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1 dimitri 1.1 Initialization (myTime .EQ. startTime in MITgcm)
2    
3     ===> Ocean Sends/ Ice Receives (fields that are sent only once)
4     deltatimestep 1 Real*8 TimeIntervalTag
5     grid dimensions (Nx,Ny) 2 Integer OceanGridsizeTag
6 dimitri 1.5 xG Nx*Ny Real*8 xGtag
7     yG Nx*Ny Real*8 yGtag
8     dxG Nx*Ny Real*8 dxGtag
9     dyG Nx*Ny Real*8 dxGtag
10     hFacC Nx*Ny Real*8 hFacCtag
11 dimitri 1.1 ice area Nx*Ny Real*8 AreaTag
12     ice thickness Nx*Ny Real*8 HeffTag
13     ice salinity Nx*Ny Real*8 HsaltTag
14     snow thickness Nx*Ny Real*8 HsnowTag
15    
16     =====================================
17    
18     Each deltatimestep:
19    
20     ===> Ocean Sends/Ice Receives
21     ocean model time 1 Real*8 OceanTimeTag
22     boundary ice area 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 AreaBcTag
23     boundary ice thickness 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HeffBcTag
24     boundary ice salinity 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HsaltBcTag
25     boundary snow thickness 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HsnowBcTag
26     boundary u ice 2*(Nx+Ny)-6 Real*8 UiceBcTag
27     boundary v ice 2*(Nx+Ny)-6 Real*8 ViceBcTag
28     u-wind velocity Nx*Ny Real*8 UwindTag
29     v-wind velocity Nx*Ny Real*8 VwindTag
30     downward longwave radiation Nx*Ny Real*8 LwDownTag
31     downward shortwave radiation Nx*Ny Real*8 SwDownTag
32     air temperature Nx*Ny Real*8 AtempTag
33     humidity Nx*Ny Real*8 AqhTag
34     precipitation Nx*Ny Real*8 PrecipTag
35     ocean surface temperature Nx*Ny Real*8 SstTag
36 dimitri 1.3 ocean surface salinity Nx*Ny Real*8 SssTag
37 dimitri 1.1 surface u current Nx*Ny Real*8 UvelTag
38     surface v current Nx*Ny Real*8 VvelTag
39    
40     ===> Ice Sends/Ocean Receives
41     ice model time 1 Real*8 IceTimeTag
42     ice area Nx*Ny Real*8 AreaTag
43     ice thickness Nx*Ny Real*8 HeffTag
44     ice salinity Nx*Ny Real*8 HsaltTag
45     snow thickness Nx*Ny Real*8 HsnowTag
46 dimitri 1.4 u ice velocity Nx*Ny Real*8 UiceTag
47     v ice velocity Nx*Ny Real*8 ViceTag
48 dimitri 1.1 u surface stress Nx*Ny Real*8 UstressTag
49     v surface stress Nx*Ny Real*8 VstressTag
50     residual shortwave Nx*Ny Real*8 SwResidTag
51     heat flux Nx*Ny Real*8 HeatFluxTag
52     freshwater flux Nx*Ny Real*8 WaterFluxTag
53     salt flux Nx*Ny Real*8 SaltFluxTag
54    
55     =====================================
56    
57     DETAILS:
58    
59    
60    
61     1. start and initialize ocean + ice codes
62    
63     ===========================================================
64    
65     2. ocean sends
66    
67 dimitri 1.2 **** initial time step only *******************************
68 dimitri 1.1
69 dimitri 1.2 deltatimestep 1 Real*8 TimeIntervalTag
70    
71     grid dimensions (Nx,Ny) 2 Integer OceanGridsizeTag
72 dimitri 1.1
73 dimitri 1.5 Some grid information - see MITgcm/model/inc/GRID.h for details:
74     xG :: longitude East of SouthWest corner
75     yG :: latitude North of SouthWest corner
76     dxG :: distance in m between SouthWest and SouthEast corner
77     dyG :: distance in m between SouthWest and NorthEast corner
78    
79 dimitri 1.1 Then on tracer grid:
80    
81 dimitri 1.5 hFacC :: landmask of center of grid cell, 0 is land, >0 is ocean
82 dimitri 1.1
83     initial ice area (fractional: 0-1) at the tracer points
84     C AREA - fractional ice-covered area in m^2/m^2
85     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
86     C 0 is no cover, 1 is 100% cover
87    
88     initial ice thickness (mean thickness in the grid box in m)
89     actual thickness for single-class ice would be thickness/area
90     at the tracer points
91     C HEFF - effective ice thickness in m
92     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
93     C note: for non-zero AREA, actual ice
94     C thickness is HEFF / AREA
95    
96 dimitri 1.2 initial ice salinity at the tracer points
97     C HSALT - effective sea ice salinity in g/m^2
98     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
99    
100 dimitri 1.1 initial snow thickness (mean thickness, m) at the tracer points
101     C HSNOW - effective snow thickness in m
102     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
103     C note: for non-zero AREA, actual snow
104     C thickness is HSNOW / AREA
105    
106 dimitri 1.2 **** every time step **************************************
107    
