View source for Heracles 5.4 OGCM Structure

The GEOS-5 OGCM consists of a hierarchy of ESMF gridded components
constructed and connected using MAPL. The model's architecture is illustrated
in the tree diagram below. Most of the calculations are done by components
at the leafs of this tree. The composite components above the leafs serve as
connectors, performing specialized connections between the children and
producing combined outputs.


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