[MITgcm-devel] sea ice clean up this week

Martin Losch Martin.Losch at awi.de
Mon Feb 13 08:32:28 EST 2012


Hi Gael, 

I prefer a version with fewer divisions and multiplications, so that I do not have to understand, why (1 - 11.5/12.5)*12.5/11.5 = 1/11.5 ~=1 (o: (I am sure I made as mistake.)

Go ahead and do it. If some of this changes the results at truncation level please consider removing 1/QI etc (see my  previous list which will also change the results at truncation level).

M.


On Feb 13, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Gael Forget wrote:

> Martin,
> 
> you are right I messed up the untested case. Thanks for catching it early.
> 
> The correct code (in the current state of affairs) would be
>           elseif ( (SEAICEturbFluxFormula.EQ.4).AND.
>     &        (AREApreTH(I,J) .GT. 0. _d 0) ) then
>              MixedLayerTurbulenceFactor = ONE/MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC
> Correct. May be now that we can switch on this case through a run time parameter
> we should have the second mcphee case tested in a sub-exp of Ian's 1D exp.
> 
> Also I went half way there. My intention was to ultimately have the MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC param
> become 11.5/12.5 (in readparms or initfixed normally) and not be 12.5. In growth this would give
>           if ( (SEAICEturbFluxFormula.EQ.3).AND.
>     &        (AREApreTH(I,J) .GT. 0. _d 0) ) then
>              MixedLayerTurbulenceFactor = ONE - MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC*AREApreTH(I,J)
>           elseif ( (SEAICEturbFluxFormula.EQ.4).AND.
>     &        (AREApreTH(I,J) .GT. 0. _d 0) ) then
>              MixedLayerTurbulenceFactor = ONE - MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC
> Correct? This makes the tapering strategy clearer and has no division in it.
> 
> I have a check-in planned today mostly for diags, checks and summary.
> I can do the above at the same time if this works for you. Does it?
> 
> Cheers,
> Gael
> 
> ps : I still need to send you guys a summary+guidelines regarding fridays' changes...
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Martin Losch wrote:
> 
>> Gael,
>> 
>> I have not been able to understand the new MCPHEE+GRADIENT_MIXED_LAYER_* logic.
>> 
>> - MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC = 12.5
>> - seaice_init_fixed for SEAICEturbFluxFormula.EQ.3 or 4
>>       SEAICE_availHeatFrac= MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC * more constants
>>       SEAICE_availHeatFracFrz=ZERO
>> - seaice_growth: 
>>         elseif ( (SEAICEturbFluxFormula.EQ.4).AND.(AREApreTH(I,J) .LE. 0. _d 0) ) then
>>             MixedLayerTurbulenceFactor = MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC
>>          else
>>             [ ... ]
>> 
>> This looks to me as if you have MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC^2. It should be MixedLayerTurbulenceFactor=1 in the above case as the default (the final else) 1/MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC. So I suggest that we remove MCPHEE_TAPER_FAC in seaice_init_fixed:
>>       SEAICE_availHeatFrac= STANTON_NUMBER * 
>>    &    USTAR_BASE / dRf(kSurface) * SEAICE_deltaTtherm
>> and adjust seaice_growth accordingly. This also avoids a division in a loop. If you don't object. I'll do it. (This options is not tested, because these changes do not change any results).
>> 
>> M.
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Gael Forget wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> below is (A) a summary of the last two day clean-up steps (cosmetic changes) 
>>> and (B) what it means for known users (based on Patrick's table; attached).
>>> In case you follow testreport, you already know that the modifs have not 
>>> changed anything to results. Notice : there is more clean-up coming in the 
>>> next couple days, so you may want to wait until doing an update, up to you.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Gael
>>> 
>>> (A) 
>>> 
>>> retired CPPs : 
>>> 	MCPHEE_OCEAN_ICE_HEAT_FLUX
>>> 	GRADIENT_MIXED_LAYER_TURBULENCE_FACTOR
>>> 	SEAICE_OCN_MELT_ACT_ON_AREA, SEAICE_DO_OPEN_WATER_GROWTH
>>> 	SEAICE_DO_OPEN_WATER_MELT, FENTY_AREA_EXPANSION_CONTRACTION
>>> 
>>> added run time params. I include a copy of the doc in SEAICE_PARAMS.h and 
>>> tried to trace back where the various options came from (text in parentheses).
>>> 	SEAICE_doOpenWaterGrowth, SEAICE_doOpenWaterMelt
>>> 		T/F 	just like the old CPP versions
>>> 		T	use open water heat flux directly to grow ice	(Ian way)
>>> 		F 	cool ocean, and grow later if needed		(Zhang way)
>>> 	SEAICEturbFluxFormula :: selects formula for ocean-ice turbulent flux
>>> 		1=direct spec. of SEAICE_availHeatFrac/Frz		(Dimitri/Ian way)
>>> 		2=spec. via SEAICE_gamma_t/_frz				(Martin/Ian way)
>>> 		3=McPhee with linear tapering					(Ian latest way)
>>> 		4=McPhee with step function					(Ian other latest way)
>>> 	SEAICE_areaLossFormula :: selects formula for ice cover loss from melt
>>> 		1=from all but only melt conributions by ATM and OCN	(Ian way)
>>> 		2=from net melt-growth>0 by ATM and OCN		(Gael/Ian way)
>>> 		3=from predicted melt by ATM					(Zhang way)
>>> 	SEAICE_areaGainFormula :: selects formula for ice cover gain from open water growth
>>> 		1=from growth by ATM						(Ian way)
>>> 		2=from predicted growth by ATM				(Zhang way)
>>> 
>>> as a side note, I put stops in seaice_check.F	 for combinaisons
>>> that are obviously problematic. Tyipically, if you do NOT use  
>>> SEAICE_doOpenWaterGrowth you need to use the Zhang way
>>> for SEAICE_areaLossFormula (3) and SEAICE_areaGainFormula (2),
>>> and this is the only case allowed with SEAICE_GROWTH_LEGACY.
>>> 
>>> (B) 
>>> 
>>> You should double check, but based on Patrick's table, 
>>> here is what you will need to add to your namelists : 
>>> 
>>> Martin : 	in SEAICE_GROWTH_LEGACY case you should be all set. Otherwise
>>> 		if TRUE SEAICE_doOpenWaterGrowth then SEAICE_areaLossFormula = 2
>>> 		if FALSE SEAICE_doOpenWaterGrowth then SEAICE_areaLossFormula = 3, SEAICE_areaGainFormula=2
>>> 
>>> Ian et al:	SEAICE_doOpenWaterMelt=.TRUE.
>>> 		SEAICEturbFluxFormula=3
>>> 		ps: def/undef SEAICE_OCN_MELT_ACT_ON_AREA was doing nothing 
>>> 		      since FENTY_AREA_EXPANSION_CONTRACTION was def.
>>> 
>>> Me : TBD.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <seaice_whodoeswhat_3.pptx>
>>> 
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