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The NCAR CSM Pacific Basin Model

Version 3.e

User's Guide

by
Brian G. Kauffman
and
Peter R. Gent

National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 U.S.A.

The NCAR Pacific basin model is based on the upper equatorial ocean model of Gent and Cane (1989). It has been updated and improved by the addition of the K-profile parameterization (KPP) boundary layer scheme of Large et al. (1994). Full details of the continuous equations and numerical algorithms can be found in the following papers:

  • Gent, P. R., and M. A. Cane, 1989: A reduced gravity, primitive equation model of the upper equatorial ocean. . Comp. Phys., 81, 444-480.
  • Gent, P. R., 1991: The heat budget of the TOGA--COARE domain in an ocean model. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3323-3330.
  • Large, W. G., J. C. McWilliams and S. C. Doney, 1994: Oceanic vertical mixing: A review and a model with a nonlocal boundary layer parameterization. Rev. of Geophys., 32, 363-403.

    This version of the code can be used for both coupled and uncoupled simulations. In uncoupled mode, external forcing is provided by means of input surface wind fields and cloud cover data. An input SST data field is also used to set vertical boundary conditions (it is not used for surface forcing). In coupled mode, external forcing is provided by the Flux Coupler. In coupled mode, this regional model is embedded into a global SST data set, and can thus function as a "global" ocean model in the CSM context.

    Contents

     §1  Introduction
     §2  Batch Job Scripts
     §3  Input Parameters
     §4  Output Data
     §5  Source Code Maintenance
     §6  Data Exchanged with Coupler