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.