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The ocean engine of NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) is a primitive 
equation model adapted to regional and global ocean circulation problems. It is intended to 
be a flexible tool for studying the ocean and its interactions with the others components of 
the earth climate system (atmosphere, sea-ice, biogeochemical tracers, ...) over a wide range 
of space and time scales. Prognostic variables are the three-dimensional velocity field, a linear 
or non-linear sea surface height, the temperature and the salinity. In the horizontal direction, 
the model uses a curvilinear orthogonal grid and in the vertical direction, a full or partial step 
$z$-coordinate, or $s$-coordinate, or a mixture of the two. The distribution of variables is a 
three-dimensional Arakawa C-type grid. Various physical choices are available to describe 
ocean physics, including TKE and KPP vertical physics. Within NEMO, the ocean is interfaced 
with a sea-ice model (LIM v2 and v3), passive tracer and biogeochemical models (TOP) 
and, via the OASIS coupler, with several atmospheric general circulation models. 

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Le moteur oc\'{e}anique de NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) est un 
mod\`{e}le aux \'{e}quations primitives de la circulation oc\'{e}anique r\'{e}gionale et globale. 
Il se veut un outil flexible pour \'{e}tudier sur un vaste spectre spatiotemporel l'oc\'{e}an et ses 
interactions avec les autres composantes du syst\`{e}me climatique terrestre (atmosph\`{e}re, 
glace de mer, traceurs biog\'{e}ochimiques...). Les variables pronostiques sont le champ 
tridimensionnel de vitesse, une hauteur de la mer lin\'{e}aire ou non, la temperature et la salinit\'{e}. 
La distribution des variables se fait sur une grille C d'Arakawa tridimensionnelle utilisant une 
coordonn\'{e}e verticale $z$ \`{a} niveaux entiers ou partiels, ou une coordonn\'{e}e s, ou encore 
une combinaison des deux. Diff\'{e}rents choix sont propos\'{e}s pour d\'{e}crire la physique 
oc\'{e}anique, incluant notamment des physiques verticales TKE et KPP. A travers l'infrastructure 
NEMO, l'oc\'{e}an est interfac\'{e} avec un mod\`{e}le de glace de mer, des mod\`{e}les 
biog\'{e}ochimiques et de traceur passif, et, via le coupleur OASIS, \`{a} plusieurs mod\`{e}les 
de circulation g\'{e}n\'{e}rale atmosph\'{e}rique. 
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\chapter*{Disclaimer}

Like all components of NEMO, the ocean component is developed under the CECILL license, which is a French adaptation of the GNU GPL (General Public License). Anyone may use it freely for research purposes, and is encouraged to communicate back to the NEMO team its own developments and improvements. The model and the present document have been made available as a service to the community. We cannot certify that the code and its manual are free of errors. Bugs are inevitable and some have undoubtedly survived the testing phase. Users are encouraged to bring them to our attention. The author assumes no responsibility for problems, errors, or incorrect usage of NEMO.

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NEMO reference in papers and other publications is as follows:
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Madec, G., 2008: NEMO ocean engine. \textit{Note du P\^ole de mod\'{e}lisation}, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), France, No 27, ISSN No 1288-1619.\\


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Additional information can be found on http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/
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