Documentation of HYCOM

HYCOM User's Manual & Guide
hycom_users_manual.pdf HYCOM User's Manual (Draft)
hycom_users_guide.pdf HYCOM User's Guide (Draft)

Documentation by Rainer Bleck
hybrid.ps Generalized Coordinate Treatment in HYCOM
Formulation-PGF.ps Formulation of the horizontal pressure gradient force (PGF) in generalized coordinates.

Documentation by George Halliwell
overview.pdf A brief summary of HYCOM that provides background for the more detailed documents below
advdiff.pdf Horizontal Advection/Diffusion
boundary.pdf Boundary Conditions
diapycnal.pdf Diapycnal Mixing Algorithms
float.pdf Synthetic Floats, Drifters and Moorings in HYCOM
giss.pdf The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Level 2 Turbulence Closure
hybrid.pdf Hybrid Coordinate Adjustment Algorithm
ice.pdf Energy Loan Ice Model
kpp.pdf KPP Mixing Algorithm
kta.pdf The Full Kraus-Turner Mixed Layer Model for Hybrid Coordinates (KTA)
ktb.pdf The Simplified Kraus-Turner Mixed Layer Model for Hybrid Coordinates (KTB)
ktc.pdf The Kraus-Turner Mixed Layer Model for Isopycnic Coordinates (KTC)
mesh.pdf HYCOM Mesh
momentum.pdf Momentum Equation and Pressure Gradient Force
my.pdf The Mellor-Yamada Level 2.5 Turbulence Closure Model
pwp.pdf The Price-Weller-Pinkel Dynamical Instability Vertical Mixing Algorithm
state.pdf Equation of State, Cabbeling, Thermobaricity
surface.pdf Surface Fluxes in HYCOM
vdiff.pdf Solution of the Vertical Diffusion Equation
vertical_vel.pdf Diagnosis of Kinematic Vertical Velocity in HYCOM

Documentation by Alan Wallcraft
11/09/2006 New features of HYCOM (HYCOM 2.2)
12/08/2005 HYCOM model development (HYCOM 2.2)
10/29/2004 HYCOM model development (HYCOM 2.2)
08/21/2003 HYCOM model development, validation, documentation (HYCOM 2.1.03)
02/10/2003 HYCOM code development (HYCOM 2.1.03)
09/30/2002 HYCOM Model 2.1 (HYCOM 2.1.03)
07/05/2001 HYCOM Model 2.0.01 (HYCOM 2.0.01)
10/13/2000 HYCOM Model Development (HYCOM 1.08)