MITgcm is a numerical model designed for the study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate. For an overview, please see MIT's Climate Modeling Initiative (CMI) which introduces the MITgcm model, its applications, and the development team.
MITgcm’s flexible non-hydrostatic formulation enables it to efficiently simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of scales; its adjoint capabilities enable it to be applied to sensitivity questions and to parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid equation isomorphisms, a single dynamical kernel can be used to simulate flow of both the atmosphere and ocean. The model is developed to perform efficiently on a wide variety of computational platforms.