MITgcm
A numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate, MITgcm’s flexible non-hydrostatic formulation enables it to efficiently simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of scales; its adjoint capabilities enable it to be applied to sensitivity questions and to parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid equation isomorphisms, a single dynamical kernel can be used to simulate flow of both the atmosphere and ocean. The model is developed to perform efficiently on a wide variety of computational platforms.
Assimilating CryoSat-2 Summer Sea Ice Thickness Observations
By incorporating satellite observations of summer sea ice thickness and concentration into MITgcm., a team of researchers from China and Germany is helping improve Arctic summer sea ice thickness estimation.
Antarctic Rifts and Icebergs
Mattia Poinelli uses MITgcm to explore what role rifts and icebergs play in shaping the dynamics of Antarctic ice shelves.
Subglacial Melting
This month we spotlight research using a regional implementation of MITgcm to explore Antarctic subglacial runoff.
MITgcm goes to EGU
This month, a taste from the blizzard of papers using MITgcm served up at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly this year.
Assimilating Antarctic Sea-ice Thickness Data Revisited
A team of researchers from China and the US has created a new atmospheric ensemble forcing for MITgcm to improve the accuracy and the uncertainty estimation of Antarctic sea ice simulation.
2022 Research Roundup
​Happy 2023: Another new year, another new research roundup! Best wishes as always to MITgcmers past, MITgcmers present and MITgcmers yet to come…