, and general informations about the Division is also published on this web page.
Research and Development Projects
The Division carries out research and development projects to improve model performance and forecast quality. The Division is engaged in a number of research projects funded by the European Commission, the Nordic Council of Ministers and national research funds, such as:
International cooperation:
Through active involvement in international cooperation, DMI's Operational Oceanography Division contributes to BOOS, NOOS and EuroGOOS in international coordination, exchanges best practice in operational model development, exchanges forecasts and observations, and carries out fundamental research on designing a cost-effective observing system.
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