Modular System for Shelves and Coasts

The Modular System for Shelves and Coasts (MOSSCO) is a framework for coupling processes or domains that are originally developed in standalone numerical models. The software MOSSCO implements this infrastructure in the form of a library of components and couplers, and of example coupled applications. The components "wrap" external models used in coastal and shelf sciences; these wrapped components are then coupled to each other in the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF).

The SCHISM ESMF cap integrates with MOSSCO.

Obtaining and building MOSSCO

export SCHISM_BUILD_DIR=/my/path/to/schism/build
export SCHISM_ESMF_DIR=/my/path/to/schism-esmf
export MOSSCO_DIR=/my/path/to/mossco

git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/mossco/code $MOSSCO_DIR

cd $MOSSCO_DIR
make all install

Using SCHISM as part of a MOSSCO coupled system

A simple preconfigured application is available in $MOSSCO_DIR/examples/esmf/schism. To build it, run make in that directory. You can use the resulting executable as a drop-in replacement for SCHISM's standalone pschism executable, but you need to add the mossco.cfg resource file which overrides param.nml for control parameters of the coupled system, like start and stop time.

Reporting bugs or requesting features

The integration of SCHISM into MOSSCO is still in development. Please report any errors or annoyances in the bug tracker on https://sourceforge.net/p/mossco/tickets/.