GFDL_atmos_cubed_sphere

The source contained herein reflects the 202204 release of the Finite Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core (FV3) from GFDL

The GFDL Microphysics is also available within this repository.

Where to find information

Visit the FV3 website for more information. Reference material is available at FV3 documentation and references.

Proper usage attribution

Cite Putman and Lin (2007) and Harris and Lin (2013) when describing a model using the FV3 dynamical core.

Cite Chen et al (2013) and Zhou et al (2019) when using the GFDL Microphysics.

Documentation

The up-to-date FV3 Scientific reference guide is included in LaTex and PDF formats in the docs/ directory. There are also some notebooks in docs/examples demonstrating basic FV3 capabilities and analysis techniques.

A DOI referenceable version is available in the NOAA Institutional Repository

What files are what

The top level directory structure groups source code and input files as follow:

File/directory	Purpose
`LICENSE.md`	a copy of the Gnu lesser general public license, version 3.
`README.md`	this file with basic pointers to more information
`RELEASE.md`	notes describing each release in the main branch
`model/`	contains the source code for core of the FV3 dyanmical core
`driver/`	contains drivers used by different models/modeling systems
`tools/`	contains source code of tools used within the core
`GFDL_tools/`	contains source code of tools specific to GFDL models
`docs/`	contains documentation for the FV3 dynamical core, and Python notebooks demonstrating basic capabilities.

Disclaimer

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