GPLASIM
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Gerneral Circulation Models Planet Simulator (PlaSim) and PUMA

This repository has all necessary components to run the models.

These models are research models used in Meteorology and Earth Sciences.
You need knowledge in Meteorology and skills in Linux, C and FORTRAN
for running the models and interpreting the results.

Please start reading the manuals located in:

puma/doc for the PUMA model
plasim/doc for the Planet Simulator

Then have a look at the README file for configuration and setup.

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This version of PlaSim has been modified to include additional modules
used for simulating climate on geological timescales. This includes a
carbon-silicate weathering model (continents only at this point) and
a glacier model. The glacier model is currently very rudimentary and exists
only to include the effects of ice sheet elevation, and lacks crucial 
physics such as spreading, flow, and bedrock denudation.

The framework for the glacial model may be adapted in the future to enable
orogeny, such as might be expected from a coupled plate-tectonics model.