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What's Next on PREVIMER website?

Many evolutions of the website are planned to improve PREVIMER services.
They concern forecast types, geographic areas, information display modes, access to observation data, ...

Types of Forecasts

  • Phytoplankton production in the Bisquay Bay (available since July 2007, extension to the English Channel : late 2009) ;
  • Macroalgae production in Brittany (June 2008) ;
  • Water Turbidity data in South Brittany (forecast late 2010).

Geographic Areas

  • English Channel, South Brittany, Basque country: wave forecasts (available since July 2007) ;
  • Normandy, North Brittany, Arcachon basin: sea water level and current forecasts (available since July 2007) ;
  • English Channel and North Sea: sea water level, current and temperature forecasts (late 2007) ;

Display Modes

  • Punctual forecast value display in forecasts graphics (September 2009).
  • Dynamic zoom, interactive colour palette modification (late 2010).

Access to observation and modelisation data

  • Visualisation of observed High Frequency Radar surface current in Iroise sea (late 2010) ;
  • Access to model result and public observation data (late 2009) ;
  • Interoperability of PREVIMER result database with other information systems (OpenGIS, OpenDAP, ...).

Website navigation

  • Personal access (2007) ;
  • Understanding graphic help page (2007).

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