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3.8.1 Full list of model examples

  1. tutorial_barotropic_gyre

  2. tutorial_barotropic_gyre - single layer, ocean double gyre (barotropic with free-surface). This experiment is described in detail in section 3.9.

  3. tutorial_baroclinic_gyre - Four layer, ocean double gyre. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.10.

  4. tutorial_global_oce_latlon - 4x4 degree global ocean simulation with steady climatological forcing. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.11.

  5. exp4 - Flow over a Gaussian bump in open-water or channel with open boundaries.

  6. tutorial_deep_convection - Inhomogenously forced ocean convection in a doubly periodic box. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.14.

  7. front_relax - Relaxation of an ocean thermal front (test for Gent/McWilliams scheme). 2D (Y-Z).

  8. internal_wave - Ocean internal wave forced by open boundary conditions.

  9. natl_box - Eastern subtropical North Atlantic with KPP scheme; 1 month integration

  10. hs94.1x64x5 - Zonal averaged atmosphere using Held and Suarez '94 forcing.

  11. hs94.128x64x5 - 3D atmosphere dynamics using Held and Suarez '94 forcing.

  12. tutorial_held_suarez_cs - 3D atmosphere dynamics using Held and Suarez (1994) forcing on the cubed sphere. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.13.

  13. aim.5l_zon-ave - Intermediate Atmospheric physics. Global Zonal Mean configuration, 1x64x5 resolution.

  14. aim.5l_XZ_Equatorial_Slice - Intermediate Atmospheric physics, equatorial Slice configuration. 2D (X-Z).

  15. aim.5l_Equatorial_Channel - Intermediate Atmospheric physics. 3D Equatorial Channel configuration.

  16. aim.5l_LatLon - Intermediate Atmospheric physics. Global configuration, on latitude longitude grid with 128x64x5 grid points ($ 2.8^\circ$ resolution).

  17. aim.5l_cs

  18. adjustment.128x64x1 Barotropic adjustment problem on latitude longitude grid with 128x64 grid points ($ 2.8^\circ$ resolution).

  19. adjustment.cs-32x32x1 Barotropic adjustment problem on cube sphere grid with 32x32 points per face (roughly $ 2.8^\circ$ resolution).

  20. advect_cs Two-dimensional passive advection test on cube sphere grid.

  21. advect_xy Two-dimensional (horizontal plane) passive advection test on Cartesian grid.

  22. advect_xz Two-dimensional (vertical plane) passive advection test on Cartesian grid.

  23. tutorial_tracer_adjsens Simple passive tracer experiment. Includes derivative calculation. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.16.

  24. flt_example Example of using float package.

  25. global_ocean.90x40x15 Global circulation with GM, flux boundary conditions and poles.

  26. tutorial_global_oce_in_p Global circulation in pressure coordinate (non-Boussinesq ocean model). Described in detail in section 3.12.

  27. solid-body.cs-32x32x1 Solid body rotation test for cube sphere grid.

  28. tutorial_plume_on_slope Gravity Plume on a continental slope. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.15.

  29. tutorial_global_oce_biogeo Ocean model coupled to the dissolved inorganic carbon biogeochemistry model. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.17.

  30. tutorial_global_oce_optim Global ocean state estimation at $ 4^\circ$ resolution. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.18.

  31. tutorial_offline Offline form of the MITgcm to study advection of a passive tracer. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.20.

  32. rotating_tank Rotating tank simulation in cylindrical coordinates. This experiment is described in detail in section 3.21.

  33. MLAdjust Simple test for different viscosity formulations.

  34. bottom_ctrl_5x5 Adjoint test using the bottom topography as the control parameter.

  35. cfc_example Global ocean with online computation and advection of CFC11 and CFC12.

  36. dome Idealized 3D test of a density-driven bottom current.

  37. exp2 Old version of the global ocean experiment.

  38. exp5 Deep convection.

  39. fizhi-cs-32x32x10 Global atmospheric simulation with realistic topography, 10 vertical levels, a cubed sphere grid and the full atmospheric physics package.

  40. fizhi-cs-aqualev20 Global atmospheric simulation on an aqua planet with full atmospheric physics. Run is perpetual march with an analytical SST distribution. This is the configuration for the APE (Aqua Planet Experiment) participation experiment.

  41. fizhi-gridalt-hs Global atmospheric simulation Held-Suarez (1994) forcing, with the physical forcing and the dynamical forcing running on different vertical grids.

  42. global_ocean.cs32x15 Global ocean experiment on the cubed sphere grid, using thermodynamic sea ice and bulk force packages.

  43. global_ocean_ebm Global ocean experiment on a lat-lon grid coupled to an atmospheric energy balance model. Similar to global_ocean.90x40x15 experiment.

  44. global_with_exf Global ocean experiment on a lat-lon grid using the exf package. Similar to global_ocean.90x40x15 experiment.

  45. hs94.cs-32x32x5 3D atmosphere dynamics using Held and Suarez (1994) forcing on the cubed sphere. 5 vertical levels.

  46. ideal_2D_oce Idealized 2D global ocean simulation on an aqua planet.

  47. inverted_barometer Simple test of ocean response to atmospheric pressure loading.

  48. lab_sea Regional Labrador Sea simulation on a lat-lon grid. Coupled to the sea ice model.

  49. matrix_example Test of experimental method to accelerated convergence towards equillibrium.

  50. tutorial_cfc_offline Offline form of the MITgcm to study advection of a passive tracer and CFCs.

  51. vermix Simple test in a small domain (3 columns) for ocean vertical mixing schemes.

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