List of ocean circulation models

This is a list of ocean circulation models, as used in physical oceanography. Ocean circulation models can also be used to study chemical oceanography, biological oceanography, geological oceanography, and climate science.

Acronym	Full name
ADCIRC	ADvanced CIRCulation model
COCO	CCSR (Center for Climate System Research) Ocean Component Model
COHERENS	COupled Hydrodynamical Ecological model for REgioNal Shelf seas
FVCOM	Finite Volume Community Ocean Model
FESOM	AWI Finite-Element/volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model
FRAM	Fine Resolution Antarctic Ocean Model
HOPE	The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation General Circulation Model [1]
HYCOM	HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model
LSG	The Hamburg Large Scale Geostrophic Ocean General Circulation Model [2]
MICOM	Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model
MITgcm	M.I.T. General Circulation Model
MOHID	MOdelo HIDrodinâmico
MOM	GFDL Modular Ocean Model
MOMA	MOM for Array Processors
OCCAM	Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Ocean Model
NEMO	Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean
OPYC	The Ocean IsoPYCnal General Circulation Model [3][4]
POM	Princeton Ocean Model
POP	The Parallel Ocean Program
ROMS	The Regional Ocean Modeling System
Veros	Versatile Ocean Simulator in Pure Python[5]

Integrated ocean modeling systems[further explanation needed]

Integrated ocean modeling systems use multiple coupled models. This coupling allows researchers to understand processes that happen among multiple systems that are usually modeled independently, such as the ocean, atmosphere, waves, and sediments. Integrated ocean modeling systems is helpful for specific regions: for example, the ESPreSSO model is used to study the Mid-Atlantic Bight region. Integrated ocean modeling systems often use data from buoys and weather stations for atmospheric forcing and boundary conditions. Two examples of integrated ocean modeling systems are:

• COAWST: Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Wave Sediment Transport Modeling System ^[6] (uses ROMS as its ocean circulation component).^[7]
• ESPreSSO: Experimental System for Predicting Shelf and Slope Optics (uses ROMS as its ocean circulation component).^[8][9]