108     ocean model time "myTime" (s)
109    
110     boundary ice area 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 AreaBcTag
111    
112     boundary ice thickness 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HeffBcTag
113    
114     boundary ice salinity 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HsaltBcTag
115    
116     boundary snow thickness 2*(Nx+Ny)-4 Real*8 HsnowBcTag
117 dimitri 1.1
118     open boundary u-ice velocity
119     specified at the inside edge of the outer grid cells
120     southwest C-grid locations for normal component and at the
121     southwest C-grid locations for tangential
122 dimitri 1.4 C UICE - zonal ice velocity in m/s at South-West C-grid U point
123 dimitri 1.1 C >0 from West to East
124    
125     open boundary v-ice velocity
126     specified at the inside edge of the outer grid cells
127     southwest C-grid locations for normal component and at the
128     southwest C-grid locations for tangential
129 dimitri 1.4 C VICE - meridional ice velocity in m/s at South-West C-grid V point
130 dimitri 1.1 C >0 from South to North
131    
132     10-m u-wind at the tracer points
133     c uwind :: Surface (10-m) zonal wind velocity in m/s
134     c > 0 for increase in uVel, which is west to
135     c east for cartesian and spherical polar grids
136     c Typical range: -10 < uwind < 10
137     c Input or input/output field
138    
139     10-m v-wind at the tracer points
140     c vwind :: Surface (10-m) meridional wind velocity in m/s
141     c > 0 for increase in vVel, which is south to
142     c north for cartesian and spherical polar grids
143     c Typical range: -10 < vwind < 10
144     c Input or input/output field
145    
146     downward longwave at the tracer points
147     c lwdown :: Downward longwave radiation in W/m^2
148     c > 0 for increase in theta (ocean warming)
149     c Typical range: 50 < lwdown < 450
150     c Input/output field
151    
152     downward shortwave at the tracer points
153     c swdown :: Downward shortwave radiation in W/m^2
154     c > 0 for increase in theta (ocean warming)
155     c Typical range: 0 < swdown < 450
156     c Input/output field
157    
158     2-m air temperature at the tracer points
159     c atemp :: Surface (2-m) air temperature in deg K
160     c Typical range: 200 < atemp < 300
161     c Input or input/output field
162    
163     2-m humidity at the tracer points
164     c aqh :: Surface (2m) specific humidity in kg/kg
165     c Typical range: 0 < aqh < 0.02
166     c Input or input/output field
167    
168     precipitation at the tracer points
169     c precip :: Precipitation in m/s
170     c > 0 for decrease in salt (ocean salinity)
171     c Typical range: 0 < precip < 5e-7
172     c Input or input/output field
173    
174     sea surface temperature at the tracer points
175     C theta - potential temperature (oC, held at pressure/tracer point)
176    
177     sea surface u-vel
178     C uVel - zonal velocity (m/s, i=1 held at western face)
179     at southwest c-grid locations
180    
181     sea surface v-vel
182     C vVel - meridional velocity (m/s, j=1 held at southern face)
183     at southwest c-grid locations
184    
185     ===========================================================
186    
187     3. ice receives 2., computes initial ice conditions and sends on tracer grid
188    
189     ice model time (s)
190 dimitri 1.3
191 dimitri 1.1 ice area at tracer point
192 dimitri 1.3 C AREA :: fractional ice-covered area in m^2/m^2
193     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
194     C 0 is no cover, 1 is 100% cover
195    
196 dimitri 1.1 ice thickness at tracer point
197 dimitri 1.3 C HEFF :: effective ice thickness in m
198     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
199     C note: for non-zero AREA,
200     C actual ice thickness is HEFF / AREA
201    
202 dimitri 1.1 ice salinity at tracer point
203 dimitri 1.3 C HSALT :: effective sea ice salinity in g/m^2
204     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
205    
206 dimitri 1.1 snow thickness at tracer point
207 dimitri 1.3 C HSNOW :: effective snow thickness in m
208     C at center of grid, i.e., tracer point
209     C note: for non-zero AREA, actual snow thickness is HSNOW / AREA
210    
211 dimitri 1.4 u ice velocity at southwest c-grid locations
212     C UICE - zonal ice velocity in m/s at South-West C-grid U point
213     C >0 from West to East
214    
215     v ice velocity at southwest c-grid locations
