[MITgcm-support] vertical diffusion and mixing for unstable atmosphere

[David Ferreira]

Yuan,
KPP is not going to work in the atmosphere. It is designed for the 
ocean, and it won't work with pressure coordinate.
david


On 6/25/10 9:12 PM, Yuan Lian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am recently working on an atmospheric model showing some
> statically unstable regions in the simulation. Is there anyway to reduce
> the instability in MITgcm besides a convective adjustment scheme?
> I use a simple dry adiabatic adjustment scheme for now but it causes
> excessive cooling near the top of the domain (adjusted from bottom up).
>
> I saw MITgcm has vertical mixing and diffusion built in (KPP package
> more specifically). Does the schemes used in KPP also work for
> atmosphere? If it does, is it designed for Earth atmosphere only or it is
> generic?
>
> Thanks much for your help!
>
> Best,
> Yuan
>
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