[MITgcm-devel] pkg/thsice iceHeight and snowHeight

[Dimitris Menemenlis]

To answer my own question, after chatting with JM, iceHeight and  
snowHeight in pkg/thsice are actual thicknesses, contrary to HEFF and  
HSNOW in pkg/seaice, which are effective thicknesses, i.e., thickness  
multiplied by ice concentration.  D.

Dimitris Menemenlis <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
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On May 22, 2008, at 6:29 AM, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:

> Martin or Jean-Michel, can you please confirm whether iceHeight and  
> snowHeight are actual or effective thicknesses.  I had assumed that  
> they are effective thicknesses, i.e., thickness times sea-ice  
> fraction, as in pkg/seaice, but looking at thsice_advdiff.F I am not  
> so sure anymore.  D.
>
> Dimitris Menemenlis <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
> Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
> MS 300-323, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena CA 91109-8099
> tel: 818-354-1656;  cell: 818-625-6498;  fax: 818-393-6720
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