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POM USERS GUIDE Mellor, G. L., Users guide for a three-dimensional, primitive equation, numerical ocean model (June 2003 version), 53 pp., Prog. in Atmos. and Ocean. Sci, Princeton University, 2003.	PDF (latest: Jun2004) PS (47MB) DOC (2.1MB) HTML (1998 version)	Print from PS or PDF; save DOC to allow editing; HTML for view & print only.
Blumberg, A. F. and G. L. Mellor, A description of a three-dimensional coastal ocean circulation model, In Three-Dimensional Coastal Ocean Models, N. S. Heaps (Ed.), 1-16, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1987.	PDF (2MB)	Most basic (and most popular) reference to POM.
Mellor, G. L. and T. Yamada, Development of a turbulence closure model for geophysical fluid problems, Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys., 20(4), 851-875, 1982.	PDF (2MB) Corrigenda	The basic reference to the Mellor-Yamada turbulence scheme in POM.
Oey, L.-Y., A wetting and drying scheme for POM, Ocean Modelling, 9, 133-150, 2005.	PDF (1.5MB)	First testing of WAD in idealized, 1D & 2D configurations.
Oey, L.-Y., An OGCM with movable land-sea boundaries, Ocean Modelling, 13, 176-195, 2006.	PDF (1.7MB)	Testing WAD in idealized 3D cases.
Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, C. Hu and F. Muller-Karger, Baroclinic tidal flows and inundation processes in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Numerical modeling and satellite observations, Ocean Dynamics, 57, 205-221, 2007.	PDF (1.6MB)	Applying WAD in a realistic 3D case with forcing (rivers, wind, stratification, etc).
GENERALIZED COORDINATES Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, A generalized coordinate ocean model and a comparison of the bottom boundary layer dynamics in terrain-following and in z-level grids, Ocean Modelling, 6, 379-403, 2004.	PDF (1MB)	Second application of the Generalized model for idealized high resolution BBL studies.
Ezer T., Entrainment, diapycnal mixing and transport in three-dimensional bottom gravity current simulations using the Mellor-Yamada turbulent scheme, Ocean Modelling, 9, 151-168, 2005.	PDF (0.8MB)	Third application of POMgcs to study mixing properties in overflows.
Mellor, G. L., S. Hakkinen, T. Ezer and R. Patchen, A generalization of a sigma coordinate ocean model and an intercomparison of model vertical grids, In: Ocean Forecasting: Conceptual Basis and Applications, N. Pinardi and J. D. Woods (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, 55-72, 2002.	PDF (2MB)	Generalized vertical coordinates: Z or Sigma. Test with idealized basin-scale domain. (POMgcs code available without documentation).
NON-BOUSSINESQ Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, Sea level variations induced by heating and cooling: An evaluation of the Boussinesq approximation in ocean models, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C10), 20,565-20,577, 1995.	PDF (4MB)	Test a non-boussinesq vs. standard boussinesq model. (POMnb code is available, but with no documentation)
WAVES & TURBULENCE SCHEME Mellor, G. L. and A. F. Blumberg, Wave breaking and ocean surface layer thermal response, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 693-698, 2004.	PDF (0.2MB)	Modification of Mellor-Yamada scheme to include surface wave breaking TKE (variation of Craig-Banner, CB)
Mellor, G. L., The three-dimensional, current and surface wave equations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(9), 1978-1989, 2003. (Hyperbolic Relations)	PDF (0.2MB)	Turbulent energy due to currents and surface waves and mixing in ocean models.
Mellor, G. L., Some consequences of the three-dimensional current and surface wave equations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2291-2298, 2005.	PDF (0.1MB)	Follow up on above paper.
Mellor, G. L. and M. A. Donelan, A surface wave model for coupling with numerical ocean circulation models, Submitted, 2006.	PDF (0.5MB)	Codes available from contrib-code/WAVES/ dir.
