CESM Models

CESM Models: CSM Ocean Model Release 1.4.0

 

This is an archival page for informational and historical purposes only.

Please Note

The NCOM model has not been in use at NCAR for almost a decade. Therefore, it is not available. For our current ocean model, please click here.

Introduction

The NCAR CSM Ocean Model (NCOM) is a collaborative project among all of the members of the CGD's Oceanography Section. Our goal is to develop and maintain a suite of state of the art ocean component models both for coupled climate system integrations and as testbeds for scientific processes studies in uncoupled mode.

Ocean modellers who acquire the NCOM 1.4 source code from this site should register as an NCOM user. Updates to the NCOM will be announced to registered users and will appear on this web page from time to time in the future. If you are an active NCOM user, please check this site periodically for the most recent updates to the NCOM and its data files. [Register as an NCOM User]

Publicly Released Version

Version 1.4 (4 August 1998)

• What's New in NCOM Release 1.4 (4 August 1998)
  A summary of the changes in NCOM since the 23 September 23 1997 release of NCOM 1.3
• User's Guide
• Source Code: (4 August 1998) is no longer supported. See CSM1.4 download instead.
• README (21 July 1998 )
• Data Sets (1 September 1998)
• Technical Note
  Excerpted from the NCAR CSM Ocean Model Technical Note (NCAR/TN-423+STR). Indexed by chapter, in postscript, dvi and ascii.

Version 1.3 (23 September 1997)

• What's New in NCOM Release 1.3 (19 June 1997; revised 5 September 1997)
  A summary of the changes in NCOM since Revision 1.2
• Documentation
  The NCAR CSM Ocean Model Technical Note (NCAR/TN-423+STR). Indexed by chapter, in postscript, dvi and ascii.
• Source Code: NCOM 1.3 source code and scripts from 23 September 1997 are no longer available via ftp.
• README (19 June 1997)
• Data Sets

Model Costs and Timing Comparisons

A comparison of NCOM and other ocean general- circulation models on a cost-per-gridpoint basis. [comparisons]

Scientific manuscripts

• CCSM Bibliography

Ocean model picture gallery

Description: A collection of figures from the two degree resolution NCAR CSM Ocean Model, before and after full coupling within the overall Climate System Model. [gallery]