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Primitive Equation References
Theory
- Bryan, K (1969) "A Numerical Method for the Study of the
Circulation of the World Ocean." Journal of Computational Physics, 4, 347-376.
Basic Numerical Details of GFDL Model
- Cox, M.D. (1984)
"A Primitive Equation, 3-Dimensional Model of the Ocean."
GFDL Ocean Group Technical Report, 1,
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA, Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ.
First Round of Harvard Changes
- Spall, M. A. & A.R. Robinson (1989)
"A New Open Ocean, Hybrid Coordinate Primitive Equation Model."
Mathematics and Computers in Simulations, 31, 241-269.
Second Round of Harvard Changes
- Lozano, C.J., P.J. Haley, H.G. Arango, Q. Sloan & A.R. Robinson (1994)
"Harvard coastal/deep water Primitive Equation model."
Harvard Open Ocean Model Reports, 52,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Details of boundary conditions, friction & assimilation
- Lermusiaux, P.F.J. (1997)
"Error Subspace Data Assimilation Methods for Ocean Field Estimation:
Theory, Validation and Applications."
PhD Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Chapter 4 contains the relevant material.
Two-way nesting & effects of topography
- Sloan, N.Q., III (1996)
"Dynamics of a Shelf-Slope Front: Process Studies and Data-Driven
Simulations in the Middle Atlantic Bight."
PhD Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Chapter II contains the relevant material.