SMARTide
SMARTide is a system developed by the United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) that provides highly accurate predictions of tidal heights and currents. It is an operational system that assimilates real-time data from various sources, including tide gauges and satellite altimetry, into sophisticated hydrodynamic models. This integration allows SMARTide to deliver tidal predictions that are more precise and responsive to current oceanic conditions than traditional, purely model-based forecasts.
The primary goal of SMARTide is to offer reliable tidal information for a range of applications. These
SMARTide's advanced capabilities stem from its use of numerical modeling techniques combined with data assimilation. Data