Offshore experience

Storm offshore Forecasts

North Sea- Manually checked and updated 2-4 times daily- Based on ECMWF/GFS and inhouse WRF/SWAN modelling

Norwegain Sea- Statoil, Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, …

Barents Sea- Snøhvit, Statoil

Adriatic Sea- ExxonMobil

South Atlantic Ocean- Brazil, Peregrino, Statoil

OBSERVATIONS

WEATHER-

MODEL

PHYSICSMATHEMATICSDYNAMICS++ FORECAST

Offshore web portal 24/7

ECMWF products – global 0.125 deg (16km) resolution

Documented high skill

Complex systems - complex modellingStormDrift

Wind and waves - Operational: ECMWF (10-25 km) and WRF (1-9 km).

Ocean current - Princeton Ocean Model (MI-POM) - Operational: 1.5 km (blue)/4 km (green), hourly fields.

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Wind and waves - Operational: ECMWF (10-25 km) and WRF (1-9 km).

Ocean current - Princeton Ocean Model (MI-POM) - Operational: 1.5 km (blue)/4 km (green), hourly fields.

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StormDrift

StormDrift

2 km model resolution3-6 vertical layersEularian code

2 km model resolution3-6 vertical layersEularian code

1. Advection with surface current2. Dispersion by molecular diffusion/surface effects3. Evaporation4. Chemical dissolution5. Aggregation6. Break-up and dispersion by waves7. Sedimentation

1. Advection with surface current2. Dispersion by molecular diffusion/surface effects3. Evaporation4. Chemical dissolution5. Aggregation6. Break-up and dispersion by waves7. Sedimentation

Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer: 40 FLOPS

1946

Roadrunner: 1.026 peta FLOPS

~1000 trillion FLOPS

2008

First real time NWP September 1954

Modelling and computer power

Operasjonell mode3 dager/minutt

Operasjonell mode3 dager/minutt

StormDrift

Offshore web portal 24/7