R. M. Samelson
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
rsamelson@whoi.edu
Geoffrey K. Vallis
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
vallis@cascade.ucsc.edu
November, 1995.
This document describes a three-dimensional planetary geostrophic ocean model (PGOM). The model implements a particular form of the planetary-geostrophic equations which is well suited to fast numerical solution in a closed domain. Wind and thermodynamic forcing are allowed. The model can be run in either Cartesian or spherical geometry, and may cross the equator. This document briefly describes the model equations, their finite difference form, and the associated numerical code.