Mellor, G. L., Oscillatory Bottom Boundary Layers, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3075-3088, 2002.	PDF (0.5MB)	Effect of surface waves on BBL turbulence
Mellor, G. L., One-dimensional, ocean surface layer modeling, a problem and a solution, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31(3), 790-809, 2001.	PS (2.2MB)	New correction to Mellor-Yamada turb. scheme.
Ezer, T., On the seasonal mixed layer simulated by a basin-scale ocean model and the Mellor-Yamada turbulence scheme, J. Geopys. Res., 105(C7), 16,843-16,855, 2000.	PDF (4.5MB)	Test the new Mellor-Yamada correction in 3D model.
PRESSURE GRADIENT & PARAMETERIZATIONS Ezer, T., H. Arango and A. F. Shchepetkin, Developments in terrain-following ocean models: intercomparisons of numerical aspects, Ocean Modelling, 4, 249-267, 2002.	PDF (1.8MB)	Comparison of POM & ROMS, how to choose time step, new pressure gradient schemes.
Ezer, T. and Mellor, G. L., Sensitivity studies with the North Atlantic sigma coordinate Princeton Ocean Model, Dyn. Atmos. & Oceans, 32, 185-208, 2000.	PDF (1.7MB)	Sensitivity of POM to horizontal diffusivity and resolution
Mellor, G. L., L.-Y. Oey and T. Ezer, Sigma coordinate pressure gradient errors and the seamount problem, J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 15(5), 1122-1131, 1998.	PDF (0.7MB)	Pressure gradient error- second paper
Mellor, G. L., T. Ezer and L.-Y. Oey, The pressure gradient conundrum of Sigma coordinate ocean models J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 11(4), 1126-1134, 1994.	PDF (1.8MB)	Pressure gradient error- first paper
ATLANTIC OCEAN & CLIMATE Ezer, T., On the response of the Atlantic Ocean to climatic changes in high latitudes: Sensitivity studies with a sigma coordinate ocean model, In: The Oceans and Rapid Climate Change: Past, Present and Future, D. Seidov, B. J. Haupt and M. Maslin (Eds.), Geophys. Monograph, 126, 199-215, American Geophysical Union, 2001.	PDF (2.1MB)	Ocean response to global warming and future climate change. (See also papers by Hakkinen et al. on climate and sea-ice modeling)
Ezer,T., Decadal variabilities of the upper layers of the subtropical North Atlantic: An ocean model study, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, No. 12, 3111-3124, 1999.	PDF (0.8MB)	Simulations of past climatic changes.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Simulations of the Atlantic Ocean with a free surface sigma coordinate ocean model, J. Geophys. Res., 102(C7), 15,647-15,657, 1997.	PDF (4.7MB)	First application of POM to entire Atlantic Ocean
Ezer, T., G. L. Mellor, and R. J. Greatbatch, On the interpentadal variability of the North Atlantic ocean: Model simulated changes in transport, meridional heat flux and coastal sea level between 1955-1959 and 1970-1974, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C6), 10,559-10,566, 1995.	PDF (2.8MB)	Diagnostic calculations using Levitus Pentad data set.
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Diagnostic and prognostic calculations of the North Atlantic circulation and sea level using a sigma coordinate ocean model, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C7), 14,159-14,171, 1994.	PDF (4.6MB)	Test the diagnostic-prognostic approach to analyze data.
DATA ASSIMILATION Ezer,T. and G. L. Mellor, Data assimilation experiments in the Gulf Stream region: How useful are satellite-derived surface data for nowcasting the subsurface fields?, J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 14(6), 1379-1391, 1997.	PDF (0.5MB)
Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Continuous assimilation of Geosat altimeter data into a three-dimensional primitive equation Gulf Stream model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 832-847, 1994.	PDF (1.4MB)	First test of the DA method with real altimeter data.
Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, A Gulf Stream model and an altimetry assimilation scheme, J. Geophys. Res, 96, 8779-8795, 1991.	PDF (1.9MB)	First derivation and testing of the vertical correlation- optimal interpolation DA method

