[MITgcm-support] why fresh water flux not recommened together with salinity restoring for adjoint

dong.jian at studium.uni-hamburg.de dong.jian at studium.uni-hamburg.de
Thu Sep 1 13:51:05 EDT 2022



Hi all,

I am doing adjoint sensitivity experiment with global ocean simulation  
"global_ocean.90x40x15"
Does someone know why it say fresh water flux not recommened together  
with surface salinity restoring for adjointin

https://github.com/MITgcm/MITgcm/blob/master/verification/global_ocean.90x40x15/input_ad/data
# fresh water flux is turned off, uncomment next line to turn on
# (not recommened together with surface salinity restoring)
# EmPmRFile=      'ncep_emp.bin',

while in the forward configuration it is the opposite:
https://github.com/MITgcm/MITgcm/blob/master/verification/tutorial_global_oce_latlon/input/data
85# fresh water flux is turned on, comment next line to it turn off
86# (maybe better with surface salinity restoring)
87 EmPmRFile=      'ncep_emp.bin',
88 &

just not sure if I should turn it off for sensitivity experiment, and  
why only SSS, not SST?

many thanks,
Dong



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