Changeset 11512 for NEMO/branches/2019/dev_r10984_HPC-13_IRRMANN_BDY_optimization/doc/latex/NEMO/main/foreword.tex

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2019-09-09T12:05:20+02:00 (5 years ago)

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smasson

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dev_r10984_HPC-13 : merge with trunk@11511, see #2285

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-\chapter*{Foreword}
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+%% Abstract
+%% ================================================================
 
-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 over a wide range of space and time scales.
+%% Common part between NEMO-SI3-TOP
+\NEMO\ (``Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean'') is a framework of ocean-related engines.
+It is intended to be a flexible tool for studying the ocean dynamics and thermodynamics (``blue ocean''),
+as well as its interactions with the components of the Earth climate system over
+a wide range of space and time scales.
+Within \NEMO, the ocean engine is interfaced with a sea-ice model (\SIcube\ or
+\href{http://github.com/CICE-Consortium/CICE}{CICE}),
+passive tracers and biogeochemical models (\TOP) and,
+via the \href{http://portal.enes.org/oasis}{OASIS} coupler,
+with several atmospheric general circulation models.
+It also supports two-way grid embedding by means of the \href{http://agrif.imag.fr}{AGRIF} software.
 
+%% Specific part
+The primitive equation model is adapted to regional and global ocean circulation problems down to
+kilometric scale.
 Prognostic variables are the three-dimensional velocity field, a non-linear sea surface height,
 the \textit{Conservative} Temperature and the \textit{Absolute} 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.
+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 GLS vertical physics.
-
-Within NEMO, the ocean is interfaced with a sea-ice model (SI$^3$)
- %or \href{https://github.com/CICE-Consortium/CICE}{CICE}),
-passive tracer and biogeochemical models (TOP-PISCES) and,
-via the \href{https://portal.enes.org/oasis}{OASIS} coupler, with several atmospheric general circulation models.
-It also support two-way grid embedding via the \href{http://agrif.imag.fr}{AGRIF} software.
+Various physical choices are available to describe ocean physics,
+so as various HPC functionalities to improve performances.