Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) provides a 30-day hind-cast and 7-day forecast (in three-hour time intervals) for use in marine operational planning. This dataset contains multiple variables including temperature, salinity and velocity at depth levels ranging from the surface of the ocean to 5,000m water depth. It can be used to help determine if it is safe to deploy equipment, conduct operations, or plan a route in the ocean space. Sea surface height is also available through HYCOM.
HYCOM functionality has been extended through the HYCOM App that helps you visualize and compare the different modeled variables.
HYCOM has been in Beta for two releases while we gather feedback from our users about how they use HYCOM data. If you have feedback on how you use HYCOM or how these layers can be improved please submit your feedback here!
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Keith VanGraafeiland
