[MITgcm-support] question

[Martin Losch]

Hi Maryam Shiea Ali,

the MITgcm has been used for simulations of Lake Ontario, I think. If you search through the support list, you'll find comment about that. I has also been used for the Dead Sea and small ocean bays such as the Gulf of Eilat and marginal seas. I think that you should be able to use the MITgcm for this. I am not sure if it is the **best** code for lake modelling. I often heard that limnologists prefer bottom terrain following coordinates (just a rumour), which the MITgcm does not support, but I guess it depends on what you want to look at. On problem may be extensive shallow parts of the domain, and the required vertical resolution associated with that?

Martin

On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Maryam Shiea <mshiea at yahoo.com> wrote:

> dear researchers:
> >
> >      I was thinking that I would be able to use ( MITgcm) Model to study circulaion in the Caspian Sea. As you konw, Caspian sea has been known as the largest inland water body in the world and it's location is (lat:36˚ 43 N, 47˚ 57N and long:46˚43E , 54˚53E) maximum depth 1025m and minimum depth about 5 m. It has four main rivers while at the northen part the water is covered with ice. I was wondering if you could share your opinion with me that whether this model is appropriate or not.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your information
> > Sincerely,
> > Maryam Shiea Ali
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