Ocean Gyre in a Tank (Numerical Experiment)

This is the MITgcm simulation for the Ocean General Circulation in a rotating tank.

Based on "Insights of the non-linear solution of Munk’s ocean circulation theory from a rotating tank experiment" - Ocean and Coastal Research, 2020. (10.1590/2675-2824069.20-011psp)

A: Linear solution. B: Nonlinear solution.

How to set up the experiment

1. Follow the Getting Started section on MITgcm documentation to set up the model.
2. Clone this experiment to the MITgcm folder (you can also download the repository and extract it to MITgcm folder.)
3. Create the build and run folders inside ocean_gyre_tank.
4. Go to build and compile the model with mpi (see the MITgcm documentation).
5. Copy the executable mitgcmuv to the run folder.
6. Create a symbolic link to the files in input for run folder.

How to generate the initial conditions and forcing

In notebooks there is a file called Init.ipynb that creates the bathymetry and wind forcing. The data will be saved to input folder. You may have to change the grid spacing in input/data or number of points in code/SIZE.h if you change the code on the notebooks.

How to configure the experiment

The file data in input folder has all the parameters needed for the experiment. You can change to the linear case setting .FALSE. for momAdvection.

How to run the experiment

The current configuration on code/SIZE.h works in parallel using 4 cores (see Documentation to learn how to set up for a different number of cores). If the experiment is already configured you just have to run mpirun -np 4 ./mitgcmuv in run folder.

How to read the data from the output

The notebook notebooks/Analysis.ipynb its a tutorial that explains how to read and plot the output from this experiment.