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POM USERS GUIDE

Mellor, G. L., Users guide for a three-dimensional, primitive equation, numerical ocean model (June 2003 version), 53 pp., Prog. in Atmos. and Ocean. Sci, Princeton University, 2003.

PDF (latest: Jun2004)

PS (47MB)

DOC (2.1MB)

HTML (1998 version)

Print from PS or PDF; save DOC to allow editing; HTML for view & print only.

Blumberg, A. F. and G. L. Mellor, A description of a three-dimensional coastal ocean circulation model, In Three-Dimensional Coastal Ocean Models, N. S. Heaps (Ed.), 1-16, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1987.

PDF (2MB)

Most basic (and most popular) reference to POM.

Mellor, G. L. and T. Yamada, Development of a turbulence closure model for geophysical fluid problems, Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys., 20(4), 851-875, 1982.

PDF (2MB)

Corrigenda

The basic reference to the Mellor-Yamada turbulence scheme in POM.

Oey, L.-Y., A wetting and drying scheme for POM, Ocean Modelling, 9, 133-150, 2005.

PDF (1.5MB)

First testing of WAD in idealized, 1D & 2D configurations.

Oey, L.-Y., An OGCM with movable land-sea boundaries, Ocean Modelling, 13, 176-195, 2006.

PDF (1.7MB)

Testing WAD in idealized 3D cases.

Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, C. Hu and F. Muller-Karger, Baroclinic tidal flows and inundation processes in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Numerical modeling and satellite observations, Ocean Dynamics, 57, 205-221, 2007.

PDF (1.6MB)

Applying WAD in a realistic 3D case with forcing (rivers, wind, stratification, etc).

GENERALIZED COORDINATES

Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, A generalized coordinate ocean model and a comparison of the bottom boundary layer dynamics in terrain-following and in z-level grids, Ocean Modelling, 6, 379-403, 2004.

PDF (1MB)

Second application of the Generalized model for idealized high resolution BBL studies.

Ezer T., Entrainment, diapycnal mixing and transport in three-dimensional bottom gravity current simulations using the Mellor-Yamada turbulent scheme, Ocean Modelling, 9, 151-168, 2005.

PDF (0.8MB)

Third application of POMgcs to study mixing properties in overflows.

Mellor, G. L., S. Hakkinen, T. Ezer and R. Patchen, A generalization of a sigma coordinate ocean model and an intercomparison of model vertical grids, In: Ocean Forecasting: Conceptual Basis and Applications, N. Pinardi and J. D. Woods (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, 55-72, 2002.

PDF (2MB)

Generalized vertical coordinates: Z or Sigma. Test with idealized basin-scale domain. (POMgcs code available without documentation).

NON-BOUSSINESQ

Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, Sea level variations induced by heating and cooling: An evaluation of the Boussinesq approximation in ocean models, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C10), 20,565-20,577, 1995.

PDF (4MB)

Test a non-boussinesq vs. standard boussinesq model. (POMnb code is available, but with no documentation)

WAVES & TURBULENCE SCHEME

Mellor, G. L. and A. F. Blumberg, Wave breaking and ocean surface layer thermal response, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 693-698, 2004.

PDF (0.2MB)

Modification of Mellor-Yamada scheme to include surface wave breaking TKE (variation of Craig-Banner, CB)

Mellor, G. L., The three-dimensional, current and surface wave equations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(9), 1978-1989, 2003. (Hyperbolic Relations)

PDF (0.2MB)

Turbulent energy due to currents and surface waves and mixing in ocean models.

Mellor, G. L., Some consequences of the three-dimensional current and surface wave equations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2291-2298, 2005.

PDF (0.1MB)

Follow up on above paper.

Mellor, G. L. and M. A. Donelan, A surface wave model for coupling with numerical ocean circulation models, Submitted, 2006.

PDF (0.5MB)

Codes available
from contrib-code/WAVES/ dir.

Mellor, G. L., Oscillatory Bottom Boundary Layers, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3075-3088, 2002.

PDF (0.5MB)

Effect of surface waves on BBL turbulence

Mellor, G. L., One-dimensional, ocean surface layer modeling, a problem and a solution, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31(3), 790-809, 2001.

