[MITgcm-devel] another bug in growth.F ?

[Jinlun Zhang]

Dimitris,

You run a global model. Do you get huge snow depth near both poles?

Jinlun

Martin Losch wrote:

> Hi Jinlun,
>
> in the end, we want to be able to use a flux-limited 3rd order  
> advection scheme, it's just not yet possible.
>
> Unfortunately my model stops at 80degN. I really need to set up a  
> truly global ocean model. I do assume though, that there is something  
> fishy with the precipitation in the CORE data set. Would be  
> interesting to see if some-one else has a similar experience.
>
> In general, though, the ice extend is too large in winter (in  
> particular in the Drake Passage, isn't it?). That 's the only thing  
> that's still worrying me.
>
> XKI: I am only playing with this parameter to find out how the model 
> (s) behave(s). In practice I will always use something around 2. XKI  
> only appears in the denominator in budget.F, so I don't quite see  
> what it does. I guess I have to dig up Hibler79/80 and have a look at  
> the thermodynamics, right?
>
> M.