diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 79d48f1d..7b3f1c19 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GPLASIM +EXOPLASIM ====== General Circulation Models Planet Simulator (PlaSim) and PUMA @@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ Then have a look at the README file for configuration and setup. ======= This version of PlaSim has been modified to include additional modules -used for simulating climate on geological timescales. This includes a -carbon-silicate weathering model (continents only at this point) and -a glacier model. The glacier model is currently very rudimentary and exists -only to include the effects of ice sheet elevation, and lacks crucial -physics such as spreading, flow, and bedrock denudation. +used for simulating climate on geological timescales (carbon-silicate +weathering on land), different rotation states (i.e. tidally-locked), +different atmosphere masses, and arbitrary input spectrum. + +The model has also been adapted to permit a rudimentary glacial model, +with an adaptive glacier mask and (mostly) unbounded land ice thickness +(included in surface geopotential height), but no ice flow, denudation, +or adaptive sea level. The framework for the glacial model may be adapted in the future to enable orogeny, such as might be expected from a coupled plate-tectonics model.