Contact

Name	Changsheng Chen
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	University of Massachusetts
Postal address 1	706 South Rodney French Blvd
Postal address 2
Town / City	Dartmouth
Postal code	02744
State	Massachusetts
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	c1chen@umassd.edu
Phone	508-910-6388
Fax	(508) 910-6371

Name	Robert Beardsley
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City	Woods Hole
Postal code	02543
State
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 "Additional country" property.
Email address	rbeardsley@whoi.edu
Phone	+1 508 289 2536
Fax	+1 508 457 2181

FVCOM

Also known as
Model type	Modular
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model

Supported platforms	Linux
Other platform
Programming language	Fortran90
Other program language
Code optimized	Single Processor, Parallel Computing"Parallel </br>Computing" is not in the list (Single Processor, Multiple Processors) of allowed values for the "Code optimized" property.
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	2001
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	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	http://fvcom.smast.umassd.edu/FVCOM/Source/code.htm
Source csdms web address
Program license type	Other
Program license type other	FVCOM End User License Agreement University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
Memory requirements	--
Typical run time	--

Describe input parameters	Tides, Winds, Heat flux, Preccipitation/Evaporation, River discharges, Groundwater, O.B. fluxes
Input format	ASCII, 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?	Yes
Describe post-processing software	GUI Post-process tools
Visualization software needed?	Yes
If above answer is yes
Other visualization software	Visit

Describe processes represented by the model	The present version of FVCOM includes a number of options and components as shown in Figure above. These include: choice of Cartesian or spherical coordinate system, a mass-conservative wet/dry point treatment for the flooding/drying process simulation, the General Ocean Turbulent Model (GOTM) modules (Burchard et al., 1999; Burchard, 2002) for optional vertical turbulent mixing schemes, a water quality module to simulate dissolved oxygen and other environmental indicators, 4-D nudging and Reduced/Ensemble Kalman Filters (implemented in collaboration with P. Rizzoli at MIT) for data assimilation, fully-nonlinear ice models (implemented by F. Dupont), a 3-D sediment transport module (based on the U.S.G.S. national sediment transport model) for estuarine and near-shore applications, and a flexible biological module (FBM) for food web dynamics study. FBM includes seven groups: nutrients, autotrophy, heterotrophy, detritus, dissolved organic matter, bacteria, and other. With various pre-built functions and parameters for these groups, GBM allows users to either select a pre-built biological model (such as NPZ, NPZD, etc.) or to build their own biological model using the pre-defined pool of biological variables and parameterization functions.
Describe key physical parameters and equations
Describe length scale and resolution constraints	--
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	--
Describe any numerical limitations and issues	--

Describe available calibration data sets	FVCOM was originally developed for the estuarine flooding/drying process in estuaries and the tidal-, buoyancy- and wind-driven circulation in the coastal region featured with complex irregular geometry and steep bottom topography. This model has been upgraded to the spherical coordinate system for basin and global applications. A non-hydrostatic version of FVCOM has been coded and is being tested. See also website for model validations.
Upload calibration data sets if available:
Describe available test data sets	--
Upload test data sets if available:
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:
Model website if any	http://fvcom.smast.umassd.edu/FVCOM/index.html
Model forum / discussion board	http://foros.dgeo.udec.cl/fvcom/

Comments	FVCOM is an open source code ocean community model that always welcomes new users. This program is only permitted for use in non-commercial academic research and education. Users are required to register in orde to receive the source codes, demo examples, and user manuals as well as some recommended postprocessing tools.