Removing compounding factors on u2/v2 boundary conditions in ADC
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katsmith133 commented
Happy to do this PR, but just want to make sure which one we want to remove...
config_adc_up2_vp2_factor
is only used on u2 and v2:
MPAS-Model/src/core_ocean/shared/mpas_ocn_adcReconstruct.F
Lines 273 to 274 in 5dc8d6e
config_adc_bc_const
is used on u2, v2, tp2, and sp2:MPAS-Model/src/core_ocean/shared/mpas_ocn_adcReconstruct.F
Lines 330 to 331 in 5dc8d6e
Do we want separate factors for u2/v2 and tp2/sp2?
BrodiePearson commented
If we are following the Andre et al. (1978) paper that Luke linked to in the other thread we should use config_adc_bc_const
for both, as the second-order tracer moments should have the same coefficient as u2 and v2 vs.
- That paper doesn't have a coefficient of 0.4 out the front of tp2 and sp2. (Should we remove it?)
- That paper relates tp2 and sp2 to
$u_{star}^2$ (sfcFrictionVelocitySquared
) rather thanfrictionVelocity
, which is a combination of$u_{star}^2$ and$w_{star}^2$ . (Should we change that totp2 = config_adc_bc_const * (wt(i1,1,iCell) / sqrt(sfcFrictionVelocitySquared))**2
etc?) - At the moment tp2 and sp2 at the surface only affect the splat parameterization but don't affect the model profiles of these properties (t2 and s2). Should we rename them t2 and s2 so they feed into the simulated profiles?
katsmith133 commented
- Andre et al. (1978) does not have this extra coefficient, but the CLUBB implementation that Luke pulled it from does. Not sure where that 0.4 comes from for CLUBB. Perhaps its atmospheric related (?).
- Again, Andre et al. (1978) does not include the
wstar^2
in the tp2 and sp2 term, but the CLUBB implementation does. And again, not sure what the motivation was. - I tested this change and there appears to be almost no difference in the results for the cooling case with splatting turned on (both with the w2 BC on and off). Only a very small (~O(-4)) change in the surface value of t2 occurs and that appears to not affect much else.