[Fwd: RE: [MITgcm-support] grid-scale noise in 1/4-deg model]

[Alistair Adcroft]

Yes - 4. Glad you can read my mind.

A.
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[mailto:mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of Dimitris Menemenlis
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:23 PM
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Cc: Tong Lee; Ichiro Fukumori
Subject: RE: [Fwd: RE: [MITgcm-support] grid-scale noise in 1/4-deg model]


Alistair, thanks for the tip.

With COSINEMETH_III and ISOTROPIC_COS_SCALING properly set, I can increase
biharmonic friction and viscosity by a factor of 30.  Results in the
attached figure compare Kuroshio and West African coast regions for 1e10 and
for 2e11 m^4/s.

To do this however I have to use cosPower=4 not cosPower=2.  Was that a typo
in your message yesterday?

For reference, here is table of experiments.  The grid is isotropic,
80S-80N, 1/4-deg grid-spacing at the Equator.  Time step is 480 s.

cosPower     visca4,diffk4      result
====================================
2              5e10                  OK
2              1e11                  bombs
3              1e11                  OK
3              2e11                  bombs
4              3e11                  OK
4              4e11                  bombs

Please confirm that using cosPower=4 for an isotropic grid is OK.

D.

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