[MITgcm-support] SOM

[Michael A. Spall]

Hi All,

I have seen some discussions of the SOM advection scheme and I would
like to try it.  I have just downloaded the latest version of MITgcm.
I can't find the code to turn on the scheme, what do I set
tempAdvScheme to and are there any compatibility issues
(staggeredTimeStep, etc)?  I am doing high resolution problems
(dx = O(1 km)) and would like to minimize horizontal and
spurious diapycnal mixing.  Is SOM the best one to use?  I looked
at Alistair's ppt talk where OS7MP is better for "limited" cases,
but I don't know what "limited" means.

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael A. Spall
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