Model:MITgcm

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
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MITgcm

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Model type	Modular
Model part of larger framework
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Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS
Other platform
Programming language	Fortran90
Other program language
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
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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
Other input format
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?	Yes
Upload manual if available:	Media:Manual.pdf
Model website if any	http://mitgcm.org/
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.
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Nicole Lovenduski

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