AWESOME-OCIM
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| Approach: Statistical, Mechanistic optimized, or Mechanistic time-dependent |
| Computational demand: Local or HPC |
| Spatial resolution: grid: e.g. um, L, ocean basin; domain: |
| Temporal resolution: time step: e.g. s, h, day, steady-state; output: |
Model overview
A Working Environment for Simulating Ocean Movement and Elemental cycling with an Ocean Circulation Inverse Model (AWESOME OCIM) is a tool for simulating ocean movement and tracer biogeochemical properties within a transport matrix model (TMM) framework.[1] The circulation of the ocean is described in the form of a matrix where the ocean is discretized into a 3D shoebox by latitude, longitude, and depth. The circulation matrix is based off of a study by DeVries and Preimeau in which they sought to constrain estimates of water-mass distributions and ages in the global ocean. [2]
The AWESOME OCIM is a steady-state modeling tool, meaning there is no time component when modeling tracer distribution. This results in some limitations for its use, however, an advantage to using this tool is that it can complete runs on a local computer in as little as 4 seconds.
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References
- ↑ John, S. G., Liang, H., Weber, T., DeVries, T., Primeau, F., Moore, K., Holzer, M., Mahowald, N., Gardner, W., Mishonov, A., Richardson, M. J., Faugere, Y., & Taburet, G. (2020). AWESOME OCIM: A simple, flexible, and powerful tool for modeling elemental cycling in the oceans. Chemical Geology, 533, 119403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119403
- ↑ DeVries, T., & Primeau, F. (2011). Dynamically and observationally constrained estimates of water-mass distributions and ages in the global ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(12), 2381–2401.