Construction of Hierarchical Models for Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences: DCMODEL project

摘要

We present "dcmodel project", where a series of hierarchical numerical models for problems of fluid dynamics in the earth and planetary sciences are developed and maintained. The numerical models are developed with the following intentions: 1) Hierarchical models with various complexities. 2) Common "style" of programming in order to ensure readability. 3) Open source codes to the public. 4) Scalability of the models in order to ensure execution on various platforms. 5) Stressing the importance of documentation and presenting a method for producing reference manuals. The series of hierarchical models enable us to conduct multiple numerical experiments with multiple models easily, which will lead to a deeper understanding of various phenomena in planetary atmospheres and interiors.