A new artificial intelligence (AI) model shows potential to forecast ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico from just a laptop, according to new Met Office research.
The AI-based model, developed by researchers at the Met Office and the University of Exeter, is already helping to redefine how new technologies can support marine operational decision-making, with the work recently recognised by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Best Paper Award 2025.
The latest paper extends the previous work of the team to show how their Machine Learning for Low-Cost Offshore Modelling (MaLCOM) framework - originally designed for the regional prediction of ocean waves in UK coastal waters - can be successfully adapted and applied to forecasting the currents in the Gulf of Mexico.
