Modular Ocean Model

Modular Ocean Model (MOM)
Developer(s)NOAA/GFDL
Initial releaseDecember 5, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-12-05) (MOM1)
Stable release
5.1.0 / March 25, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-25)
Preview release
MOM6
Written inFortran
TypeComputer simulation
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitegfdl.noaa.gov/mom-ocean-model

The Modular Ocean Model (MOM) 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 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA/GFDL) in Princeton, NJ, USA.