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TOP interface User Quick Guide (NEMO 4.0+)

TOP interface structure

TOP (Tracers in the Ocean Paradigm) is the NEMO hardwired interface toward biogeochemical models and provide the physical constraints/boundaries for oceanic tracers. It consists of a modular framework to handle multiple ocean tracers, including also a variety of built-in modules. TOP interfaces has the following location in the code repository

<repository>/NEMOGCM/NEMO/TOP_SRC/

and the following modules are available:

TRP Interface to NEMO physical core for computing tracers transport
CFC Inert carbon tracers (CFC11,CFC12, SF6)
C14 Radiocarbon passive tracer
AGE Water age tracking
MY_TRC Template for creation of new modules and external BGC models coupling
PISCES Built in BGC model

The usage of TOP is done by i) including in the configuration definition the component “TOP_SRC” and ii) adding the macro key_top in the configuration cpp file.

As an example, the user can refer to simplest configurations already available in the code GYRE_BFM or GYRE_PISCES.

Note that, since version 4.0, TOP interface core functionalities are activated by means of logical keys and all sub-module pre-processing macros from previous versions were removed.

Here below the list of preprocessing keys that applies to the TOP interface (beside key_top):

TOP namelist Walkthrough

Here below are listed the features/options of the TOP interface accessible through the namelist_top_ref and modifiable by means of namelist_top_cfg (as for NEMO physical ones).