3.10 Global Ocean Simulation at 4 Resolution

This example experiment demonstrates using the MITgcm to simulate the planetary ocean circulation. The simulation is configured with realistic geography and bathymetry on a spherical polar grid. Twenty levels are used in the vertical, ranging in thickness from at the surface to at depth, giving a maximum model depth of . At this resolution, the configuration can be integrated forward for thousands of years on a single processor desktop computer.

• 3.10.1 Overview
• 3.10.2 Discrete Numerical Configuration
  • 3.10.2.1 Numerical Stability Criteria
  
  
• 3.10.3 Experiment Configuration
  • 3.10.3.1 Driving Datasets
  • 3.10.3.2 File input/data
  • 3.10.3.3 File input/data.pkg
  • 3.10.3.4 File input/eedata
  • 3.10.3.5 File input/windx.sin_y
  • 3.10.3.6 File input/topog.box
  • 3.10.3.7 File code/SIZE.h
  • 3.10.3.8 File code/CPP_OPTIONS.h
  • 3.10.3.9 File code/CPP_EEOPTIONS.h
  • 3.10.3.10 Other Files

Copyright © 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology