SELIPS is a system meant to produce daily forecast for physical parameters in the southeastern corner of the Levantine basin. the system is based on the POM2K model which is a three dimensional, time dependent, free surface, primitive equations model that uses terrain following (sigma) vertical coordinates. It includes full thermodynamics and an imbedded 2.5 turbulence closure model based on Mellor and Yamada (1982). Advection is done by Smolarkiewicz iterative upstream scheme and Smagorinsky lateral viscosity is used for numeric diffusion. The model is nested in the ALERMO model and has 2 open boundaries (at 33.7°N, and at 31.5°E ). Atmospheric forcing is provided by the SKIRON model. The system runs daily to produce a 4 day forecast which is disseminated over the internet.

further details are available here.

1. 2D fields of sea level elevation, depth averaged velocity
2. 3D fields of Potential temperature, Salinity and Velocity

Data is available in NetCDF format on the model grid (sigma levels).

Maps of potential temperature, salinity, velocity and sea level elevation interpolated to specific depths are available from ISRAMAR website. Netcdf files are available through password protected OPeNDAP server.

Binary forecast fields are available to the Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network (MOON) under Data Exchange Agreement.

On line comparison of model to SST is available both in ECOOP and ISRAMAR.