Parallel Ocean Program
Encyclopedia
The Parallel Ocean Program (POP) is a three-dimensional ocean circulation model designed primarily for studying the ocean
climate
system. The model is developed and supported primarily by researchers at LANL.
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
system. The model is developed and supported primarily by researchers at LANL.