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 \section[MITgcm Example Experiments]{Example experiments}  
 \label{sect:modelExamples}  
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 %% a set of twenty-four pre-configured numerical experiments  
   
 The full MITgcm distribution comes with more than a dozen  
 pre-configured numerical experiments. Some of these example  
 experiments are tests of individual parts of the model code, but many  
 are fully fledged numerical simulations. A few of the examples are  
 used for tutorial documentation in sections \ref{sect:eg-baro} -  
 \ref{sect:eg-global}.  The other examples follow the same general  
 structure as the tutorial examples. However, they only include brief  
 instructions in a text file called {\it README}.  The examples are  
 located in subdirectories under the directory \texttt{verification}.  
 Each example is briefly described below.  
   
 \subsection{Full list of model examples}  
   
 \begin{enumerate}  
     
 \item \texttt{exp0} - single layer, ocean double gyre (barotropic with  
   free-surface). This experiment is described in detail in section  
   \ref{sect:eg-baro}.  
   
 \item \texttt{exp1} - Four layer, ocean double gyre. This experiment  
   is described in detail in section \ref{sect:eg-baroc}.  
     
 \item \texttt{exp2} - 4x4 degree global ocean simulation with steady  
   climatological forcing. This experiment is described in detail in  
   section \ref{sect:eg-global}.  
     
 \item \texttt{exp4} - Flow over a Gaussian bump in open-water or  
   channel with open boundaries.  
     
 \item \texttt{exp5} - Inhomogenously forced ocean convection in a  
   doubly periodic box.  
   
 \item \texttt{front\_relax} - Relaxation of an ocean thermal front (test for  
 Gent/McWilliams scheme). 2D (Y-Z).  
   
 \item \texttt{internal wave} - Ocean internal wave forced by open  
   boundary conditions.  
     
 \item \texttt{natl\_box} - Eastern subtropical North Atlantic with KPP  
   scheme; 1 month integration  
     
 \item \texttt{hs94.1x64x5} - Zonal averaged atmosphere using Held and  
   Suarez '94 forcing.  
     
 \item \texttt{hs94.128x64x5} - 3D atmosphere dynamics using Held and  
   Suarez '94 forcing.  
     
 \item \texttt{hs94.cs-32x32x5} - 3D atmosphere dynamics using Held and  
   Suarez '94 forcing on the cubed sphere.  
     
 \item \texttt{aim.5l\_zon-ave} - Intermediate Atmospheric physics.  
   Global Zonal Mean configuration, 1x64x5 resolution.  
     
 \item \texttt{aim.5l\_XZ\_Equatorial\_Slice} - Intermediate  
   Atmospheric physics, equatorial Slice configuration.  2D (X-Z).  
     
 \item \texttt{aim.5l\_Equatorial\_Channel} - Intermediate Atmospheric  
   physics. 3D Equatorial Channel configuration.  
     
 \item \texttt{aim.5l\_LatLon} - Intermediate Atmospheric physics.  
   Global configuration, on latitude longitude grid with 128x64x5 grid  
   points ($2.8^\circ$ resolution).  
     
 \item \texttt{adjustment.128x64x1} Barotropic adjustment problem on  
   latitude longitude grid with 128x64 grid points ($2.8^\circ$ resolution).  
     
 \item \texttt{adjustment.cs-32x32x1} Barotropic adjustment problem on  
   cube sphere grid with 32x32 points per face (roughly $2.8^\circ$  
   resolution).  
     
 \item \texttt{advect\_cs} Two-dimensional passive advection test on  
   cube sphere grid.  
     
 \item \texttt{advect\_xy} Two-dimensional (horizontal plane) passive  
   advection test on Cartesian grid.  
     
 \item \texttt{advect\_yz} Two-dimensional (vertical plane) passive  
   advection test on Cartesian grid.  
     
 \item \texttt{carbon} Simple passive tracer experiment. Includes  
   derivative calculation. Described in detail in section  
   \ref{sect:eg-carbon-ad}.  
   
 \item \texttt{flt\_example} Example of using float package.  
     
 \item \texttt{global\_ocean.90x40x15} Global circulation with GM, flux  
   boundary conditions and poles.  
   
 \item \texttt{global\_ocean\_pressure} Global circulation in pressure  
   coordinate (non-Boussinesq ocean model). Described in detail in  
   section \ref{sect:eg-globalpressure}.  
     
 \item \texttt{solid-body.cs-32x32x1} Solid body rotation test for cube  
   sphere grid.  
   
 \end{enumerate}  
   
 \subsection{Directory structure of model examples}  
   
 Each example directory has the following subdirectories:  
   
 \begin{itemize}  
 \item \texttt{code}: contains the code particular to the example. At a  
   minimum, this directory includes the following files:  
   
   \begin{itemize}  
   \item \texttt{code/packages.conf}: declares the list of packages or  
     package groups to be used.  If not included, the default version  
     is located in \texttt{pkg/pkg\_default}.  Package groups are  
     simply convenient collections of commonly used packages which are  
     defined in \texttt{pkg/pkg\_default}.  Some packages may require  
     other packages or may require their absence (that is, they are  
     incompatible) and these package dependencies are listed in  
     \texttt{pkg/pkg\_depend}.  
   
   \item \texttt{code/CPP\_EEOPTIONS.h}: declares CPP keys relative to  
     the ``execution environment'' part of the code. The default  
     version is located in \texttt{eesupp/inc}.  
     
   \item \texttt{code/CPP\_OPTIONS.h}: declares CPP keys relative to  
     the ``numerical model'' part of the code. The default version is  
     located in \texttt{model/inc}.  
     
   \item \texttt{code/SIZE.h}: declares size of underlying  
     computational grid.  The default version is located in  
     \texttt{model/inc}.  
   \end{itemize}  
     
   In addition, other include files and subroutines might be present in  
   \texttt{code} depending on the particular experiment. See Section 2  
   for more details.  
     
 \item \texttt{input}: contains the input data files required to run  
   the example. At a minimum, the \texttt{input} directory contains the  
   following files:  
   
   \begin{itemize}  
   \item \texttt{input/data}: this file, written as a namelist,  
     specifies the main parameters for the experiment.  
     
   \item \texttt{input/data.pkg}: contains parameters relative to the  
     packages used in the experiment.  
     
   \item \texttt{input/eedata}: this file contains ``execution  
     environment'' data. At present, this consists of a specification  
     of the number of threads to use in $X$ and $Y$ under multithreaded  
     execution.  
   \end{itemize}  
     
   In addition, you will also find in this directory the forcing and  
   topography files as well as the files describing the initial state  
   of the experiment.  This varies from experiment to experiment. See  
   section 2 for more details.  
   
 \item \texttt{results}: this directory contains the output file  
   \texttt{output.txt} produced by the simulation example. This file is  
   useful for comparison with your own output when you run the  
   experiment.  
 \end{itemize}  
   
 Once you have chosen the example you want to run, you are ready to  
 compile the code.  
   
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