The operational Baltic Sea system HIROMB

- sea surface height,

- sea ice thickness and concentration,

- ridged ice thickness,

- ridge density,

- ridge sail height and level ice thickness.

- temperature,

- salinity,

- current velocity components,

- turbulent kinetic energy

File format: GRIB.

Analysis products are granted free of charge to all organizations that pursue research and educational purposes for their non-commercial activities. Private companies and any other users who wish to access the data for commercial purposes require a license. Data are distributed by ftp through a secure connection to a dedicated file server. Access is reserved to licensed users only, who will be provided with a personal login and password. Support for downloading and file-reading issues is provided during working days by contacting SMHI.

The products released are for the use of both commercial companies and public-research institutions. All data provided are under non-transferrable license. Data access for private companies is subject to payment of a fee, which is calculated according to the type and volume of data requested and, if necessary, the data handling work. Detailed information about data access conditions are available at http://www.smhi.se/

As a general rule, data products are delivered in a non-modified format (direct model output). Exceptions are applicable for any particular use in the commercial sector. Users can request a customized data handling, which consists of one or more of the following post-processing actions: • Reduction of domain • File format conversion

Product quality control has been carried out during the production of the hindcast. Hindcasting system results are compared with available observations using standard statistics.

- sea surface temperature, sea ice thickness and concentration

- temperature,

- salinity

File format: GRIB.

- sea surface height,

- total heat flux,

- sea ice thickness and concentration,

- ridged ice thickness,

- ridge density,

- ridge sail height and level ice thickness

- temperature,

- salinity,

- current velocity components,

- turbulent kinetic energy,

- dissipation

File format: GRIB

Forecast products are granted free of charge to all organizations that pursue research and educational purposes for their non-commercial activities. Private companies and any other users who wish to access the data for commercial purposes require a license. Data are distributed by ftp through a secure connection to a dedicated file server. Access is reserved to licensed users only, who will be provided with a personal login and password. The service is available on a 24/7 basis. Support for downloading and file-reading issues is provided during working days. Detailed information about data access is available at http://produkter.smhi.se/OceanWeb/

The products released are for the use of both commercial companies and public-research institutions. All data provided are under non-transferrable license. Data access for private companies is subject to payment of a fee, which is calculated according to the type and volume of data requested and, if necessary, the data handling work. Detailed information about data access conditions are available at http://produkter.smhi.se/OceanWeb/

As a general rule, data products are delivered in a non-modified format (direct model output). Exceptions are applicable for any particular use in the commercial sector. Users can request a customized data handling, which consists of one or more of the following post-processing actions: • Interpolation at fixed levels • Unit conversion or data type transformation • Reduction of domain • File format conversion

Product quality control is carried out operationally in real time. The forecasting system results are compared with the corresponding analysis fields using standard statistics (Root-Mean-Square). Due to the operational chain schedule, forecast product quality control is carried out with two weeks' delay once the corresponding analysis is available.

The forecasting system model output is presented in graphic format at http://produkter.smhi.se/OceanWeb/