[MITgcm-support] total tendencies

Matthew Mazloff mmazloff at MIT.EDU
Sat Nov 15 13:21:10 EST 2008


Thanks JMC!

I will let you know how things look in analysis.  Now that I know its  
per day things make more sense.

Thanks!
Matt


On Nov 15, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> You are right, units are per day (for all 4 total tendencies,
> T,S,U,V). I will probably change the description (rather than the  
> content
> of the array). Apart from this, regarding the filling part, I assume
> it's right (also not very simple, since it's filled 2 times / time- 
> step).
> Note that it does include Adams-Bashforth.
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 06:06:43PM -0800, Matthew Mazloff wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is anyone sure  the diagnostic
>>     93 |TOTTTEND| 23 |       |SM      MR|degC/s          |Tendency of
>> Potential Temperature
>> is coded correctly?
>>
>> It seems that the magnitude is much to large...like it is degC/day  
>> and
>> not degC/s.
>>
>> And when I looked into the code this seemed to be true.  I looked
>> further into the code and became skeptical it was even being  
>> filled in
>> the appropriate place.  So I was wondering if I should continue my  
>> hunt
>> or if someone (maybe JMC) has already verified its accuracy?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Matt
>>
>>
>> and fyi, im still working on implementing sea-ice dynamics into  
>> SOSE and
>> will update on my progress asap
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