Blogs on GOTM

ParSAC calibration slowing down when printing output to console

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200

ParSAC calibration can slow down over time if output is printed to the console.

CVMix module

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:59:15 -0600

CVMix is now included GOTM, bringing more options of turbulence closures including KPP and its variants with Langmuir turbulence.

Stokes drift

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:59:15 -0600

A new Stokes drift module is added. This allows input of Stokes drift and exploration of Langmuir turbulence parameterizations and more in GOTM.

Numerical in-stabillities in the BBL

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0200

Instabilities in the BBL for the FLEX setup at high vertical resolution.

... now with ice ...

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0200

Version 5.4 of GOTM will contain a feature preview of ice modelling using STIM. Additional work will have to go into the development - but the coupled GOTM/STIM system does produce results that resembles reality.

Kondo - what was wrong

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0200

The file - kondo.F90 - is one of the oldest and least changed in the GOTM repository. And still - it had issues.

EditScenario and friends

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0200

Updated status on September 13. 2019.

Updated status on EditScenario and friends. Jorn has an Python3 only laptop. It made an incentive to update some of the tools making it easier to handle GOTM.

Check NetCDF library availability

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200

By far the most frequent issue arising when people want to build GOTM is NetCDF. We have included a small script that can be used to test if NetCDF requirements are fulfilled.

Towards GOTM 5.4

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0200

Version 5.4 of GOTM contains a number of changes making the normal release method un-suitable. The new version contains a mixture of under the hood compile configuration changes, use of Git sub-modules, new run time configuration method and new features.

Modern CMake and sub-modules

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0200

We have re-written the CMake configuration file(s) to be in line with principles of Modern CMake. In addition - using these principles - we have moved code pieces not part of essential GOTM out into individual projects.

GOTM release - v5.2

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0200

Version 5.2 of GOTM is ready for release. It comes relative shortly after the release of version 5.0. One of the policies for a new release are changes in configuration files - releated to the new features.

GOTM Roadmap - as of end of 2017

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +0200

Below we will give a short description of the planned developments in the next 1 to 2 years. These plans do not in any way exclude other developments but only list what we have planned or have already started (likely because of project deliverables).

Updated Windows NetCDF libraries

Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0200

Mainly for developers.

Updated NetCDF libraries for Windows. Still 3.6.3 but now both 32 and 64 bit are supported.

GOTM release - v5.0

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0200

Finally the version 5 of GOTM is ready for release. It comes with a very large number of changes and improvements. Some - but not all - are mention in the list below.