Finally!!! After 6 (nonconsecutive) months at sea, Silbo has finally reached the western boarder of the spanish ROM data! This means we now have access to forecasts of up to 72-96 hrs in the future of ocean conditions with resolution up to 2 km^2
Figure 1. Myocean/IBI ROM Surface Salinity
Figure 2. Myocean/IBI ROM Salinity 220m
Figure 3. Myocean/IBI ROM Salinity 318m
Figure 4. Myocean/IBI ROM Salinity 643m
Figure 5. Myocean/IBI ROM Salinity 760m
Figure 6. Myocean/IBI ROM Salinity 1060m
Figure 7. Myocean/IBI ROM Surface Eastward Current Components
Figure 8. Myocean/IBI ROM Eastern Currents Coomponents 220m
Figure 9. Myocean/IBI ROM Eastern Currents Coomponents 760m
Figure 10. Myocean/IBI ROM Eastern Currents Coomponents 900m
Figure 11. Myocean/IBI ROM Eastern Currents Components 1060m
Figure 12. Myocean/IBI ROM Sea Surface Height
This data will prove to be very useful over the next month as Silbo makes his way to the Canaries and for future missions. We all look forward to utilizing the 96 hour forecast as it will easily revolutionize how we pilot gliders from a reaction based system to an attack system where we can see what will happen up to 4 days ahead of time and use that to make piloting decisions.
Nilsen Strandskov & Antonio Ramos