Princeton Ocean Model (POM)
Introduction
History
Papers
Princeton Ocean Model (POM) Questionnaire
Contact Information
Model:
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Princeton Ocean Model (POM)
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Contact person:
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Tal Ezer (Project manager)
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Institute:
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Old Dominion University
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City:
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Norfolk, Virginia
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Country:
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USA
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Email:
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tezer@odu.edu
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2nd person involved:
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Lie-Yauw Oey
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3rd person involved:
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--
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Model description
Model type:
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Single model for the marine domain.
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Description:
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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/
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Technical information
Supported platforms:
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UNIX, Linux, Windows
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Programming language:
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Fortran77, Fortran90
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Model development started at:
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1982 and is still going on
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To what degree will the model become available:
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As source code and as teaching tool
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Current license type:
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GPL v2
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Memory requirements:
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--
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Typical run time:
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--
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Input / Output description
Input parameters:
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Topography, temperature, salinity, wind, heat/salt fluxes. Determine by user and application.
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Input format:
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ASCII, Binary and netCDF
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Output parameters:
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3D fields of temperature, salinity, velocity, turbulent kinetic energy; 2D fields of surface elevation, vertically averaged velocity, stream function.
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Output format:
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ASCII, Binary and netCDF
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Post-processing software (if needed):
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Yes, Matlab package and other Fortran routines
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Visualization software (if needed):
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Yes, matlab
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Process description
Processes represented by model:
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Any 3D ocean circulation, mixing, dispersion processes, etc
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Key physical parameters & equations:
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Primitive equations for momentum, heat and salt fluxes, as well as TKE equations.
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Length scale & resolution constraints:
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Model used for grid size ranging from ~1m to 1000km
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Time scale & resolution constraints:
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CFL condition
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Numerical limitations and issues :
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--
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Testing
Available calibration data sets:
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Testing described in various papers (see web page)
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Available test data sets:
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Ideal data for testing:
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--
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User groups
Currently or plans for collaborating with:
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There are over 3000 users from 70 countries registered in the POM users data base.
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Documentation
Comments:
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Web page includes additional information on code development, annual meetings, applications and searchable data base of over 1000 POM related journal publications.
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Issues
Help
Input Files
Output Files
Download
Source
See POM website:
http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/PROFS/waddownload.html