The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation
- Model) is a numerical model for
- studying the ocean and atmosphere. It is capable of simulating these
- fluids at a wide range of scales and can resolve many different
- processes. It has a non-hydrostatic capability (Marshall et al., JGR 1997a
- & b) and uses the finite volume method to accurately represent the
- bottom boundary position (Adcroft et al., MWR 1998).
The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation + Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the + atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Its non-hydrostatic formulation + enables it to simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of + scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to + parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid + isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate + flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.
+ +You are welcome to + download and use MITgcm.
+ +Papers charting the development of MITgcm can be found here. +
-January 22, 2004 :
+ A spectacular movie by Chris Henze of NASA AMES captures the eddy permitting + expanded cube sphere simulation being carried out by Dimitris Menemenlis and others + at JPL with help from core MITgcm team members and staff from NASA AMES. The animation + shows the speed of ocean currents at 15m depth from the simulation, it can be + downloaded here (its 47MB but worth waiting for!). + A second animation with different perspectives and rotation can be downloaded + here. + As described here Dimitris Menemenlis + will be presenting aspects of this calculation at AGU in Portland. + A list of some other AGU 2004 presentation abstracts related to MITgcm can be + found here. ++
December 9th 2003 :