[MITgcm-devel] MLD criterion

[Matthew Mazloff]

Thanks JMC, I'm no good...my model is 6 mnths out of date!

-and yeah, i knew density was criteria...im in san diego and i guess  
the sun has baked my brain :)

Anyway, great to see that has been implemented...now the tough  
decision whether or not to update





On Oct 10, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:32:13PM -0400, Matthew Mazloff wrote:
>> Hi MITgcm devel,
>>
>> I have been getting some grief about the kara et al. mixed layer
>> depth criteria....not that its a big deal because MLD can be
>> calculated offline...but apparently using dt=.8 criteria is not
>> robust...
>>
>> two questions
>> 1) Is there any desire to update this criteria?
>> 2) is it very difficult (computationally expensive) to use a criteria
>> using more than just temp (i.e. density)?
>>
>
> Currently, we have the choice between 2 methods, both uses density
> (and not temperature), and the criteria is a run time parameter
> (i.e.: hMixCriteria) that can be changed. see S/R CALC_OCE_MXLAYER
>
>>
>> there are 2 criteria i have been suggested (dong et al., 2007 and one
>> in preparation by Holte and Talley), let me know if anyone wants to
>> discuss further
>>
>> -matt
>>
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