Name: SACOFS-West Hindcast coastal ocean model dataset of temperature, salinity and currents for False Bay, Table Bay and St Helena Bay from 1993 to 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

DOI: 10.15493/SOMISANA.26032025

Title	SACOFS-West Hindcast coastal ocean model dataset of temperature, salinity and currents for False Bay, Table Bay and St Helena Bay from 1993 to 2019
Authors	Jackson-Veitch, Jennifer SAEON Egagasini Node; role: SOMISANA Lead
Publisher	South African Environmental Observation Network (2025)
Contributors	Contact Person: Fearon, Giles SAEON Egagasini Node; role: Senior Ocean Modeller; email: g.fearon@saeon.nrf.ac.za
Abstract	The South African Coastal Ocean Forecast System Southeast (SACOFS) is run using the Coastal and Regional Ocean COmmunity (CROCO) modelling system. The SACOFS-West model domain encompasses St. Helena Bay, Table Bay and False Bay, located on the west coast of South Africa (18.56° to 20.00° E and -36.09° to -30.00° S). The model curvilinear grid has a variable horizontal grid resolution (0.35–4 km) which increases towards the coast. The model has 30 terrain-following vertical levels. The output is saved as daily averages, in monthly NetCDF files spanning from January 1993 to December 2019. Model output includes: averaged free-surface (zeta), averaged vertically integrated u-momentum component (ubar), averaged vertically integrated v-momentum component (vbar), averaged u-momentum component (u), averaged v-momentum component (v), averaged potential temperature (temp) and averaged salinity (salt).
Methods	The simulation was developed using the Coastal and Regional Ocean COmmunity (CROCO) modelling system (https://www.croco-ocean.org/). The model configuration files can be found at https://github.com/SAEON/somisana-croco/tree/main/configs/sa_southeast_01/croco_v1.3.1, using compile options C01 and runtime options I01. Lateral open boundary conditions are interpolated from GLORYS12V1 (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00021). Surface forcing is interpolated from ERA5 (https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47). Model bathymetry is interpolated from SANHO (https://www.sanho.co.za/Default.htm).
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Temporal extent	01 Jan 1993 – 31 Dec 2019
Geographic extent	100 km Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, 2012 North: -32.3 South: -34.7 West: 17.8 East: 19.2
Keywords	EOV: Physics > Sea surface salinity, EOV: Physics > Sea surface temperature, EOV: Physics > Surface currents, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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