Add 5 ice-shelf BL fields to MPAS-Ocean monthly output #5010
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Collaborators have requested that these fields always be included in simulations with ice-shelf cavities so they can study the relationship between melt rates, thermal driving and friction velocity in the sub-ice-shelf boundary layer across many models. This output would also likely be of interest to us, particularly as we explore new vertical coordinates in ice-shelf cavities.
xylar
requested review from
darincomeau,
mark-petersen,
milenaveneziani and
cbegeman
TestingI did two 1-year test QUwLI240 runs on Anvil, one without ice-shelf fluxes ( Output of the test without ice-shelf fluxes is here: |
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@jonbob, am I right that streams changes also qualify for the |
xylar
changed the title
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@xylar -- the streams files don't get compared as part of the NML test, so we can remove that label |
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@xylar - it is possible to make these extra fields only be added to the streams for wISC grids, if that would be preferable |
I was aware that would be possible but I don't think it's necessary. Internally, MPAS-Ocean also disables (doesn't even allocate) these fields in runs without ice-shelf cavities. So they will only be included in runs not only with ice-shelf cavities but with ice-shelf melt fluxes. Since we haven't made any effort to treat existing fields with the Let me know if you prefer to exclude them nonetheless. |
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@xylar - I think your implementation is fine. Just thought I'd point out the possibility, just in case it made the non-wISC output any clearer. But as you said, the impact is in the noise |
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@mark-petersen, I'm taking you off as a reviewer. We had plenty of eyes on this. |
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Thanks, @milenaveneziani, @darincomeau and @jonbob for your feedback! |
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... and @cbegeman (so sorry I missed you!) |
…t (PR #5010) Add 5 ice-shelf BL fields to MPAS-Ocean monthly output Collaborators have requested that these fields always be included in simulations with ice-shelf cavities so they can study the relationship between melt rates, thermal driving and friction velocity in the sub-ice-shelf boundary layer across many models. This output would also likely be of interest to us, particularly as we explore new vertical coordinates in ice-shelf cavities. [BFB]
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Passes sanity testing, merged to next |
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merged to master |
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@jonbob, thanks a lot! |
Collaborators have requested that these fields always be included in simulations with ice-shelf cavities so they can study the relationship between melt rates, thermal driving and friction velocity in the sub-ice-shelf boundary layer across many models.
This output would also likely be of interest to us, particularly as we explore new vertical coordinates in ice-shelf cavities.