[MITgcm-support] diagnostics package

jeff polton jpolton at ucsd.edu
Tue Apr 12 16:41:30 EDT 2005


Jean-Michel,

How did you know the exact formulaic definitions of ADVy_TH and other 
variables? I can't find anything other than their string titles (in 
available_diagnostics.log).

Thanks,

Jeff

On Apr 7, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> You are right and there are few verification exemples that are
> using pkg/diagnostics. The one you can look at is:
> ideal_2D_oce/input/data.diagnostics
> with:
>>  frequency(4) = 20,
>>   fields(1,4) = 'ADVy_TH ','ADVr_TH ',   <- advective fluxes of Temp
>>                 'DIFy_TH ','DFrE_TH ',   <- diffusive fluxes of Temp.
>>                 'DFrI_TH ',              <- diffusive fluxes of Temp.
>> #                'ADVx_SLT',
>>   filename(4) = 'flxDiag',
>
> that will write time-average fluxes (as computed by the advection 
> scheme)
> to the file: flxDiag.
> Note that:
> 1) those outputs are already multiplied by the grid-cell cross area
>  (e.g.: ADVy_TH = vT * dx*dz)
> 2) you will need to add the zonal advective flux: 'ADVx_TH '
>   (not here since it's a 2D lat x depth set-up, with no salinity)
> 3) frequency is specified as an iteration number.
>
> Jean-Michel
>
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:39:13AM -0700, jeff polton wrote:
>>
>> I am using a flux limited advection scheme and want to dump various
>> time-averaged terms such as uT, vT, wT. I am under the impression that
>> the timeave package doesn't do the calculations correctly for these
>> advection schemes but that the diagnostics package would.
>>
>> Are there any verification examples using the diagnostics package, or
>> does anyone have a copy of a similar data.diagnostics that I can
>> modify.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Jeff Polton
>>
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