[MITgcm-support] Open boundary conditions for tracers

[Stephanie Dutkiewicz]

The offline tracer packages has not yet been set up to work
with obcs (open boundaries). I don't know if anyone is planning
on doing so? I'm not sure how much work it would entail?

steph


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Ed Hill wrote:

> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Heres a forwarded message from a new MITgcm-support list member.  Can
> someone please help?
> 
> thanks,
> Ed
> 
> ===
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> > From: Erik Kvaleberg <kvaleberg at jhu.edu>
> > To: MITgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> > Subject: Open boundary conditions for tracers
> > Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:14:54 -0400
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I'm running the MITgcm as an offline tracer model (Chris set it up for 
> > me in September). Currently I'm using a closed domain with a constant 
> > velocity field.
> > I need to set it up so that the tracer can leave the domain at an open 
> > boundary, through advection and diffusion. I suspect I have to change 
> > something in pkg/obcs ? Hope you can help.
> > Erik
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Erik Kvaleberg
> > 
> > Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
> > Johns Hopkins University
> > 
> > kvaleberg at jhu.edu
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> 
>