Lecture 23:

David Glover first gave this lecture 5 Dec 1996

3-D General Circulation Models

Relevant Reading:

Bryan, K., 1969, J. Computational Phys., 4, 347-376.
Cox, M.D., 1984, GFDL Ocean Group Technical Report No. 1, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ.
Toggweiler, J.R., K. Dixon, and K. Bryan, 1989a, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 8217-8242.
Toggweiler, J.R., K. Dixon, and K. Bryan, 1989b, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 8243-8264.
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Table of Contents (Clicking below goes to section, clicking "GoTo Lecture TOC" returns here) Last changed December 2, 1998.

23.1 A History, in Brief:

23.2 General Circulation Model Description:

23.2.1 Primitive Equations
23.2.2 The Grid
23.2.3 Bathymetry

23.3 Model Numerics:

23.3.1 Subgrid Scale Processes ("A terms")
23.3.2 Boundary Conditions
23.3.3 The Restoring Parameter
23.3.4 Model Runs

23.4 Model Output:

23.4.1 Comparison to Levitus (Potential Temperature and Salinity)
23.4.2 Adding 14C to the Model
23.4.3 Evaluating Output


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