NEMO Ocean Engine Reference Manual

Gurvan Madec; Mike Bell; Rachid Benshila; Adam Blaker; Romain Boudrallé-Badie; Clément Bricaud; Diego Bruciaferri; Davi Carneiro; Miguel Castrillo; Daley Calvert; Jérômeme Chanut; Emanuela Clementi; Andrew Coward; Casimir de Lavergne; Srdan Dobricic; Italo Epicoco; Christian Éthé; Emma Fiedler; David Ford; Rachel Furner; Jonas Ganderton; Stephen M. Griffies; Tim Graham; James Harle; Katherine Hutchinson; Doroteaciro Iovino; Robert King; Dan Lea; Claire Levy; Tomas Lovato; Eric Maisonnave; Julian Mak; Juan Manuel Castillo Sanchez; Matt Martin; Nicolas Martin; Diana Martins; Sébastien Masson; Pierre Mathiot; Francesca Mele; Silvia Mocavero; Aimie Moulin; Simon Müller; George Nurser; Paolo Oddo; Stella Paronuzzi; Julien Paul; Mathieu Peltier; Renaud Person; Clement Rousset; Stefanie Rynders; Guillaume Samson; David Schroeder; Dave Storkey; Andrea Storto; Sibylle Téchené; Martin Vancoppenolle; Chris Wilson

doi:10.5281/zenodo.19206664

Published March 24, 2026 | Version v5.0.1

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NEMO Ocean Engine Reference Manual

1. CNRS
2. UKMO
3. NOC
4. MOI
5. BSC
6. CMCC
7. CNRS-IPSL
8. ECMWF
9. CNRS-IRD
10. University of Reading

The ocean engine of NEMO is a primitive equation model adapted to regional and global ocean circulation problems. It is intended to be a flexible tool for studying the ocean and its interactions with the others components of the earth climate system over a wide range of space and time scales.

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Madec, G. and the NEMO System Team, 2026. NEMO Ocean Engine Reference Manual, Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1464816

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