[MITgcm-support] Awkward parameters in tutorial_reentrant_channel

[Edward Doddridge]

Hi all,

Mike is correct - f0 was chosen for the southern boundary and beta is chosen for the midpoint of the domain. This means the beta-plane approximation is centred in the domain, which makes most sense to me.

Cheers,
Ed


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On 18 Jun 2021, at 05:11, MICHAEL A SPALL <mspall at whoi.edu<mailto:mspall at whoi.edu>> wrote:

Is it because f0 applies to the southern limit of the domain (f=f0+beta*(y-y0), where y0 is at j=1) and beta was chosen to be representative of the mid-latitude of the domain?

Mike

On 6/17/21 3:08 PM, Jeffery R Scott wrote:
Hi David,

Thanks for alerting this to us. These numbers came from Ed Doddridge's SO setup, and values probably overlooked as the tutorial lat-lon domain evolved to final form...
but not sure why they were originally chosen as such. Perhaps Ed can recall?

Jeff


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Subject: [MITgcm-support] Awkward parameters in tutorial_reentrant_channel

Hi all,



Having a look at the zonally reentrant channel in verification, in data we have:



# Coriolis parameter
 f0=-1.363e-4,
 beta=1.313e-11,



fo corresponds to a latitude of 70S, while beta corresponds to 55S.



No big deal, but curious if this intentional and if so why. Artificially reinforcing beta effect?



Cheers,
David





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