modelutil: Reference Manual

The modelutil package contains utilities for use in climate models. This includes a class for defining atmospheric constants and a framework for creating modular climate models.

Contents:

• Package Module Listing
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Programming Structure and Logic of Models:
  • General Description
  • Field, State, and StateSet Objects
  • Metadata for Field Objects
  • InterfaceMeta Objects
• Writing Flexible Models
• Testing
• Examples of using modelutil objects:
  • Defining Atmospheric Constants
• Future Work
• Version History (bugs, updates)
• Glossary

The home page for the package contains the package license, installation and downloading instructions, help for the modules, a brief description, and examples.

This reference manual provides details of the programming logic behind the package. Additionally, it provides a more complete and useful description of the class structure and logic, which you'll probably want to read if you want to use the class for anything more than the most rudimentary calculations.

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