[MITgcm-devel] problem with 59c

Jean-Michel Campin jmc at ocean.mit.edu
Mon Jul 9 10:37:05 EDT 2007


Hi Dimitris,

Not sure, but if I remember well, advcheme=7 needs an overlap of
4, but needs to be double on CS-grid, so it should be set to 8
to be strictly correct.
What value you are using for Olx,Oly right now ?
Jean-Michel

On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 05:19:06AM -0700, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:
> Jinlun and Martin, to wrap up the "problem with 59c" thread, Chris Hill 
> pointed out that advcheme=7, because it is not flux-limited, requires some 
> explicit horizontal diffusivity to be applied.  Indeed doing so appears to 
> take care of Southern Ocean instability that was causing model to blow up.  
> Dimitris
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