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| 2 | %% Abstract |
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| 5 | %% Common part between NEMO-SI3-TOP |
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| 6 | ``Tracers in Ocean Paradigm'' (\TOP) is the passive tracers engine of |
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| 7 | the \NEMO\ ocean model (``Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean''). |
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| 8 | It is intended to be a flexible tool for studying the on/offline oceanic tracers transport and |
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| 9 | the biogeochemical processes (``green ocean''), |
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| 10 | as well as its interactions with the other components of the Earth climate system over |
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| 11 | a wide range of space and time scales. |
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| 12 | \TOP\ is interfaced with the \NEMO\ ocean engine, and, |
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| 13 | via the \href{http://portal.enes.org/oasis}{OASIS} coupler, |
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| 14 | with several atmospheric general circulation models. |
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| 15 | %It also supports two-way grid embedding by means of the \href{http://agrif.imag.fr}{AGRIF} software. |
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| 17 | %% Specific part |
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| 18 | This component provides the physical constraints and boundaries conditions for |
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| 19 | oceanic tracers transport and represents a generalized, hardwired interface toward |
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| 20 | biogeochemical models to enable a seamless coupling. |
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| 21 | In particular, transport dynamics are supplied by the ocean dynamical core thus |
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| 22 | enabling the use of all available advection and diffusion schemes in both on- and off-line modes. |
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| 23 | \TOP\ is designed to handle multiple oceanic tracers through a modular approach and |
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| 24 | it includes different sub-modules: ocean water age, inorganic carbon (CFCs) \& radiocarbon (C14b), |
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| 25 | built-in biogeochemical model (PISCES), and prototype for user-defined cases or |
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| 26 | coupling with alternative biogeochemical models (\eg \href{http://www.bfm-community.eu}{BFM}). |
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