Information technologies for automation of hyddrophisical situation molelling and forecasting in the Black Sea region

Abstract

The article offers a solution to the scientific and applied problem of automating the acquisition and analysis of a certain set of hydrophysical indicators with the subsequent formation of a forecast of the hydrophysical situation in the Black Sea water area. This topic is of great relevance both in peacetime and in the conditions of the current armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The solved task is an important element of solving the more complex problem of operational obtaining of oceanographic data for highlighting the hydrographic situation in the Black Sea water area, collection, accumulation and visualization of oceanographic data in the interests of navigation and hydrographic support of users of such information. To solve this problem, a software environment was created for automatic search and selection of hydrophysical data, as well as their automatic input into specialized software for modeling and forecasting the hydrophysical situation with subsequent calculation of forecasts of hydrophysical fields. A set of the most important data was formed, which includes indicators of salinity, temperature, circulation. Automatic search and selection of meteorological and hydrophysical data takes place from international GFS and COPERNICUS profile databases. Also, to increase the effect of the simulations and forecasts, a specialized interface was developed for searching, visualization, and the possibility of downloading by the user the results of the forecast module of the mathematical modeling of the spatio-temporal variability of the hydrophysical fields of the northwestern part of the Black Sea. The developed scientific and practical approaches and toolkit are designed to function within the framework of the distributed and centralized Bank of Oceanographic Data of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, part of which is an intellectual information system for highlighting the hydrographic situation in the Black Sea water area. The obtained results are also aimed at increasing the level of environmental safety in the Black Sea water area and can be used to monitor nature management in this region.