[MITgcm-support] Darwin nutrient flux file units

[Stephanie Dutkiewicz]

Hi Sarah-Louise -

Units are mmol/m3/s  - volume not surface terms.

steph


On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, SL Simmons wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm currently working on adding two additional darwin nutrient fluxes to the MITgcm, by creating and adding
> a darwin_PO4_fluxfile and darwin_NO3_fluxfile. I am getting nutrient outputs (showing that the files are
> being read in and processed) though the concentration of nutrients in the ocean are much higher than I was
> expecting after a 10 year run. The nutrient flux file concentration in my forcing file is in µmol/s/m2.
> Does anyone know if this is correct unit?
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sarah-Louise
> 
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> Sarah-Louise Simmons
> PhD Researcher
> Bristol Glaciology Centre
> School of Geographical Sciences
> University of Bristol
> 
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