UoB : Dept. of Math. : BOM
  BOM
resources:

Main page
Online manual
Applications
Latest
Publications
User group
Useful links

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Downloads:

BOM 4.1:
download the code
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Previous versions:

BOM 3.2:
get source code
userguide: PS

BOM 2.0:
get source code
userguide: PS

BOM 1.2:
get source code
userguide: PS

The Bergen Ocean Model (BOM)

About BOM

The Bergen Ocean Model is a numerical simulation tool developed by the Institute of Marine Research , Norway and the Hydrodynamics group at Dept. of Mathematics , University of Bergen, with contributions from Dept. of Informatics and Parallab also at the University of Bergen.

The code development was initiated in 1995, with the main motivation to incorporate modern numerical techniques into ocean modeling, and this process is continuously ongoing. The model is implemented in Fortran 90 with source code freely available.

The mathematical basis for the model is the velocity field, pressure, density, salinity and temperature governed by momentum, continuity and conservation equations. The discretization applies finite differences on a staggered grid with a vertical sigma-coordinate representation. Further details can be found in the documentation.

Salinity in the North Sea: click on «Applications» to see animations

Latest changes (read more)

  • 2005-05-06: Internal pressure and rotated grids
  • 2004-09-01: BOM 4.1 released
  • 2003-11-18: BOM 4.0 released
  • New animations of the contintental shelf on the examplespage
  • 2003-03-03: BOM 3.2 released
  • 2002-09-06: Small bug in 3.0 fixed
  • 2002-08-20: BOM 3.0 released
  • 2002-05-28: BOM 3.0 will be released in the autumn
  • Great new animations by Inge Eliassen

Inquiries about BOM may be directed to

Professor Jarle Berntsen
Department of Mathematics
University of Bergen
5007 Bergen
Norway
Email:Jarle.Berntsen@mi.uib.no

Senior Scientist Helge Avlesen
Parallab, Dept of Informatics,
Thormøhlensgt. 55
5020 Bergen
Email:avle@ii.uib.no
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