COAMPS High Resolution Three-way Air-Ocean-Wave Hurricane Simulation. ESMF Annual Report 2009
Abstract
The Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) is in its seventh year, and its component interfaces have been implemented in most of the prominent climate and weather codes in the U.S.: CCSM, WRF, NASA GEOS-5, EMC GFS/NEMS, NRL COAMPS and the GFDL MOM4 ocean (see Appendix A for a table of acronyms). In general, componentization with ESMF has been implemented at the level of major physical domains, where simulated interactions require inter-component data communications (e.g. atmosphere, ocean). This implementation is compatible with codes such as WRF that impose their own interoperability conventions at the level of individual physics parameterizations. The codes listed above, plus the full GFDL modeling system under FMS, can now operate within a component-based, hierarchical architecture in which large-scale components can be called as subroutines. This was not the case when ESMF began. The current level of ESMF adoption represents a major and necessary step towards enabling U.S. centers to exchange large-scale components, and is an excellent basis for further advances in code interoperability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 18, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA516674
Entities
People
- Cecelia Deluca
Organizations
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research