[MITgcm-support] nonhydrostatic convection advice?

yunx at uci.edu yunx at uci.edu
Wed May 14 12:11:30 EDT 2014


Hi Scott,

I ran 1 m resolution to look at the subglacial plume in front of tidewater
glaciers.
A example is uploaded to MITgcm_contrib/icefront/3D_example/
Hope that helps.

Yun

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Yun Xu
Earth System Science
240G Rowland Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA, 92697

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to run some simulations of non hydrostatic convection (forced
> by surface heat loss) at small scales (dx ~ dz ~ 1 m) without KPP or
> convective adjustment.  Before I begin I'd like to ask the community if
> anyone has any tips or warnings about trying something like this?   I
> had heard offhand that MITgcm might have trouble in this kind of flow
> regime, so I thought I would ask around to see if anyone has experience
> with this?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Scott
>
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