NEMO_ for *Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean* is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for
research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences,
developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium since 2008.
developed in a sustainable way by the NEMO European consortium since 2008.
NEMO has 3 major components:
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This page intends to help to get started using NEMO platform and to orientate users to the different levels of information.
It starts here with NEMO release 4.2.0. [Former web platform forge](https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo) (SVN+Trac) contains previous documentation and releases since the beginning of the project up to of NEMO 4.0.
Overview
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Getting started
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Getting hands on NEMO: first steps are described in detail in the "How to" NEMO users's guide
Download, build the environment create the executable, and make a first run are described here: https://sites.nemo-ocean.io/user_guide/
The NEMO ocean model has 3 major components:
A summary on how to get code dependencies, compile and execute NEMO is also available here
(:file:`./INSTALL.rst`).
Project documentation
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Reference manuals fully describing NEMO for the three main component
- |OCE| models the ocean {thermo}dynamics and solves the primitive equations
(:file:`./src/OCE`)
- |ICE| simulates sea-ice {thermo}dynamics, brine inclusions and
These reference manuals are the publications that should be cited in your own publications.
New features of 4.2.0 release are described here (:file:`./CHANGES.md`)
Asking questions, echange information
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- [Register once for all and use the NEMO forums](https://nemo-ocean.discourse.group) to share and discuss with the NEMO community.
- [Register once for all and receive by mail the NEMO newsletter ](https://listes.ipsl.fr/sympa/subscribe/nemo-newsletter) : recommended for all users to receive the major announcements from the project (new releases, open meetings and main informations). Low traffic: about ten messages a year.
These physical core engines are described in
their respective `reference publications <#project-documentation>`_ that
must be cited for any work related to their use (see :doc:`cite`).
Assets and solutions
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Since 2014 the project has a `Special Issue`_ in the open-access journal
Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) from the European Geosciences Union (EGU_).
The main scope is to collect relevant manuscripts covering various topics and
to provide a single portal to assess the model potential and evolution.
Used by a wide audience,
numerous :website:`associated projects<projects>` have been carried out and
The NEMO Consortium pulling together 5 European institutes
(CMCC_, CNRS_, MOI_, `Met Office`_ and NERC_) plans the sustainable development in order to
keep a reliable evolving framework since 2008.
It defines the |DOI dev stgy|_ that is implemented by the System Team on a yearly basis
in order to release a new version almost every four years.
Contributing to NEMO development
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When the need arises, :forge:`working groups<wiki/WorkingGroups>` are created or resumed to
gather the community expertise for advising on the development activities.
NEMO intends to be written in a way allowing easy plug of developments.
You are also welcome to contribute to the development of the NEMO Shared reference.
NEMO development is driven by NEMO Consortium planning and producing NEMO's sustainable development in order to
keep a reliable evolving framework.
Development is organised and scheduled through a five years development strategy, Working groups and the activities of the development team (named NEMO System Team) in a yearly workplan. [More information here] (https://forge.nemo-ocean.eu/developers/home/-/wikis/Home)
.. |DOI dev stgy| replace:: multi-year development strategy
