[MITgcm-support] KPP near the bottom

Dimitris Menemenlis menemenlis at sbcglobal.net
Tue Aug 22 12:33:32 EDT 2006


> Is the MITgcm version of KPP capable of modeling
> turbulence in the bottom layer? If it is how should KPP be customized to
> use it there?

KPP as implemented in MITgcm does not explicitly represent bottom boundary layer 
processes.  I don't know if a KPP formulation that includes representation of 
bottom boundary layer exists.  Maybe you can ask Bill Large whether he is aware 
of a bottom boundary layer representation for KPP?

Dimitris




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