[Mitgcm-support] Re: pkg/seaice and pkg/exf

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Dimitris, 

I've tried SEAICE_EXTERNAL_FLUXES on and off and get (very nearly)
identical results. In each case the code diverges at the same step and in
the same way.

Tom.

On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:

> 
> Tom, are you using the SEAICE_EXTERNAL_FLUXES option?  If so, the fluxes in
> the Gulf of Mexico should be identical to those generated by pkg/exf alone.
> If not, they will be different as the bulk formulae of pkg/seaice are
> different from those of pkg/exf.  In the later case, you may be close to a
> stability limit, and the difference in the two bulk formulae sufficient to
> send the model over the brink so that you would need to reduce time step.
> 
> Dimitris
> 
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