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Welcome to the KPP ocean model repository

Note: This wiki contains as much of the KPP documentation as we could find. The main sources are https://github.com/nick-klingaman/mckpp/wiki and the old PUMA trac wiki. Some of it is out of date. We no longer support MetUM-GOML with the UMUI

Overview

This is the code repository for the three-dimensional implementation of the K Profile Parameterization boundary-layer ocean model (3D KPP), developed at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading.

3D KPP builds upon the original KPP mixing scheme of Large et al. (1994). The model runs as a matrix of one-dimensional water columns, with many extensions that allow the model to be coupled to atmospheric GCMs (e.g., the computation and application of heat and salt corrections). Currently, 3D KPP supports coupling to the Met Office Unified Model via the OASIS coupler at UM versions 4.5 (HadAM3, OASIS2) and 7.x (HadGEM3, OASIS3), as well as to the NCEP Global Forecast System.

Dr. Nicholas Klingaman led the development of KPP at Reading for many years. The original 3D KPP code was developed by Dr. Steve Woolnough.

Documentation

Instructions for running on ARCHER2:

• Running a forced simulation
• Extracting from github in a Rose suite

See also:

• MC-KPP documentation for the ancillary files, namelist options, and diagnostic output.
• Rose suites for running "standard" MetUM-GOML simulations at supported atmospheric resolutions.
• Standard workflows for running MetUM-GOML experiments