<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I'm a second-year graduate student, currently working on an ISOMIP model configuration. The configuration is running well, but I would now like to apply a constant melt rate, rather than use the 3-equations melt rate formula that is currently in place.</div><div><br></div><div>I found a few lines in mitgcm/pkg/shelfice/shelfice_thermodynamics.F where I can change the heat and freshwater flux,</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-highlight gmail-tab-size gmail-js-file-line-container gmail-js-code-nav-container gmail-js-tagsearch-file" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:14px"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-LC713" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,"SF Mono",Menlo,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre">shelfIceHeatFlux(I,J,bi,bj) <span class="gmail-pl-k" style="box-sizing:border-box">=</span> <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0</span>. _d <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0
shelfIceFreshWaterFlux(I,J,bi,bj) <span class="gmail-pl-k" style="box-sizing:border-box">=</span> <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0</span>. _d <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0
</span>shelficeForcingT(I,J,bi,bj) <span class="gmail-pl-k" style="box-sizing:border-box">=</span> <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0</span>. _d <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0
shelficeForcingS(I,J,bi,bj) <span class="gmail-pl-k" style="box-sizing:border-box">=</span> <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0</span>. _d <span class="gmail-pl-c1" style="box-sizing:border-box">0 .</span></span>

</span></td></tr></tbody></table>However, these lines show up multiple times in different "if" statements and I don't quite understand which block should be changed. I'm also wondering if there's a simpler way to do this, like a line I can add to the data script, rather than manually setting it?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kaylie</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div>