This is for the FV3 dynamical core and the GFDL Microphysics for use by NCEP/EMC within GFS.
See the FV3 documentation and references for more information.
Cite either Putman and Lin (2007) or Harris and Lin (2013) when describing a model using the FV3 dynamical core. Cite Chen et al (2013) and Zhou et al (2019) if using the GFDL Microphysics.
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 |
model/ |
contains the source code for core of the FV3 dyanmical core |
model_nh/ |
contains the source code for non-hydrostatic extensions |
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 |
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