[MITgcm-support] variable gravity

[Alastair McKinstry]

On 2011-01-23 02:15, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:
> Hi Angela,
>
> I don't remember someone who implemented variable gravity in MITgcm
> with presure coordinate (you are using p*, right ?).
> Yohai made the gravity function of height, but it was with height
> coordinate (z).
> I don't think it should be too difficult to get the 1rst order effect
> implemented (a type of mass coordinate rather than pressure coordinate)
> but would need to think about the list of S/R to change.
> Could continue the discussion off the list.
>
Hi,

I would also be interested in any notes on this; I'm experimenting with
deep oceans on exoplanets (100 km or so), and was looking at how
it might be implemented with rStar.

- Alastair

> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:29:12PM -0500, Angela Marie Zalucha wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am currently working on applying the MIT GCM to Pluto's atmosphere.
>> Pluto's atmosphere is very extended compared with the its solid body
>> radius, and so the assumption of constant gravitational acceleration with
>> height becomes no longer a good approximation.  i.e., I need the 1/r^2
>> dependence.  I was wondering if anyone has made this modification and if
>> not how easy it would be to do.
>>
>> I use the atmosphere model in r* coordinates.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    Angela
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