Canada’s global ice-ocean prediction system is now operational

Environment Canada and Mercator Ocean joined in a cutting-edge scientific collaboration for data assimlation and “ocean-ice” modeling domains thanks to a memorandum of understanding led by Meteo France. One of the missions of the Canadian Ministry “Environment Canada” is to predict weather conditions on a daily basis and to provide detailed predictions to its citizens. […]

Babette Tchonang wins EuroGOOS Kostas Nittis Medal for work on high potential of SWOT data in ocean forecasting

On 8 September 2022, EuroGOOS officially awarded Dr. Babette Tchonang this year’s Kostas Nittis Medal for her outstanding contribution to operational oceanography. During her doctoral research at Mercator Ocean International (MOi), Babette demonstrated that future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) data could be readily assimilated into Mercator Ocean’s global high-resolution analysis and forecasting system. […]