List of ocean circulation models

This is a list of ocean circulation models, as used in physical oceanography.

Acronym	Full name
ADCIRC	ADvanced CIRCulation model
COHERENS	COupled Hydrodynamical Ecological model for REgioNal Shelf seas
FVCOM	Finite Volume Community Ocean Model
HOPE	The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation General Circulation Model [1]
HYCOM	HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model
LSG	The Hamburg Large Scale Geostrophic Ocean General Circulation Model [2]
MICOM	Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model
MITgcm	M.I.T. General Circulation Model
MOHID	MOdelo HIDrodinâmico
MOM	GFDL Modular Ocean Model
NEMO	Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean
OPYC	The Ocean IsoPYCnal General Circulation Model [3] [4]
POM	Princeton Ocean Model
POP	The Parallel Ocean Program
ROMS	The Regional Ocean Modeling System

References

1. Wolff J-O, Maier-Reimer E, Legutke S (1997) The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation Model HOPE. DKRZ report 13, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No13.
2. Maier-Reimer E, Mikolajewicz U (1992) The Hamburg Large Scale Geostrophic Ocean General Circulation Model (Cycle 1). DKRZ report 2, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No02.
3. Oberhuber JM (1993) Simulation of the Atlantic circulation with a coupled sea ice-mixed layer-isopycnal general circulation model, part I: model description. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, 808–829 doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<0808:SOTACW>2.0.CO;2.
4. Oberhuber JM (1993) The OPYC Ocean General Circulation Model. DKRZ report 7, Hamburg, Germany, doi:10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_Report_No07.