ROMS/TOMS Documentation

David Robertson

IMCS, Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

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c e a n M o d e l i n g S y s t e m

O p e r a t i o n a l C o m m u n i t y

Overview

•Tools and information currently available

•Tools and information currently under development

Users Manual

Searchable database

• Future developments

Step-by-step how-to

Videos

Animations

Currently

•Website is really just a gateway

General model info and documentation

Source code browser

CVS repository

Users Forum

Source code

Processing scripts

Description

Ocean modeling papers repository

Under Development

•Test Problems

•Model Documentation

Users Manual

Searchable Database

New options

CPP options

•Tutorials

Step-by-step how-to

Videos

Animations

Test Problems

Users Manual

Users Manual

Users Manual

• Why FrameMaker?

Export both to PDF and HTML

Equation interface

Structuring and rules facilitate uniform updates

Structure facilitates re-organization

Auto-numbering

Cross reference

Dynamic index and table of contents

Users Manual

•Changes and updates from the community

• FrameMaker 7.0

• Documents in a common format (.doc, .tex, etc.)

• Email suggestions

• Post Ideas to the “ROMS Documentation” Forum

Searchable Database

•Changes and Updates

Online form

Documents in a common format (.doc, .tex, etc.)

Email suggestions

Post Ideas to the “ROMS Documentation” Forum

Tutorials

•Step-by-step how-tos (ROMS for Dummies)

•Videos showing how to set up and run ROMS

•Animations explaining setup, running and post-processing