PICES
| Model type |
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| Approach: Mechanistic |
| Computational demand: HPC |
| Typical physical scales: grid: C-type grid. Global resolution : 1 or 2°, regional resolution from 1/12° to 1/36° |
| Appropriate timescales: time step: typically around 1400-5400s
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Model overview
PISCES is a biogeochemical model that simulates marine biological productivity and describes the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen and the main nutrients (P, N, Si, Fe) (Aumont et al., 2015)[1]. It is the marine biogeochemistry component of two ocean modeling platforms (NEMO and CROCO), three Earth System models (IPSL-CM, CNRM-CM and EC-Earth) and one operational oceanographic system (MERCATOR-Ocean). See https://www.pisces-community.org/.
Scales of interest
PISCES has been developped and used for studying a variety of biogeochemical questions at the global and regional scale (Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic...). Temporal scales include seasonnal to interannual variability. PISCES is also regularly used to study past and future climates (incl. Distant past and futures).
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References
- ↑ Aumont, O., Ethé, C., Tagliabue, A., Bopp, L., and Gehlen, M.: PISCES-v2: an ocean biogeochemical model for carbon and ecosystem studies, Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2465–2513, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2465-2015, 2015.