[MITgcm-devel] freezing in the interior

[Dimitris Menemenlis]

Thank you Steph, I looked but could not find any code that deals with
THETA(k>1) in thsice.

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 17:54 -0700, Stephanie Dutkiewicz wrote:
> Hi Dimitris -
> I did have such a thing in a early version of thsice...
> not sure if it is still in there.
> 
> steph
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248) wrote:
> 
> > MITgcm ice czars, in configurations with ice shelf cavities we often end up with temperatures below the in situ freezing point at mid depth.
> >
> > I am thinking of adding a subroutine similar to freeze.F but that will move the excess negative heat from the ocean interior to the surface level (or to the level right below the ice shelf) in order to conserve heat in the model.
> >
> > Has anyone else given some thought to, or already written some code to deal with, this mid-depth freezing problem?