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|Categories=Climate
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|Spatialscale=Global
|One-line model description=The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate.
|Extended model description=The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Its non-hydrostatic formulation enables it to simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.
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|First name=Nicole
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|Country=USA
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|Email address=nicole.lovenduski@colorado.edu
|Email address=nicole.lovenduski@colorado.edu
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|One-line model description=The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate.
|Extended model description=The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Its non-hydrostatic formulation enables it to simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.
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|Provide key papers on model if any=Hill, C. and J. Marshall, (1995), Application of a Parallel Navier-Stokes Model to Ocean Circulation in Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, In Proceedings of Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Implementations and Results Using Parallel Computers, 545-552. Elsevier Science B.V.: New York  
|Provide key papers on model if any=Hill, C. and J. Marshall, (1995), Application of a Parallel Navier-Stokes Model to Ocean Circulation in Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, In Proceedings of Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Implementations and Results Using Parallel Computers, 545-552. Elsevier Science B.V.: New York  
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Marotzke,J,Giering,R.,Zhang,K.Q.,Stammer,D.,Hill,C.,and T.Lee,(1999),Construction of the adjoint MIT ocean general circulation model and  
Marotzke,J,Giering,R.,Zhang,K.Q.,Stammer,D.,Hill,C.,and T.Lee,(1999),Construction of the adjoint MIT ocean general circulation model and  
application to Atlantic heat transport variability, J. Geophysical Res., 104(C12), 29, 529-29,547.
application to Atlantic heat transport variability, J. Geophysical Res., 104(C12), 29, 529-29,547.
|Manual model available=No
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Revision as of 09:06, 24 June 2011



MITgcm


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Also known as
Model type Modular
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model
Keywords:
Name Nicole Lovenduski
Type of contact Project manager
Institute / Organization University of Colorado at Boulder
Postal address 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Postal address 2 Campus Box 450
Town / City Boulder
Postal code 80309
State Colorado
Country USA"USA" is not in the list (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, ...) of allowed values for the "Country" property.
Email address nicole.lovenduski@colorado.edu
Phone
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Supported platforms
Unix, Linux, Mac OS
Other platform
Programming language

Fortran90

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Code optimized Multiple Processors
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development 1997
Does model development still take place? Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?
Model availability
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension) 		Through web repository
Source web address http://mitgcm.org/
Source csdms web address
Program license type Other
Program license type other --
Memory requirements Memory requirements range from around 10^7 bytes (≈ 10 megabytes) to 10^11 bytes (≈ 100 gigabytes).
Typical run time Run time can range from minutes to weeks, depending on length of simulation and size/resolution of domain.


Describe input parameters
Input format Binary
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Describe output parameters
Output format Binary
Other output format NetCDF
Pre-processing software needed? No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed? No
Describe post-processing software
Visualization software needed? No
If above answer is yes
Other visualization software


Describe processes represented by the model too many to describe
Describe key physical parameters and equations too many to describe
Describe length scale and resolution constraints
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Describe any numerical limitations and issues


Describe available calibration data sets
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Describe available test data sets
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Describe ideal data for testing


Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?
Is there a manual available? No
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any
Model forum / discussion board
Comments Notice: Code is freely available through the following site:

http://mitgcm.org/ No need to register


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OpenMI compliant No but possible
BMI compliant No but possible
WMT component Not yet"Not yet" is not in the list (Yes, In progress, No but possible, No not possible) of allowed values for the "Code CMT compliant or not" property.
PyMT component
Is this a data component
Can be coupled with:
Model info
Authors
Nicole Lovenduski
Source code
Model citations
Nr. of publications: 121
Total citations: 7898
h-index: 35
m-quotient: 0.74
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