Parallel Ocean Program (POP)
Resolution is costly, but critical to the physics
Climate simulations
¥ low resolution: 1 deg (100 km)
¥ long duration: centuries
¥ fully coupled to atmosphere, etc.
Eddy-resolving sim.
¥ high resolution: 0.1 deg (10 km)
¥ short duration: decades
¥ ocean only
Surface temperature
1.0¼ x 1.0¼ grid
Surface temperature
0.1¼ x 0.1¼ grid
Rossby Radius
of deformation