List of ocean circulation models

This is a list of ocean circulation models, as used in physical oceanography. Ocean circulation models can also be used to study chemical oceanography, biological oceanography, geological oceanography, and climate science.

Acronym Full name
ADCIRCADvanced CIRCulation model
COCOCCSR (Center for Climate System Research) Ocean Component Model
COHERENSCOupled Hydrodynamical Ecological model for REgioNal Shelf seas
FVCOMFinite Volume Community Ocean Model
FESOMAWI Finite-Element/volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model
FRAMFine Resolution Antarctic Ocean Model
HOPEThe Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation General Circulation Model [1]
HYCOMHYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model
LSGThe Hamburg Large Scale Geostrophic Ocean General Circulation Model [2]
MICOMMiami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model
MITgcmM.I.T. General Circulation Model
MOHIDMOdelo HIDrodinâmico
MOMGFDL Modular Ocean Model
MOMAMOM for Array Processors
OCCAMOcean Circulation and Climate Advanced Ocean Model
NEMONucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean
OPYCThe Ocean IsoPYCnal General Circulation Model [3][4]
POMPrinceton Ocean Model
POPThe Parallel Ocean Program
ROMSThe Regional Ocean Modeling System

Integrated ocean modeling systems

Integrated ocean modeling systems use multiple coupled models. This coupling allows researchers to understand processes that happen among multiple systems that are usually modeled independently, such as the ocean, atmosphere, waves, and sediments. Integrated ocean modeling systems is helpful for specific regions: for example, the ESPreSSO model is used to study the Mid-Atlantic Bight region. Integrated ocean modeling systems often use data from buoys and weather stations for atmospheric forcing and boundary conditions. Two examples of integrated ocean modeling systems are:

  • COAWST: Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Wave Sediment Transport Modeling System [5] (uses ROMS as its ocean circulation component).[6]
  • ESPreSSO: Experimental System for Predicting Shelf and Slope Optics (uses ROMS as its ocean circulation component).[7][8]

References
  1. Wolff J-O, Maier-Reimer E, Legutke S (1997) The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation Model HOPE. DKRZ report 13, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No13.
  2. Maier-Reimer E, Mikolajewicz U (1992) The Hamburg Large Scale Geostrophic Ocean General Circulation Model (Cycle 1). DKRZ report 2, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No02.
  3. Oberhuber JM (1993) Simulation of the Atlantic circulation with a coupled sea ice-mixed layer-isopycnal general circulation model, part I: model description. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, 808–829 doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<0808:SOTACW>2.0.CO;2.
  4. Oberhuber JM (1993) The OPYC Ocean General Circulation Model. DKRZ report 7, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No07.
  5. Warner, John C.; Armstrong, Brandy; He, Ruoying; Zambon, Joseph B. (2010). "Development of a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere–Wave–Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System". Ocean Modelling. 35 (3): 230–244. Bibcode:2010OcMod..35..230W. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.07.010. hdl:1912/4099. ISSN 1463-5003.
  6. "COAWST". coawstmodel-trac.sourcerepo.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  7. Wilkin, John; Zavala-Garay, Javier; Levin, Julia. "Integrating modeling and data assimilation using ROMS with a Coastal Ocean Observing System for the US Middle Atlantic Bight" (PDF). Workshop Report: The Australian Coastal and Oceans Modelling and Observations Workshop (ACOMO 2012). p. 3. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  8. "ESPRESSO ocean modeling from Rutgers ROMS group". www.myroms.org. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
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