National collaboration

MET Norway collaborates with the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and the National Public Roads Administration (NPRA) for planning and operation of a safe and more sustainable coastal infrastructure.

Our models provide input to the coastal coastal wave forecast at barentswatch.no (Figure 1).

https://www.barentswatch.no/bolgevarsel/ — Figure 1: Example of marinogram from Barentswatch.no

Observations

We handle atmospheric and ocean measurements on behalf of NPRA and NCA. The observations are distributed freely. Observations are crucial for forecasting, weather surveillance and model verification and development.

Browse historical and real time measurements here: https://svv-verifikasjon.met.no/

Offshore and coastal real-time comparison between model and observations: https://svv-verifikasjon.met.no/buoys-extra/

Map with sites of modelled and observed wind and waves — Figure 2: Interactive map for real-time comparison between model and observations

Comparison of observations and modelled wind speed: https://svv-verifikasjon.met.no/wind/

Model grid correlation to observation point — Figure 3: Example of correlation of observations and modelled wind speed in Sulafjord

Comparison of observations and modelled wave variabales: https://svv-verifikasjon.met.no/wave/

Data access

NPRA Coastal highway E39 observations in Møre and Romsdal are available from:

Buoys DOI: https://doi.org/10.21343/ef2d-jp97
Masts DOI: https://doi.org/10.21343/z9n1-qw63

Measurements from the buoys that NCA operates are available from:

https://thredds.met.no/thredds/catalog/obs/kystverketbuoy/catalog.html and our observation API: frost.met.no / seklima.met.no.

References:

Christakos, Konstantinos (2021) Wind-generated waves in fjords and coastal areas, Doctoral thesis, available at: https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/11250/2771177

Furevik, B. R., Ágústsson, H., Borg, A. L., Midjiyawa, Z., Nyhammer, F., and Gausen, M. (2020) Meteorological observations in tall masts for the mapping of atmospheric flow in Norwegian fjords, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 3621–3640, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3621-2020.

Midjiyawa, Zakari (2022) Turbulence characterisation in complex fjord topography using measurement and numerical modelling for bridge design, Doctoral thesis, available at: https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2987114