216     C VICE - meridional ice velocity in m/s at South-West C-grid V point
217     C >0 from South to North
218    
219 dimitri 1.3 u-stress under ice at southwest c-grid locations
220     C fu :: Zonal surface wind stress in N/m^2
221     C > 0 for increase in uVel, which is west to
222     C east for cartesian and spherical polar grids
223     C Typical range: -0.5 < fu < 0.5
224     C Southwest C-grid U point
225    
226     v-stress under ice at southwest c-grid locations
227     C fv :: Meridional surface wind stress in N/m^2
228     C > 0 for increase in vVel, which is south to
229     C north for cartesian and spherical polar grids
230     C Typical range: -0.5 < fv < 0.5
231     C Southwest C-grid V point
232    
233 dimitri 1.1 residual shortwave under ice at tracer point
234 dimitri 1.3 C Qsw :: Net upward shortwave radiation in W/m^2
235     C Qsw = - ( downward - ice and snow absorption - reflected )
236     C > 0 for decrease in theta (ocean cooling)
237     C Typical range: -350 < Qsw < 0
238     C Southwest C-grid tracer point
239    
240 dimitri 1.1 heat flux (less shortwave) at tracer point
241 dimitri 1.6 C HeatFlux
242     C :: Upward surface heat flux (excluding shortwave) in W/m^2
243     C HeatFlux = latent + sensible + net longwave
244 dimitri 1.3 C > 0 for decrease in theta (ocean cooling)
245 dimitri 1.6 C Typical range: 100 < Qnet < 950
246 dimitri 1.3 C Southwest C-grid tracer point
247    
248 dimitri 1.1 freshwater flux at tracer point
249 dimitri 1.3 C EmPmR :: Net upward freshwater flux in kg/m2/s
250     C EmPmR = Evaporation - precipitation - runoff
251     C > 0 for increase in salt (ocean salinity)
252     C Typical range: -1e-4 < EmPmR < 1e-4
253     C Southwest C-grid tracer point
254     C NOTE: for backward compatibility EmPmRfile is specified in
255     C m/s when using external_fields_load.F. It is converted
256     C to kg/m2/s by multiplying by rhoConstFresh.
257    
258 dimitri 1.1 salt flux at tracer point
259 dimitri 1.3 C saltFlux :: Net upward salt flux in psu.kg/m^2/s
260     C flux of Salt taken out of the ocean per time unit (second).
261     C Note: a) only used when salty sea-ice forms or melts.
262     C b) units: when salinity (unit= psu) is expressed
263     C in g/kg, saltFlux unit becomes g/m^2/s.
264     C > 0 for decrease in SSS.
265     C Southwest C-grid tracer point
266 dimitri 1.1
267     ===========================================================
268    
269     4a. ice model steps forward by deltatimestep
270     initially hardwired to 20 minutes
271    
272     4b. ocean model receives 3. and steps forward by deltatimestep
273     initially hardwired to 20 minutes
274    
275     ===========================================================
276    
277     5a. ocean sends on tracer grid
278     timestep
279     open boundary ice area at tracer point
280     open boundary ice thickness at tracer point
281     open boundary snow thickness at tracer point
282     open boundary ice salinity at tracer point
283     open boundary u-ice velocity (see 2.)
284     open boundary v-ice velocity (see 2.)
285     10-m u-wind (see 2.)
286     10-m v-wind (see 2.)
287     downward longwave (see 2.)
288     downward shortwave (see 2.)
289     2-m air temperature (see 2.)
290     2-m humidity (see 2.)
291     precipitation (see 2.)
292     sea surface temperature (see 2.)
293     sea surface u-vel (see 2.)
294     sea surface v-vel (see 2.)
295    
296     ===========================================================
297    
298     5b. ice sends on tracer grid
299    
300     ice model time (s)
301     ice area at tracer point
302     ice thickness at tracer point
303     ice salinity at tracer point
304     snow thickness at tracer point
305     u-stress under ice at southwest b-grid locations
306     v-stress under ice at southwest b-grid locations
307     residual shortwave under ice at tracer point
308     heat flux (less shortwave) at tracer point
309     freshwater flux at tracer point
310     salt flux at tracer point
311    
312     ===========================================================
313    
314     6a. ocean model receives 5b. and steps forward by deltatimestep
315     initially hardwired to 20 minutes
316    
317     6b. ice model receives 5a. steps forward by deltatimestep
318     initially hardwired to 20 minutes
319    
320     ===========================================================
321    
322     LOOP to 5a. and 5b.

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