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<p>The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model for |
<p>The <b>MITgcm</b> (<b>MIT</b> <b>G</b>eneral <b>C</b>irculation |
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studying the ocean and atmosphere. It is capable of simulating these |
<b>M</b>odel) is a numerical model designed for study of the |
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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 |
scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to |
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bottom boundary position (Adcroft et al., MWR 1998).<br /><br /></p> |
parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid |
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isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate |
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<p><b>October 27th 2003 :</b><br /> |
flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.</p> |
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<p>You are welcome to <a href="http://mitgcm.org/source_code.html"> |
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<b><a href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/">MIT Climate Modeling Initiative |
download</a> and use MITgcm.</p> |
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(CMI)</a></b> web pages introduce the MITgcm model, its applications, and |
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the development team.<br /><br /></p> |
<p>Papers charting the development of MITgcm <a |
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href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/publications.htm">can be found here. |
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<p><b>October 21st 2003 :</b><br /> |
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<p><b>Feb 04, 2007 :</b></p> |
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News is back by popular request. New advection schemes are currently |
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being tested. Some preliminary results from the new schemes can be seen |
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The plots show a tracer being transported and stretched in the |
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MITgcm advect_xz verification test. Both new schemes (OS7MP |
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and Prather second-order scheme with limiting) have very low implied |
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diffusivity. |
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We are currently evaluating the |
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schemes to assess their implied diffusivity, with a bottle of |
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Jean-Michel's favorite Belgian |
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beer going to the the least diffusive scheme - watch this space! |
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<p><b>March 9, 2005 :</b></p> |
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A short article entitled |
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"NASA Supercomputer Improves Prospects for Ocean Climate Research" |
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in the current EOS (volume 86, number 9, March 1 2005) |
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gives a succinct overview of some of the advanced high-resolution |
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state-estimation work being undertaken with MITgcm by members |
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of the ECCO consortium. The article describes |
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ground-breaking computational |
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technologies that have enabled this work and outlines the future goals of |
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this next generation planetary scale assimilation initiative. A pdf containing |
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the article can be found |
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MITgcm is now able to write and (to a lesser extent) read NetCDF files. |
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The framework (the "MNC" package) has been tested by numerous developers |
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on literally dozens of machines and, for the past month, has been a |
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working part of our standard verification suite. We encourage MITgcm |
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users (especially new users) to try out the MNC package since the model |
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output is now much easier to read and understand. For further NetCDF |
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information please see: |
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<li><a href="http://mitgcm.org/cmi_redir.php/package_mnc"> |
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Manual entry for the MNC package.</a></li> |
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<li>Directions <a |
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href="http://mitgcm.org/pipermail/mitgcm-support/2004-September/002589.html"> |
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from our email archives</a> and <a |
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href="http://mitgcm.org/mwiki/index.php/MNC_Package">from our |
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wiki</a> for installing NetCDF.</li> |
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main NetCDF web site</a>.</li> |
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Congratulations to Ed and Boo on the birth this |
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morning of a 7lb 1oz, baby girl, |
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<a href="http://eddy.csail.mit.edu/gallery/Alex-Arrives">Alexandra Sophia</a>. |
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A new movie by Dimitris Menemenlis and Chris Henze shows ice dynamics |
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over the North Pole. The viscous-plastic behavior of ice sheets subject |
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to wind forcing and ocean currents can be clearly seen in the |
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translucent ice-sheet. The movie can be downloaded from <a |
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href="movies/ice_03.mpg"> here</a> (this one is 91MB!). A set of web |
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pages with summary information regarding MITgcm simulations being |
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carried out in the ECCO high resolution global ocean state estimation |
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initiative can be found <a href="http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere"> |
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<p><b>March 26, 2004 at 01:38 EST :</b></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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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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A list of some other AGU 2004 presentation abstracts related to MITgcm can be |
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