Welcome to ERSEM’s documentation!
ERSEM is a marine biogeochemical and ecosystem model. It describes the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, oxygen and iron through the lower trophic level pelagic and benthic ecosystems.
Installation Instructions: conda: https://ersem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/index.html#conda-installation, source: https://ersem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers/index.html
User Documentation & Example Usage: https://ersem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Automated Tests: Run via GitHub Actions https://github.com/pmlmodelling/ersem/actions
Acknowledgements: https://ersem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/acknowledgements.html
License: https://ersem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/license.html
Support
We strongly encourage everyone using the ERSEM code to register as a user by filling a short registration form. We’d love to get a better understanding of who is using the ERSEM code and for what applications, as it will help us to provide the best support to the user community. It will also allow you to receive information and news on the latest model developments.
How to cite
To refer to ERSEM in publications, please cite:
Butenschön, M., Clark, J., Aldridge, J.N., Allen, J.I., Artioli, Y., Blackford, J., Bruggeman, J., Cazenave, P., Ciavatta, S., Kay, S., Lessin, G., van Leeuwen, S., van der Molen, J., de Mora, L., Polimene, L., Sailley, S., Stephens, N., Torres, R. (2016). ERSEM 15.06: a generic model for marine biogeochemistry and the ecosystem dynamics of the lower trophic levels. Geoscientific Model Development, 9(4), 1293–1339. doi: 10.5194/gmd-9-1293-2016.
To refer specifically to the ERSEM source code, you may use its Zenodo DOI:
