[MITgcm-support] Darwin nutrient flux file units

[SL Simmons]

Ah ok, this makes sense. I was assuming surface terms.

Thank you both!

SL

--
Sarah-Louise Simmons
PhD Researcher
Bristol Glaciology Centre
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol


On 2 September 2014 15:25, Stephanie Dutkiewicz <stephd at ocean.mit.edu>
wrote:

>
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Sarah-Louise Simmons
>> PhD Researcher
>> Bristol Glaciology Centre
>> School of Geographical Sciences
>> University of Bristol
>>
>>
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