Coastal Observatory, Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea

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Model validation

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Validating POLCOMS with Ferrybox data
Ferrybox data is used for validating the POLCOMS models. Ferrybox is an automated sampling device which measures several water quality parameters including temperature, turbidity, chlorophyll and salinity. The sampling equipment is attached to the Norfolkline ferry, Liverpool Viking, which travels from Liverpool to Dublin (occasionally the ferry travels from Liverpool to Belfast).
»Find out more about Ferrybox
»Find out more about POLCOMS

»View temperature
»View salinity
»View oxygen

»View chlorophyll

2D Maps
The diagrams below show the POLCOMS model output along the Ferry's path (top left), the Ferrybox data (top right) and the difference between the two (bottom) over the last month.

Timeseries
The graph below shows the Ferrybox observed data in blue and the POLCOMS Irish Sea model output for the Ferrybox route, in red.

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21st October 2009
POLCOMS web outputs are still in experimental mode.