[MITgcm-support] time continuous source for ptracers: how to use ptracers_forcing_surf.F

Camille Mazoyer mazoyer at univ-tln.fr
Sat Nov 25 19:59:56 EST 2017


Sorry, I forgot tosend you an attached file for question 1. You can see 
it here:

https://nuage.osupytheas.fr/index.php/s/ZhwycQXWIrrncGL




Le 26/11/2017 à 01:54, Camille Mazoyer a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Martin for your answer. I tried to use ptracers_forcing_surf.F 
> but I didn't manage to make it work: anyway, using rbcs may be more 
> flexible. So I'm trying to understand it.
>
> So I would like to use RBCS package for one tracer, and I would like 
> to have a continuous source at (i=25, j=80, k=1) for a value of 100.0 
> units, for example. I have several questions with rbcs.
>
> my data.rbcs is:
>
> &RBCS_PARM01
> relaxMaskFile(3) = 'ptracers_mask.bin',
> rbcsForcingPeriod = 0.,
> useRBCtemp = .FALSE.,
> useRBCsalt = .FALSE.,
> /
>
> &RBCS_PARM02
> useRBCptrnum(1)=.TRUE.,
> tauRelaxPTR(1) = 3600.,
> relaxPtracerFile(1) = 'ptracers.bin',
> /
>
> and my data.ptracers is:
>
>  &PTRACERS_PARM01
>  PTRACERS_numInUse=1,
>  PTRACERS_Iter0= 0000141840,
>  PTRACERS_taveFreq=60.0,
> # tracer 1
>  PTRACERS_names(1)='PT',
>  PTRACERS_long_names(1)='Passive tracer',
>  PTRACERS_units(1)='no units',
>  PTRACERS_advScheme(1)=77,
>  PTRACERS_useKPP(1)=.TRUE. ,
>  PTRACERS_initialFile(1)='ptracers.bin',
>  &
>
>  Here are my questions:
>
> 1) I don't understand very well how to choose tauRelaxPTR values. My 
> dt time step is 10s, and if I use tauRelaxPTR=10.0 s (for continuous 
> source), my run explodes. I see that my run doesn't explode when 
> tauRelaxPTR is from around 3600.0 seconds, but at this value, the 
> continuous source (i=25,j=80,k=1) is around 90.0 after 1 hour, whereas 
> in my relaxPtracerFile I wanted a value of 100 at this point. (see 
> attach file). I thought that tauRelaxPTR was the timelapse to reach 
> the value written in relaxPtracerFile ? How to do to reach 100 units 
> more precisely in my source cell?
>
> 2) I would like to know your advices for the choice of the mask matrix 
> in ptracers_mask.bin. For my test, I choose a mask value of exp( 
> −0.8x), with x the distance to my source cell (i=25,j=80,k=1). I was 
> inspired by this pdf, see page 92/160: 
> http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=132855&local_base=GEN01-MCG02
>
> 3) Just to know: ptracers.bin contained a matrix of 0 everywhere 
> except a value of 100 units in my source cell (i=25,j=80,k=1). Can we 
> have a continuous source for only one cell?
>
> Thank you very much for your advices,
>
> Camille
>
>
>
> Le 10/10/2017 à 13:13, Martin Losch a écrit :
>> Hi Camille,
>>
>> to compute global indices from local i,j,bi,bj you can do this (where ig,jg are now the global indices):
>>
>>            jg = myYGlobalLo-1+(bj-1)*sNy+j
>>            ig = myXGlobalLo-1+(bi-1)*sNx+i
>>
>> I “stole” this from pkg/cost/cost_test.F, where this is also used to find global indices where the “cost function” is evaluated.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>> On 10. Oct 2017, at 11:20, Camille Mazoyer<mazoyer at univ-tln.fr>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I'm starting to work with ptracers to study passive tracers circulation in a mid closed bay. I'm starting to have nice results with it. Until now, I put an initial concentration at time t0, and then, I observe where the tracers go.
>>>
>>> Now, I would like to add a time continuous source. I saw on the mailing list that there are two ways of doing this:
>>>
>>> 1)- with rbcs package
>>>
>>> 2) - modifying  ptracers_forcing_surf.F source code.
>>>
>>> I tryed option 1 but I did'nt manage to do what I want. I think option 2 is easier (?) for starting?
>>>
>>> => so option 2:  I see where to modify the ptracers_forcing_surf.F code (see below), but I have a question about local i,j and global i,j. I want to add a source at i=22:23, j=84:85, k=1 (surface). These are global indices. How can I know which tile, and what local indices I have to write? (because the code what local indices no?)
>>>
>>> C Example of how to add forcing at the surface
>>>        DO iTrc=1,PTRACERS_numInUse
>>> c       IF ( PTRACERS_StepFwd(iTrc) ) THEN
>>>            DO j = jMin, jMax
>>>             DO i = iMin, iMax
>>> c             surfaceForcingPTr(i,j,bi,bj,iTrc) = 0. _d 0
>>>               surfaceForcingPTr(i,j,bi,bj,iTrc) = 0. _d 0
>>> c    &                        + surfaceForcingS(i,j,bi,bj)
>>>             ENDDO
>>>            ENDDO
>>> c       ENDIF
>>>        ENDDO
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks you very much for your help,
>>>
>>> Have a good day,
>>>
>>> Camille
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ------------------------------------------
>>> Camille Mazoyer
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>>> Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO)
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>>> Université de TOULON
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> Université de TOULON
> Bat X - CS 60584
> 83041 TOULON cedex 9
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Camille Mazoyer
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Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO)
Institut de Mathématiques de Toulon (IMATH)
Université de TOULON
Bat X - CS 60584
83041 TOULON cedex 9
France
tel: +33.4.94.14.24.50
Email: mazoyer at univ-tln.fr
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