Peter R. Gent Chairman of the Science Steering Committee of the Community Climate System Model Oceanography Section Climate and Global Dynamics Division National Center for Atmospheric Research P O Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 Curriculum Vitae

The Oceanography Section's main responsibility is to develop and maintain ocean and sea ice models suitable for studies of climate. It plays an important role in developing, maintaining and using the Community Climate System Model, which is developed by NCAR and the climate community. The ocean components of the CCSM3 and CCSM2 are full depth, z-coordinate models that are based on the POP code. The new sea ice component is called CSIM. The section also developed two ocean components that could be used with the original Climate System Model-1. The first is a full depth, z-coordinate model, called the CSM Ocean Model, that was used in most of the coupled integrations. The second is an upper ocean, sigma-coordinate model with a Tropical Pacific domain, that can be used for ENSO studies. More information on these various models can be found at these web sites:

Community Climate System Model
CCSM3 Ocean Component
CCSM3 Sea Ice Component
CCSM2 Ocean Component
CCSM2 Sea Ice Component
CSM1 Ocean Component
Pacific Basin Model

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