Aleynik, D., 2026. WeStCOMS, Western (and Northern) Scotland Coastal Ocean Modeling System. Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21249519
Western (and Northern) Scotland Coastal Ocean Modeling System is the coupled atmosphere/ocean/waves hydrodynamic model capable of short-term 5-days forecats developed by Dr Dmitry Aleynik and run operationally at SAMS.ac.uk. It's based on WRF, FVCOM and SWAN open source code. Access the latest WeStCOMS v3 release output via:
https://www.sams.ac.uk/facilities/thredds/ &
https://thredds.sams.ac.uk/thredds/catalog/SCOATS.html
Wiki-Summary of the WeStCOMS & NORSCOMS models design:
https://coastal.miraheze.org/wiki/WeStCOMS
https://coastal.miraheze.org/wiki/NORSCOMS
References
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2015.11.012
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.631732
Animations & images in MASTS NHEM Forum story map :
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d90cf58eeeac435b96c18946e955d02a
AGU Ocean Science Meeting 2026 in Glasgow :
https://osm26.ipostersessions.com/default.aspx?s=70-5A-B1-79-3C-C9-23-EC-5C-A9-E5-04-B6-AE-D5-F7
Acknowledgments
E(tive)lice: Revolutionizing sea lice detection for sustainable salmon farming and conservation, BB/Z515292/1, UK Research and Innovation
Aqua-Plankton: Plankton monitoring and risk assessment to safeguard finfish aquaculture, BB/Z515231/1, UK Research and Innovation
COAST-SCAPES: rethinking COASTal landSCAPES with climate-resilient interventions: systemic land-to-sea solutions, 101213138, European Commission
