details
- Name
- Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System (CYCOFOS)
- Country
- Cyprus
- Changed into
- Cyprus Oceanography Center
organisation profile
A complete operational oceanographic forecasting and observing system has been developed in Cyprus, covering the coastal and open deep sea areas around Cyprus and the Levantine Basin, and has been operational since early 2002. The system is called CYCOFOS-Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System and integrates the main features required in GOOS, EuroGOOS, MOON and GMES design. CYCOFOS is a result of several years of oceanographic research activities carried out in the framework of several EU projects such as the MFSPP, MAMA, MFSTEP, MedGLOSS, ESEAS-RI and MERSEA. CYCOFOS constitutes one of the ocean forecasting and observing system of several European and Mediterranean operational forecasting and observing networks.
The CYCOFOS at present consists of several modules that provide regular NRT oceanographic information in the Eastern Mediterranean Levantine Basin. The CYCOFOS forecasting products are updated daily. These include the offshore significant wave height and direction, sea currents, sea temperature and salinity and sea level. The CYCOFOS observing products are updated hourly. These include the in-situ water temperature and salinity, sea level and atmospheric pressure. The remote sensing SST-sea surface temperature and chlorophyl concentration are updated daily.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 712
- Collating centre
- ORION (ORION)
- Latest update
- 28 January 2019 7:11:53 AM