[MITgcm-support] Salinity budget tendencies

[Mattia Almansi]

Thanks Martha.
So, I can't use TOTSTEND but I can use the KPP, DF, ADV, and SFLUX
diagnostics.
Correct?

Mattia

2017-05-30 12:23 GMT-04:00 Martha Buckley <marthabuckley at gmail.com>:

> the TOTSTEND diagnostic was not designed for the nonlinear free surface
> case.  Instead you should use snapshots of salt and eta (free surface
> height) to calculate the tendency.
>
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Mattia Almansi <mattia.almansi at jhu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is Mattia Almansi and I'm a Ph.D. student at JHU.
>> I'm trying to close the salinity budget for a non-linear free surface/z*
>> coordinates configuration.
>> I'm using the same procedure explained here:
>> http://mitgcm.org/download/daily_snapshot/MITgcm/doc/Heat_
>> Salt_Budget_MITgcm.pdf
>>
>> However, my salinity budget tendencies are not equal to TOTSTEND.
>> Why this method does not work for non-linear free surface configurations?
>> Which diagnostics should I use?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mattia
>>
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>> Mattia Almansi,
>> Ph.D. Student,
>> Johns Hopkins University,
>> Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
>> 315 Olin Hall - 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
>>
>> e-mail: mattia.almansi at jhu.edu
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Mattia Almansi,
Ph.D. Student,
Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
315 Olin Hall - 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

e-mail: mattia.almansi at jhu.edu
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