[Mitgcm-support] RE: questions

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JM,

 ALLOW_PASSIVE_TRACER is sort of history.
That tr1 code was a quick hack that I did
that somehow got in to the main model/src tree 
by mistake! It will go/be revised when the ptracer pkg is 
working. Can you just ignore it for now.

 The recip_hFac should be in external forcing.
All the calcs we do at the moment have a minimum
depth such that the upper cell isn't lopped.

Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Michel Campin [mailto:jmc at gulf.mit.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:18 AM
To: support at mitgcm.org
Cc: jmc at gulf.mit.edu
Subject: questions


Hello,

I have 2 questions :

In global_ocean.90x40x15/input/data :
 tr1Stepping         = .TRUE. 
  tracerAdvScheme     = 2
but I cannot find where ALLOW_PASSIVE_TRACER is set to "define"
Isn't it confusing ? 

In model/src/external_forcing_surf.F
Conservation of theta, salt & momentum is not satisfied 
with partial cell in swallow regions (1 level deep) and 
also with NLFS , since the *recip_hFac is missing.
Is there a good reason not to include this factor ?

I am not sure if the same remark applies also to the 
SHORTWAVE_HEATING in EXTERNAL_FORCING_T (in regions 
shallower than 200m ?)

See you,

Jean-Michel