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The original reduced gravity version of the Poseidon ocean
model was originally developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with
the
support
of Ken
Bergman of
NASA
HQ.
The original development was assisted by Walter Gross, Andrew Loughe.
Significant improvements were added by Dr. Zuojun Yu. |
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Development of the GEMS-based parallel version was made possible by
the efforts of Dr. Manu Konchady and Dan Schaffer. |
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Transition to the full barotropic version was supported by NASA's NSIPP
project, and the support of Dr. Michele Rienecker and Dr. Max Suarez have
been essential to the completion of this effort. Support from NSF Physical
Oceanography has enabled the study of proper bottom gravity currents and
the dynamics of the interaction of topography with the generalized coordinate. |
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Several others have worked extensively on code and physics development:
Dr. Young-Gyu Park, Dr. Jiande Wang, Ziqin Pan and GMU students Whit Anderson,
Yuri Vikhyaev, and Rob Burgman. The assistance of Sonya Kulkarni Miller
and Zhen Li at NASA GMAO are also gratefuly acknowledged. |
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No discussion of the credits for Poseidon could be complete without
acknowledging the role of Mark Cane in collaborating on the earliest hybrid
coordinate (2-1/2 layer) models, the inspiration of Rainer Bleck to all
involved in isopycnal modeling, and the unstinting collaborative discussions
which I have had with Bob Hallberg. In developing the barortopic version,
I found that most problems were most readily overcome by following Bob's
lead.
Finally, I have to thank Kirk Bryan, as my thesis advisor, for getting
me started down this path and for being a constant inspiration and reminder
that a fundamental curiosity about the ocean is the first and foremost
requirement
for a successful ocean modeler. |
