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About NEMO
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+NEMO standing for Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean
+is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in
+ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium.
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+Overview
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+The NEMO ocean model has 3 major components:
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+ NEMO-OCE
+ models the ocean {thermo}dynamics and solves the primitive equations
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+ NEMO-ICE (SI3: Sea-Ice Integrated Initiative)
+ models sea-ice {thermo}dynamics, brine inclusions and subgrid-scale thickness variations
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+ NEMO-TOP (Tracers in the Ocean Paradigm)
+ models the {on,off}line oceanic tracers transport and biogeochemical processes (using PISCES)
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+ These physical core engines are described in their respective
+ reference manuals
+ that must be cited for any work related to their use.
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+Additional capabilities
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+ - Create
+ embedded zooms
+ seamlessly thanks to 2-way nesting package AGRIF
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+ - Input-Output through effective
+ XIOS
+ software
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+ - Coupling interface to other Earth system components based on
+ OASIS
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+ - Opportunity to integrate an external biogeochemistry model
+ - Versatile
+ data interface
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+ - Set of
+ utilities
+ is also provided to {pre,post}process your data
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+Reference Configurations and Test Cases
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+Several built-in configurations are provided to evaluate the skills and performances of the model.
+They can be used as as first easy set-up and as template for setting up a new configuration.
+Idealized test cases addressing specific physical processes are also available for download.
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+Project literature
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+ Component | Reference Manual | User Guide |
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+ NEMO-OCE
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+ NEMO-ICE |
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+ NEMO-TOP
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+Since 2014 the project has a Special Issue in
+the open-access journal Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) from the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
+The main scope is to collect relevant manuscripts covering various topics and
+to provide a single portal to assess the model potential and evolution.
+Used by a wide audience,
+numerous associated projects have been carried out and
+various publications are available.
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+Consortium bodies
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+The NEMO Consortium pulling together 5 European institutes
+plans the sustainable development in order to
+keep a reliable evolving framework since 2008.
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+It defines the multi-year development strategy
+that is implemented by the System Team on a yearly basis
+in order to regularly release a new version.
+When the need arises,
+working groups are created or resumed
+to gather the community expertise for advising on the development activities.
+