Model:GISS AOM

GISS AOM

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Spatial dimensions	3D
Spatial extent	Global
Model domain	Climate, Marine
One-line model description	GISS Atmosphere-Ocean Model
Extended model description	The Atmosphere-Ocean Model is a computer program that simulates the Earth's climate in three dimensions on a gridded domain. The Model requires two kinds of input, specified parameters and prognostic variables, and generates two kinds of output, climate diagnostics and prognostic variables. The specified input parameters include physical constants, the Earth's orbital parameters, the Earth's atmospheric constituents, the Earth's topography, the Earth's surface distribution of ocean, glacial ice, or vegetation, and many others. The time varying prognostic variables include fluid mass, horizontal velocity, heat, water vapor, salt, and subsurface mass and energy fields.

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Name	David Rind
Type of contact	Technical contact
Institute / Organization	NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Postal address 1	2800 Broadway
Postal address 2
Town / City	New York
Postal code	10025
State	New York
Country	United States
Email address	David.H.Rind@noaa.gov
Phone	212-678-5593
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Supported platforms	Unix
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Programming language	Fortran90
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Start year development	1990
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Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/
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Pre-processing software needed?	No
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Is there a manual available?	No
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Model website if any	http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/
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Featured publication(s)	Year	Model described	Type of Reference	Citations
Miller, James R.; Russell, Gary L.; Caliri, Guilherme; 1994. Continental-Scale River Flow in Climate Models. Journal of Climate, 7, 914–928. 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)0072.0.CO;2 (View/edit entry)	1994	GISS AOM VIC	Model overview	265
Russell, Gary L.; Miller, James R.; Rind, David; 1995. A coupled atmosphere‐ocean model for transient climate change studies. Atmosphere-Ocean, 33, 683–730. 10.1080/07055900.1995.9649550 (View/edit entry)	1995	GISS AOM	Model overview	350
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