[MITgcm-support] SSS restoring in selected regions

[Ping Zhai]

Hi Dan,
I used data.rbcs to select the restored region. You can create a mask 
file and specify "relaxMaskFiles" in data.rbcs. The restored region is 
1, otherwise 0.
Best,
Ping

On 10/2/2014 6:03 AM, Dan Jones wrote:
> Hello dear support list,
>
> I am currently using the EXF package to restore the surface salinity 
> of my Southern Ocean model to a monthly climatology.  I am doing this 
> in order to discourage the formation of polynyas and the subsequent 
> onset of deep convection in the Weddell and Ross seas.  The SSS 
> restoring works, but since I restore at each surface grid cell, the 
> restoring process alters the salinity of mode waters.
>
> Is it possible to use EXF to only restore in a selected region (e,g, 
> south of the Polar Front, south of a given latitude)?  If this is not 
> already built into EXF, is there a place in the source code where I 
> could place a simple "if, then" statement to only restore south of a 
> given latitude?
>
> Many thanks,
> Dan
>
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