Goddard Institute for Space Studies Atmosphere-Ocean Model

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GISS Atmosphere-Ocean Model is a computer program that simulates the Earth's climate in three dimensions on a latitude-longitude grid. The Model requires two kinds of input, specified parameters and prognostic variables, and generates two kinds of output, climate diagnostics and prognostic variables. The specified input parameters include physical constants, the Earth's orbital parameters, the Earth's atmospheric constituents, the Earth's topography, the Earth's surface distribution of ocean, glacial ice, or vegetation, and many others. The time varying prognostic variables include fluid mass, horizontal velocity, heat, water vapor, salt, and subsurface mass and energy fields.

aom.giss.nasa.gov

Website : http:/aom.giss.nasa.gov

Reference : http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/GISS-AOM.htm

Project : cmip3

Model runs : 0

Also known as :

• model GISS-AOM (cmip3 lexicon)