Model:Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

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Model type	Single
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Spatial dimensions	3D
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One-line model description	POM: Sigma coordinate coastal & basin circulation model
Extended model description	The Princeton Ocean Model (POM), a simple-to-run yet powerful ocean modeling code that is able to simulate a wide-range of problems: circulation and mixing processes in rivers, estuaries, shelf and slope, lakes, semi-enclosed seas and open and global ocean. POM is a sigma coordinate, free surface ocean model with embedded turbulence and wave sub-models, and wet-dry capability. It has been one of the first coastal ocean models freely available to users, with currently over 3000 users from 70 countries. For more details see: http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/htdocs.pom/

Keywords:	physical oceanography,

Name	Tal Ezer
Type of contact	Project manager
Institute / Organization	Old Dominion University
Postal address 1	Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
Postal address 2	4111 Monarch Way
Town / City	Norfolk
Postal code	23508
State	Virginia
Country	United States
Email address	tezer@odu.edu
Phone	757-683-5631
Fax

Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Windows
Other platform
Programming language	Fortran77, Fortran90
Other program language
Code optimized
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	1982
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	As code, As teaching tool
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/htdocs.pom/FTPbackup/
Source csdms web address
Program license type	GPL v2
Program license type other
Memory requirements	--
Typical run time	--

Describe input parameters	Topography, temperature, salinity, wind, heat/salt fluxes. Determine by user and application.
Input format	ASCII, Binary
Other input format	NetCDF
Describe output parameters	3D fields of temperature, salinity, velocity, turbulent kinetic energy; 2D fields of surface elevation, vertically averaged velocity, stream function.
Output format	ASCII, Binary
Other output format	NetCDF
Pre-processing software needed?	No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed?	Yes
Describe post-processing software	Matlab package and other Fortran routines
Visualization software needed?	Yes
If above answer is yes	Matlab
Other visualization software

Describe processes represented by the model	Any 3D ocean circulation, mixing, dispersion processes, etc
Describe key physical parameters and equations	Primitive equations for momentum, heat and salt fluxes, as well as TKE equations.
Describe length scale and resolution constraints	Model used for grid size ranging from ~1m to 1000km
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	CFL condition
Describe any numerical limitations and issues	--

Describe available calibration data sets	Testing described in various papers (see web page)
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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?	There are over 3000 users from 70 countries registered in the POM users data base.

Is there a manual available?	Yes
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any	http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/htdocs.pom/
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Comments	Web page includes additional information on code development, annual meetings, applications and searchable data base of over 1000 POM related journal publications. Notice: POM source code is freely available through the following website: http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/htdocs.pom/FTPbackup/ No registration is needed.

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OpenMI compliant	No but possible
BMI compliant	No but possible
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