1. General Model Information
Name: Portable University Model of the Atmosphere
Acronym: PUMA
Main medium: air
Main subject: meteorology
Organization level:
Type of model: partial differential equations (3D), other, spectral transform
Main application: research, education
Keywords: circulation model, GCM, spectral model, climate model, atmosphere model
Contact:
Edilbert Kirk
Bundesstr. 55, D-20146 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-42838-5065
Fax: +49-40-42838-5066
email: kirk@dkrz.de
Homepage: http://puma.dkrz.de/kirk/
Author(s):
Klaus Fraedrich, Edilbert Kirk, Frank Lunkeit
Abstract:
The Portable University Model of the Atmosphere (PUMA) is based on the Reading multi-level spectral model SGCM (Simple Global Circulation Model) described by Hoskins and
Simmons (1975) and James and Gray (1986). Originally developed as a numerical prediction model, it was changed to perform as a circulation model. PUMA is introduced with
following two aims in mind:
- Training of junior scientists and students
- Compatibility with the ECHAM model
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s): Linux, Unix, Windows
http://puma.dkrz.de/puma/download/
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s): Fortran-90
II.3 Manuals:
http://puma.dkrz.de/puma/
II.4 Data:
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
The next version of PUMA, PUMA-2 will include humidity. Later on, an ecosystem will be included and it will be possible to change parameters interactively. At that stage, the program will be renamed Planet Simulator. Further Info: http://www.palmod.uni-bremen.de/~gerrit/hamburg2.html
Last review of this document by: Sat Feb 16 19:53:10 2002
Status of the document: Contributed by Martin Doege
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:47 CEST 2002