<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Dimitris,</div><div><br></div><div>I tried adding sponge parameters in my data.obcs. But It seems that the turbulence has amplified, rather than getting damped.</div><div> Attaching my data.obcs and surface currents comparison plot. My model resolution is ~5km and I have considered a thickness</div><div>of 25 grid points (~125km).</div><div><br></div><div># Open-boundaries<br> &OBCS_PARM01<br># This flag turns off checking and fixing problematic topography across <br># open boundaries. We set it here to override the default because<br># we want to reproduce old results (including their bugs).<br><br> OBCSfixTopo=.TRUE.,<br> useOBCSprescribe=.TRUE.,<br> useOBCSsponge=.TRUE.,<br>#OBCS_monitorFreq= 1200.,<br><br> OB_Jsouth=660*1,<br> OB_Iwest=480*1,<br> OB_Ieast=480*-1,<br><br> OBSsFile='OBSs_J2D_obcs',<br> OBStFile='OBSt_J2D_obcs',<br> OBSuFile='OBSu_J2D_obcs',<br> OBSvFile='OBSv_J2D_obcs',<br> OBWsFile='OBWs_J2D_obcs',<br> OBWtFile='OBWt_J2D_obcs',<br> OBWuFile='OBWu_J2D_obcs',<br> OBWvFile='OBWv_J2D_obcs',<br> OBEsFile='OBEs_J2D_obcs',<br> OBEtFile='OBEt_J2D_obcs',<br> OBEuFile='OBEu_J2D_obcs',<br> OBEvFile='OBEv_J2D_obcs',<br><br> useOBCSbalance=.TRUE.,<br> OBCS_balanceFacW= 0.,<br> OBCS_balanceFacS= 1.,<br> OBCS_balanceFacE= 0.,<br> &<br><br> &OBCS_PARM03<br> Urelaxobcsinner=432000.E0,<br> Urelaxobcsbound=43200.E0,<br> Vrelaxobcsinner=432000.E0,<br> Vrelaxobcsbound=43200.E0,<br> spongeThickness=25,<br> &</div><div>Kindly suggest if I am doing something wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Kunal<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:12 AM kunal madkaiker <<a href="mailto:kunal.madkaiker02@gmail.com">kunal.madkaiker02@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you Dimitris,</div><div><br></div><div>I would be adding relaxation for U,V at the lateral boundary.</div><div>I'll certainly update once I get the results.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Kunal<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 11:17 PM Menemenlis, Dimitris (US 329B) <<a href="mailto:dimitris.menemenlis@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">dimitris.menemenlis@jpl.nasa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Kunal, I will be interested to know what you find, that is, whether it is indeed reflections at the lateral boundaries that cause trouble.
<div>With prescribed boundary conditions, everything that does not match exactly the specified boundary conditions will be reflected.</div>
<div>You can sometimes get away with prescribed boundary conditions when you are downscaling from a simulation with the same forcing.</div>
<div>But this is not your case where the lateral boundary conditions and the atmospheric forcing are not directly related.</div>
<div>Some relaxation at the boundaries might be able to damp these reflections.<br>
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<div>Thank you Dimitris for your reply.</div>
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<div>Yes, I am prescribing the BCs on 3 sides, and not using a sponge yet.</div>
<div>I'll take a look at your suggestion.</div>
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<div>Hi Kunal, are you “prescribing” the boundary conditions or do you use a sponge?
<div>If the former, I wonder whether the accumulation of turbulence inside the domain could be caused</div>
<div>the reflection of circulation features generated or evolved inside the domain that then</div>
<div>reach the lateral boundaries and are inconsistent with the prescribed obcs?</div>
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