[MITgcm-support] p /= 0 at top of atmosphere model

Roland Young young at atm.ox.ac.uk
Wed Oct 28 14:48:35 EDT 2015


Thanks, I'll have a look into that.

Roland



On 28/10/15 15:10, Dimitris Menemenlis wrote:
> compile with:
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> C o Include pressure loading code
> #define ATMOSPHERIC_LOADING
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> in CPP_OPTIONS.h
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> then read-in atmospheric pressure using, e.g., pkg/exf
> for an example look at:
> http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm_contrib/llc_hires/llc_4320/input/data.exf
>
>> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Roland Young <Roland.Young at physics.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> I was wondering - is it possible (and/or straightforward) to set the pressure at the upper boundary of the atmosphere model to p /= 0? Eq. 1.54 in the documentation states p=0 at the top, but I have an unphysical temperature inversion near the top of my model, which I think I may be able to get rid of if the upper boundary pressure is not zero, so I wondered if it is possible.
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