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History
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Developed
from MICOM version 2.8
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See
Bleck (1998) for a description of MICOM
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Hybrid
coordinate scheme used in HYCOM
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Model
equations written in generalized vertical coordinates
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Originally
used in the Bleck and Boudra (1981) quasi-isopycnic
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model
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Numerical
schemes could not handle zero thickness layers
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Minimum
layer thickness was enforced
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The
vertical coordinate became non-isopycnic in regions
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where
the layers became too thin
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A
hybrid (isentropic-sigma) vertical coordinate was used in the
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atmospheric
model of Bleck and Benjamin (1993)
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The
HYCOM isopycnic-level-sigma vertical coordinate scheme
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is
an adaptation and extension of the Bleck/Benjamin algorithm
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