Scottish Shelf Model - Firth of Clyde

Model description:
The Firth of Clyde (FOC) model is an implementation of the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) and has a domain covering the Clyde Firth and the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The model is part of the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) suite of hydrodynamic models and can be forced independently or nested within the wider SSM. The domain extends as far as Isle of Tiree and the Isle of Coll to the North and the Isle of Man to the South. The model grid is unstructured with the highest horizontal resolution in the Inner Clyde Firth. The node spacing varies from less than 80 m in some areas to almost 3 km at the boundary. In the Inner Clyde Firth the node spacing is typically around 200-300 m while in the surrounding area it is more commonly between 1000-1500 m. The vertical water column is resolved by 10 terrain following sigma layers, each representing 10 % of the water column.

More information, including model model runs, is available at the Marine Scotland Science Scottish Shelf Model site: http://marine.gov.scot/information/firth-clyde