Model:Symphonie
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Symphonie
Introduction
History
Papers
Symphonie Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model: | Symphonie |
| Contact person: | Patrick Marsaleix |
| Institute: | Laboratoire d'Aérologie |
| City: | Toulouse |
| Country: | France |
| Email: | patrick.marsaleix@aero.obs-mip.fr |
| 2nd person involved: | -- |
| 3rd person involved: | -- |
Model description
| Model type: | Modular model for the marine domain. |
| Description: | -- |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | Linux |
| Programming language: | Fortran77 & 90 |
| Model was developed started from: | 1993 and development still takes place |
| To what degree will the model become available: | As code |
| Current license type: | -- |
| Memory requirements: | A few Gb |
| Typical run time: | A few days for annual runs |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | wind, air temperature, humidity, pressure, solar and infrared radiation. Oceanic fields from OGCM for initial and boundary conditions |
| Input format: | Binary |
| Output parameters: | temperature, salinity, current 3D fields. Air/sea fluxes |
| Output format: | Binary, NetCDF |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | no |
| Visualization software (if needed): | yes, software developed by the group. Can also be processed by the ROMS tools via Matlab |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | Free surface, generalized s coordinate model. Classical representation of oceanic processes (tides, wind circulation, density driven circulation ...). Coupling with sediment transport and biogeochemistry |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | Primitive equations.Non hydrostatic version available.
Sediment transport : cohesive (Partheniades) and non cohesive (Smith and Mac Lean). Biogeochemistry : cycle of C,N,P,Si |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | CFL criterium |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | Validation was done using several fields experiment (see publications on http://poc.obs-mip.fr/pages/research_topics/modelling/symphonie/symphonie.htm#publi) |
| Available test data sets: | For example : Test of the non-hydrostatic version with water tank experiments. |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | we have collaborations with people from the field and modellers which use our model |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: | Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Floor J. W., Herrmann M. J., Estournel C., Pairaud I., Ulses C., 2008. Energy conservation issues in sigma-coordinate free-surface ocean models. Ocean Modelling. 20, 61-89. Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Estournel C., 2006, Considerations on Open Boundary Conditions for Regional and Coastal Ocean Models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23,1604-1613 |
| Is there a manual available: | yes |
| Model website if any: | -- |
Additional comments
| Comments: | http://poc.obs-mip.fr/pages/research_topics/modelling/symphonie/symphonie.htm |
