[MITgcm-devel] partial cell under ice-shelf

[Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248)]

d) summarize (in words that non-specialists can understand)
what it is exactly that this new switch will achieve.

In particular, does this partial-cell-under-ice-shelves update have
implications for the addition of tidal forcing?

Also an old point of confusion - not sure if relevant in this thread:
what is the interpretation of ETAN under an ice shelf?
Does the "volume" of water in an ice shelf cavity "change" with ETAN?
Is this equivalent to an ice shelf cavity flexing at the grounding line
and moving up and down with tides?

Thanks

Dimitris Menemenlis

On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Martin Losch wrote:

> Hi Jean-Michel,
> 
> that sounds good to me. Let's do it that way. I'll do (b) after you've done (a)
> 
> Martin
> 
> On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:
> 
>> Hi Martin,
>> 
>> What I propose is, in this order, to:
>> a) check-in the switch tomorrow.
>> b) update ismop test experiment
>> c) send email to the list of pkg/shelfice users.
>> (easier to explain how to revert to old version when the new version
>> is already there)
>> I will not remove the piece of code in cal_phi_hyd.F, so that it 
>> will be easy enough to get back to the previous formulation
>> (just 1 line to comment out in set_parms.F).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jean-Michel