[MITgcm-support] convertEmP2rUnit
Jean-Michel Campin
jmc at ocean.mit.edu
Thu Nov 13 19:44:30 EST 2003
Hi Martin,
I think that convertEmP2rUnit should be:
convertEmP2rUnit = rhoConstFresh*recip_rhoConst*horiVertRatio
and not:
=1. [if ocean-Z]
=rhoConstFresh*Gravity [if ocean-P]
as it is now.
The result is the same for ocean-P since horiVertRatio=rhoConst*Gravity
in this case (and horiVertRatio=1 in ocean-Z).
My point is:
if we think that a different rhoConst for Fresh water
is needed in the ocean-P, then it seems logical to have the
same ability in ocean-Z.
The reason why I ask this is that I started to use rhoConstFresh
for the density of the fresh water with sea-ice component
and with atmospheric model, and cannot reach a perfect
conservation unless I set rhoConstFresh=rhoConst, simply because
presently convertEmP2rUnit=1. whatever rhoConstFresh/rhoConst is.
What do you think ?
Jean-Michel
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