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Upper surface and bottom layers

code

upper surface

tides?

benthic layer?

AWI

rigid lid, streamfunction

no

no

GSFC

explicit free surface

no

yes, not well resolved

 DRAKKAR

Free surface

 no

 no

ICMMG

rigid lid, streamfunction

no

 

LANL

implicit free surface

no

no

LU

rigid lid, streamfunction

no

yes

NERSC

explicit free surface

no

no

NPS

implicit free surface

no

no

NYU

explicit free surface

no

 

POL

explicit nonlinear free surface

no

Campin and Goosse (1999)

FEMAO1

linearized implicit free surface with volume, T and S conservation

yes

no

FEMAO2

linearized implicit free surface with volume, T and S conservation

no

no

INMOM

linear / implicit free surface

no

no

RCO

explicit free surface

no

no

UCL

free surface

no

parametric

UW

rigid lid, streamfunction

no

 

DAL

 

 

 

FSU

 

 

 

GFDL

 

 

 

IARC-A

explicit free surface

no

no

IARC-B

explicit free surface

no

no

ECCO2

implicit free surface

no

no

MIT

 

 

 

NCAR

 

 

 

NPI

 

 

 

UMASD

 

 

 

NOCS/ORCA25

linear free surface

no

Parametric (1000 m2/s)

MCGU

 

 

 

LOCEAN

Free surface

no

no

IOS

rigid lid, streamfunction

parametric

yes