[MITgcm-devel] MLD criterion

[chris hill]

You should use a delta in potential density. It should already be in 
model. Default delta should be ~0.1, I believe.
T and S compensate in observed mixed layers so using T is a bad idea - 
that code must have been contributed from Dimitris or someone!

Chris
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)?
> 
> 
> 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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