Operational Forecast System - Publications
Most of the publications below are available via PDF, others are described by an abstract and information on how to obtain them.
Operational OFS
- Chesapeake Bay OFS
- CBOFS: Model Development and Skill Assessment
- 2011 Techincal Implementation Notice for CBOFS
- 2012 Techincal Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, and NGOFS
- 2015 Techincal Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, NGOFS, NEGOFS, NWGOFS and SFBOFS
- 2021 Service Change Notice for CBOFS and NGOFS2
- CBOFS Flyer
- Columbia River & Estuary OFS
- 2012 April Technical Implementation Notice for CREOFS
- 2012 September Technical Implementation Notice for CREOFS
- Cook Inlet OFS
- CIOFS: Model Development and Skill Assessment
- CIOFS: Implementation of the CIOFS and the Nowcast/Forecast Skill Assessment
- 2019 Service Change Notice for CIOFS and LMHOFS
- Delaware Bay OFS
- DBOFS: Hydrodynamic Model Development for a Delaware River and Bay Nowcast/Forecast System
- DBOFS: Skill Assessment
- 2011 Technical Implementation Notice for DBOFS
- 2012 Technical Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, and NGOFS
- 2015 Technical Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, NGOFS, NEGOFS, NWGOFS and SFBOFS
- DBOFS Flyer
- Gulf of Maine OFS
- GoMOFS: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- GoMOFS: Implementation and the Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill
- 2018 Service Change Notice for GoMOFS
- Lake Erie OFS
- LEOFS: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- LEOFS: Implementation and the Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill
- 2016 Technical Implementation Notice for LEOFS
- Lake Michigan-Huron OFS
- LMHOFS: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- LMHOFS: Implementation and the Nowcast/Forecast Skill
- 2019 Service Change Notice for CIOFS and LMHOFS
- Lake Ontario OFS
- 2022 Service Change Notice for LOOFS and LSOFS
- LOOFS: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- Implementation and the Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill
- Lake Superior OFS
- LSOFS: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- 2022 Service Change Notice for LOOFS and LSOFS
- Implementation and the Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill
- New York OFS
- NYEFS: NOS Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System for the Port of New York/New Jersey (NYEFS): Requirements, Overview, and Skill Assessment
- Hydrodynamic Model Development for the Port of New York/New Jersey Water Level and Current Nowcast/Forecast Model System
- Implementation Plan: Port of New York and New Jersey Operational Forecast System (NYOFS)
- Northern Gulf of Mexico OFS2
- NGOFS2: Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- NGOFS2: Implementation and Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill Assessment
- 2021 March Service Change Notice for WCOFS and NGOFS2
- 2021 July Service Change Notice for CBOFS and NGOFS2
- San Francisco OFS
- SFBOFS: Model Development
- 2013 Technical Implementation Notice for SFBOFS
- 2014 Technical Implementation Notice for SFBOFS
- 2015 Technical Implementation NOtice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, NGOFS, NEGOFS, NWGOFS and SFBOFS
- St. Johns River OFS
- SRJOFS and Skill Assessment
- Tampa Bay OFS
- TBOFS: Model Development and Skill Assessment
- 2011 Technical Implementation Notice for TBOFS
- 2012 Techincal Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS and NGOFS
- 2015 Technical Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, NGOFS, NEGOFS, NWGOFS and SFBOFS
- TBOFS Flyer
- West Coast OFS
- WCOFS: Implementation and Semi-Operational Nowcast/Forecast Skill Assessment
- 2021 Service Change Notice for WCOFS and NGOFS2
OFS Dev, Skill Assessment, Implementation, Framework
- NOS Procedures for Developing and Implementing Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems for PORTS
- Status of Acquisition of Real-Time River Observations and Forecast Guidance for NOS Estuarine Nowcast/Forecast System Development
- Description of the Operational Data Acquisition and Archive System (ODASS) to Support the NOS Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS)
- NOS Procedures for Developing and Implementing Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems
- NOS Standards for Evaluating Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems
- ODAAS' Real-time River Information Acquisition for NOS Estuarine Forecast Systems in the Middle-Atlantic Region
- Coastal Ocean Modeling Framework: COMF
- Implementation of Model Skill Assessment Software for Water Level and Current Tidal Regions
- Coastal Ocean Modeling Framework on NOAA's High Performance Computer (COMF-HPC)
- 2012 Service Change Notice NOS/CO-OPS is Implementing Model Guidance Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format (SHEF) Bulletins
- 2020 Service Change Notice Product Changes for File Structures and Retention Periods of NOS Operational Forecast Systems
Retired OFS
- Chesapeake Bay OFS
- Description of the Operational Data Acquisition and Archive System (ODASS) to Support the NOS CBOFS
- Skill Assessment of the Chesapeake Area Forecast Experiment (CAFE) System
- CBOFS: Skill Assessment for 2001 and Improvements
- CBOFS: Technical Documentation
- Galveston Bay OFS
- Evaluation of the NOS Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System for Galveston Bay
- Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Developments for a Galveston Bay Nowcast/Forecast System
- NOS Experimental Galveston Bay Nowcast/Forecast System: Storm Surge Studies
- Lake Erie OFS
- Skill Assessment of the NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System
- Lake Huron OFS
- Skill Assessment of the NOS Lake Huron Operational Forecast System
- Lake Michigan OFS
- Skill Assessment of the NOS Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System
- Lake Ontario OFS
- Skill Assessment of the NOS Lake Ontario Operational Forecast System
- Lake Superior OFS
- Skill Assessment of the NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System
- Northern/Northeast/Northwest Gulf of Mexico OFS
- NGOFS: Model Development and Skill Assessment
- The Nested Northwest and Northeast Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecast Systems (NWGOFS and NEGOFS): Model Development and Hindcast Skill Assessment
- 2011 Technical Implementation Notice for NGOFS
- 2012 Technical Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS and NGOFS
- 2014 Technical Implementation Notice for NEGOFS and NWGOFS
- 2015 Technical Implementation Notice for CBOFS, DBOFS, TBOFS, NGOFS, NEGOFS, NWGOFS and SFBOFS