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<p>The <b>MITgcm</b> (<b>MIT</b> <b>G</b>eneral <b>C</b>irculation |
<p>The <b>MITgcm</b> (<b>MIT</b> <b>G</b>eneral <b>C</b>irculation |
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<b>M</b>odel) is a numerical model for |
<b>M</b>odel) is a numerical model designed for study of the |
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studying the ocean and atmosphere. It is capable of simulating these |
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fluids at a wide range of scales and can resolve many different |
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processes. It has a non-hydrostatic capability (Marshall et al., JGR 1997a |
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& b) and uses the finite volume method to accurately represent the |
parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid |
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bottom boundary position (Adcroft et al., MWR 1998).<br /><br /></p> |
isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate |
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<p>You are welcome to <a href="http://mitgcm.org/source_code.html"> |
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download</a> and use MITgcm.</p> |
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<p>Papers charting the development of MITgcm <a |
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<p><b>Aprilt 13th, 2004 :</b><br /></p> |
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A new movie by Dimitris Menemenlis and Chris Henze shows ice dynamics |
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subject wind forcing and ocean currents can be clearly |
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seen in the translucent ice-sheet. The movie can be downloaded |
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from <a href=movies/ice_03.mpg> here</a> (this one is 91MB!). |
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A set of web pages with summary information regarding MITgcm simulations |
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being carried out in the ECCO high resolution global ocean state |
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estimation initiative can be found <a href=http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere> |
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<p><b>March 26, 2004. 01:38AM :</b><br /></p> |
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Congratulations to Alistair and Sonya on the birth this |
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morning of a 7lb 3oz, 19.5 inches long baby girl, Ariane Jade. |
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<p><b>January 22, 2004 :</b><br /></p> |
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A spectacular movie by Chris Henze of NASA AMES beautifully captures an |
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eddy permitting expanded cube sphere MITgcm simulation being carried out, |
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as part of the <a href=http://www.ecco-group.org>ECCO</a> project, by |
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Dimitris Menemenlis and others at JPL with help from core MITgcm team members |
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and staff from NASA AMES. The animation |
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shows the speed of ocean currents at 15m depth from the simulation, it can be |
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downloaded <a href=news/cube_6.mpg>here</a> (its 47MB |
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but worth waiting for!). A second animation with different perspectives and |
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rotation can be downloaded <a href=news/cube_7.mpg>here</a>. |
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As described <a href=news/agu_2004/menemenlis_et_al.pdf>here</a> Dimitris Menemenlis |
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will be presenting aspects of this calculation at AGU in Portland. |
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found <a href=news/agu_2004>here</a>. |
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<p><b>December 9th 2003 :</b><br /></p> |
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The new continuous testing page at <a |
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http://mitgcm.org/testing.html</a> provides information on the status |
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of the latest development code. The page shows summary pass/fail |
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ratios for the MITgcm regression tests on various platforms. Details |
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on the platforms being tested and detailed information on the status |
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<p><b>October 27th 2003 :</b><br /></p> |
<p><b>October 27th 2003 :</b><br /></p> |
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<b><a href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/">MIT Climate Modeling Initiative |
<b><a href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/">MIT Climate Modeling Initiative |
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(CMI)</a></b> web pages introduce the MITgcm model, its applications, and |
(CMI)</a></b> web pages introduce the MITgcm model, its |
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the development team.<br /><br /> |
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<p><b>October 21st 2003 :</b><br /></p> |
<p><b>October 21st 2003 :</b><br /></p> |