Furuno Electric Launches High-Precision "Global Ocean Condition Forecast Data Service"
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. has officially launched its Global Ocean Condition Forecast Data Service based on its proprietary ocean forecast system, "Phizmo." This service aims to support social safety, economic activities, and environmental conservation by providing high-precision ocean data to corporations, municipalities, and research institutions.
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Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture; President and CEO: Yukio Furuno; hereinafter referred to as "the Company") has officially launched its Global Ocean Condition Forecast Data Service based on its proprietary ocean forecast system, "Phizmo." Coinciding with the launch of this service, the Company has released a special website (https://digital.furuno.com/jp/ocean-forecast/) that consolidates information for users, and begins providing high-precision ocean data to corporations, municipalities, and research institutions.
## Background of the Service Launch
With the growing risks of climate change and marine disasters, as well as the increasing sophistication of marine industries, the importance of high-precision ocean condition data as a foundation supporting social safety, economic activities, and environmental conservation is ever-increasing. On the other hand, while ocean condition data from numerical models is widely used, it has issues with coarse spatial and temporal resolution, making it difficult to fully utilize for understanding coastal areas, local phenomena, and for practical decision-making. Furthermore, even when data exists, it is often not fully utilized because users do not know how to use it or how to integrate it into their operations. In response to these challenges, the Company has developed its proprietary ocean forecast system, "Phizmo," which enables high-resolution, high-precision ocean forecasting by fusing its expertise in the marine field, cultivated through navigation electronics for ships, with satellite data assimilation and numerical prediction technologies.
In addition to providing forecast data, this service offers comprehensive support, including solution development utilizing the data. This represents a unique value proposition that only our company, which has been honing its technology to "see what is unseen" for many years, can provide.
## Features of the Global Ocean Condition Forecast Service
① **Covers Everything from Global to Pinpoint Areas**
Covers the entire globe excluding the Arctic and Antarctic, provided at a spatial resolution tailored to the intended use, such as ports, coasts, and shipping routes.
② **High-Resolution, High-Precision Data**
Compared to general ocean condition data at "approx. 10km horizontal / 24-hour intervals," Phizmo provides high-precision data at "approx. 3km horizontal / 1-hour intervals" (further subdivision is possible).
③ **3D Data to Grasp the Ocean's "Volume"**
20 vertical data layers allow for the acquisition of changes in water temperature, salinity, and current velocity with depth.
④ **Public Institution Data × Proprietary Algorithm**
Automatically optimizes multiple assimilation methods such as the NMC method, 3DVAR, and nudging to reproduce the actual ocean conditions with high accuracy.
⑤ **Dataset Format to Reduce Analysis Burden**
Provides water temperature, salinity, current velocity, sea surface height, etc., in a single package, significantly reducing the burden of analysis and system integration.
### About the Ocean Forecast System "Phizmo"
An ocean model numerically represents the changes in seawater flow based on ocean physics, enabling the prediction of future ocean states (e.g., water temperature distribution, tidal current distribution) and the reproduction of past conditions. "Phizmo" increases the resolution of coarse data provided by public institutions and, by using a proprietary data assimilation algorithm with satellite observation data, reproduces conditions close to the actual sea state with high precision.
## Background of the Service Launch
With the growing risks of climate change and marine disasters, as well as the increasing sophistication of marine industries, the importance of high-precision ocean condition data as a foundation supporting social safety, economic activities, and environmental conservation is ever-increasing. On the other hand, while ocean condition data from numerical models is widely used, it has issues with coarse spatial and temporal resolution, making it difficult to fully utilize for understanding coastal areas, local phenomena, and for practical decision-making. Furthermore, even when data exists, it is often not fully utilized because users do not know how to use it or how to integrate it into their operations. In response to these challenges, the Company has developed its proprietary ocean forecast system, "Phizmo," which enables high-resolution, high-precision ocean forecasting by fusing its expertise in the marine field, cultivated through navigation electronics for ships, with satellite data assimilation and numerical prediction technologies.
In addition to providing forecast data, this service offers comprehensive support, including solution development utilizing the data. This represents a unique value proposition that only our company, which has been honing its technology to "see what is unseen" for many years, can provide.
## Features of the Global Ocean Condition Forecast Service
① **Covers Everything from Global to Pinpoint Areas**
Covers the entire globe excluding the Arctic and Antarctic, provided at a spatial resolution tailored to the intended use, such as ports, coasts, and shipping routes.
② **High-Resolution, High-Precision Data**
Compared to general ocean condition data at "approx. 10km horizontal / 24-hour intervals," Phizmo provides high-precision data at "approx. 3km horizontal / 1-hour intervals" (further subdivision is possible).
③ **3D Data to Grasp the Ocean's "Volume"**
20 vertical data layers allow for the acquisition of changes in water temperature, salinity, and current velocity with depth.
④ **Public Institution Data × Proprietary Algorithm**
Automatically optimizes multiple assimilation methods such as the NMC method, 3DVAR, and nudging to reproduce the actual ocean conditions with high accuracy.
⑤ **Dataset Format to Reduce Analysis Burden**
Provides water temperature, salinity, current velocity, sea surface height, etc., in a single package, significantly reducing the burden of analysis and system integration.
### About the Ocean Forecast System "Phizmo"
An ocean model numerically represents the changes in seawater flow based on ocean physics, enabling the prediction of future ocean states (e.g., water temperature distribution, tidal current distribution) and the reproduction of past conditions. "Phizmo" increases the resolution of coarse data provided by public institutions and, by using a proprietary data assimilation algorithm with satellite observation data, reproduces conditions close to the actual sea state with high precision.