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

[Jinlun Zhang/APL]

Dimitris,
A22 is not important, you don't have to use it. However, you should not 
use area1 to replace area2.
Jinlun

Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:

> Jinlun, what exactly is A22?  Some sort of minimum sea ice area used 
> in routine groatb.F?
>
> There is following problem with growth.F freshwater flux computation 
> over open water:
>
> 1) open water for this computation is defined according to 
> AREA(I,J,2,bi,bj)
>
> 2) but AREA(I,J,2,bi,bj) has previously been set to a minimum of A22 
> (0.15) in groatb.F
>
> 3) this affect PRECIP and (with EVAP fix) EVAP over open water.
>
> Fix: store AREA(I,J,2,bi,bj) prior to calling groatb or use 
> AREA(I,J,1,bi,bj)?
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