PS (2.2MB)

New correction to Mellor-Yamada turb. scheme.

Ezer, T., On the seasonal mixed layer simulated by a basin-scale ocean model and the Mellor-Yamada turbulence scheme, J. Geopys. Res., 105(C7), 16,843-16,855, 2000.

PDF (4.5MB)

Test the new Mellor-Yamada correction in 3D model.

PRESSURE GRADIENT & PARAMETERIZATIONS

Ezer, T., H. Arango and A. F. Shchepetkin, Developments in terrain-following ocean models: intercomparisons of numerical aspects, Ocean Modelling, 4, 249-267, 2002.

PDF (1.8MB)

Comparison of POM & ROMS, how to choose time step, new pressure gradient schemes.

Ezer, T. and Mellor, G. L., Sensitivity studies with the North Atlantic sigma coordinate Princeton Ocean Model, Dyn. Atmos. & Oceans, 32, 185-208, 2000.

PDF (1.7MB)

Sensitivity of POM to horizontal diffusivity and resolution

Mellor, G. L., L.-Y. Oey and T. Ezer, Sigma coordinate pressure gradient errors and the seamount problem, J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 15(5), 1122-1131, 1998.

PDF (0.7MB)

Pressure gradient error- second paper

Mellor, G. L., T. Ezer and L.-Y. Oey, The pressure gradient conundrum of Sigma coordinate ocean models J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 11(4), 1126-1134, 1994.

PDF (1.8MB)

Pressure gradient error- first paper

ATLANTIC OCEAN & CLIMATE

Ezer, T., On the response of the Atlantic Ocean to climatic changes in high latitudes: Sensitivity studies with a sigma coordinate ocean model, In: The Oceans and Rapid Climate Change: Past, Present and Future, D. Seidov, B. J. Haupt and M. Maslin (Eds.), Geophys. Monograph, 126, 199-215, American Geophysical Union, 2001.

PDF (2.1MB)

Ocean response to global warming and future climate change. (See also papers by Hakkinen et al. on climate and sea-ice modeling)

Ezer,T., Decadal variabilities of the upper layers of the subtropical North Atlantic: An ocean model study, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, No. 12, 3111-3124, 1999.

PDF (0.8MB)

Simulations of past climatic changes.

Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Simulations of the Atlantic Ocean with a free surface sigma coordinate ocean model, J. Geophys. Res., 102(C7), 15,647-15,657, 1997.

PDF (4.7MB)

First application of POM to entire Atlantic Ocean

Ezer, T., G. L. Mellor, and R. J. Greatbatch, On the interpentadal variability of the North Atlantic ocean: Model simulated changes in transport, meridional heat flux and coastal sea level between 1955-1959 and 1970-1974, J. Geophys. Res., 100(C6), 10,559-10,566, 1995.

PDF (2.8MB)

Diagnostic calculations using Levitus Pentad data set.

Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Diagnostic and prognostic calculations of the North Atlantic circulation and sea level using a sigma coordinate ocean model, J. Geophys. Res., 99(C7), 14,159-14,171, 1994.

PDF (4.6MB)

Test the diagnostic-prognostic approach to analyze data.

DATA ASSIMILATION

Ezer,T. and G. L. Mellor, Data assimilation experiments in the Gulf Stream region: How useful are satellite-derived surface data for nowcasting the subsurface fields?, J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 14(6), 1379-1391, 1997.

PDF (0.5MB)

Ezer, T. and G. L. Mellor, Continuous assimilation of Geosat altimeter data into a three-dimensional primitive equation Gulf Stream model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 832-847, 1994.

PDF (1.4MB)

First test of the DA method with real altimeter data.

Mellor, G. L. and T. Ezer, A Gulf Stream model and an altimetry assimilation scheme, J. Geophys. Res, 96, 8779-8795, 1991.

PDF (1.9MB)

First derivation and testing of the vertical correlation- optimal interpolation DA method