Model:Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

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Princeton Ocean Model (POM) Questionnaire

Contact Information

Model: Princeton Ocean Model (POM)
Contact person: Tal Ezer (Project manager)
Institute: Old Dominion University
City: Norfolk, Virginia
Country: USA
Email: tezer@odu.edu
2nd person involved: Lie-Yauw Oey
3rd person involved: --

Model description

Model type: Single model for the marine domain.
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/

Technical information

Supported platforms: UNIX, Linux, Windows
Programming language: Fortran77, Fortran90
Model development started at: 1982 and is still going on
To what degree will the model become available: As source code and as teaching tool
Current license type: GPL v2
Memory requirements: --
Typical run time: --

Input / Output description

Input parameters: Topography, temperature, salinity, wind, heat/salt fluxes. Determine by user and application.
Input format: ASCII, Binary and netCDF
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 and netCDF
Post-processing software (if needed): Yes, Matlab package and other Fortran routines
Visualization software (if needed): Yes, matlab

Process description

Processes represented by model: Any 3D ocean circulation, mixing, dispersion processes, etc
Key physical parameters & equations: Primitive equations for momentum, heat and salt fluxes, as well as TKE equations.
Length scale & resolution constraints: Model used for grid size ranging from ~1m to 1000km
Time scale & resolution constraints: CFL condition
Numerical limitations and issues : --

Testing

Available calibration data sets: Testing described in various papers (see web page)
Available test data sets: --
Ideal data for testing: --

User groups

Currently or plans for collaborating with: There are over 3000 users from 70 countries registered in the POM users data base.

Documentation

Key papers of the model: User's guide available from POM web site.
Is there a manual available: Yes
Model website if any: http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/htdocs.pom/

Additional comments

Comments: 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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