[MITgcm-devel] Re: sea ice params

[Matthew Mazloff]

Hi Dimitris,

So they had 18km grid spacing and
On Jan 27, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:

> Matt, I am attaching paper I referred to in previous e-mail.   
> Unfortunately my experience with running EVP is limited and also I  
> have not used c-grid LSR at horizontal grid spacings smaller than  
> 18 km, yet.  What I know is that B-grid LSR solver was stable for  
> the 1/8th degree configuration, but that would be a step back.   
> Maybe try c-grid + EVP with very small time step, 5 to 10-s next?
>
> One difference with your parameter files from the configuration  
> that I use is:
> #define SEAICE_EXTERNAL_FLUXES
> This forces the sea ice model to use the pkg/exf bulk formulae for  
> open water rather than the open-water bulk formulae internal to pkg/ 
> seaice.
>
> Good luck and let me know how it goes.  Dimitris
>
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> Dimitris Menemenlis <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
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> <Hunke_JCP2001.pdf>