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

[Jinlun Zhang]

Dimitris,
It is actual thickness, so it is AREA*HSNOW.
Jinlun

Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:

> Hi Jinlun, one more question regarding growth.F.  Is HSNOW supposed to 
> be "actual" or "effective" snow thickness, i.e., is the total amount 
> of snow volume per m^2 in each grid box supposed to be "HSNOW" or 
> "AREA*HSNOW"?
>
> My reading of code is that some places HSNOW is assumed to be "actual" 
> and some places it is assumed to be "effective" snow thickness, which 
> may explain, in part, the high adjoint and tangent linear sensitivity 
> that Patrick notes.
>
> Dimitris
>

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