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1 \subsection{CAL: The calendar package
2 \label{sectioncal}}
3 \begin{rawhtml}
4 <!-- CMIREDIR:sectioncal: -->
5 \end{rawhtml}
6
7 Authors: Christian Eckert and Patrick Heimbach
8
9 This calendar tool was originally intended to enable the use of
10 absolute dates (Gregorian Calendar dates) in MITgcm. There is,
11 however, a fair number of routines that can be used independently of
12 the main MITgcm executable. After some minor modifications the whole
13 package can be used either as a stand-alone calendar or in connection
14 with any dynamical model that needs calendar dates. Some
15 straightforward extensions are still pending e.g. the availability of
16 the Julian Calendar, to be able to resolve fractions of a second, and
17 to have a time- step that is longer than one day.
18
19 \subsubsection{Basic assumptions for the calendar tool}
20
21 It is assumed that the SMALLEST TIME INTERVAL to be resolved is
22 ONE SECOND.
23
24 Further assumptions are that there is an INTEGER NUMBER OF
25 MODEL STEPS EACH DAY, and that AT LEAST ONE STEP EACH DAY is
26 made.
27
28 Not each individual routine depends on these assumptions; there
29 are only a few places where they enter.
30
31 \subsubsection{Format of calendar dates}
32
33 In this calendar tool a complete date specification is defined
34 as the following integer array:
35
36 \begin{verbatim}
37 c integer date(4)
38 c
39 c ( yyyymmdd, hhmmss, leap_year, dayofweek )
40 c
41 c date(1) = yyyymmdd <-- Year-Month-Day
42 c date(2) = hhmmss <-- Hours-Minutes-Seconds
43 c date(3) = leap_year <-- Leap Year/No Leap Year
44 c date(4) = dayofweek <-- Day of the Week
45 c
46 c leap_year is either equal to 1 (normal year)
47 c or equal to 2 (leap year)
48 c
49 c dayofweek has a range of 1 to 7.
50 \end{verbatim}
51
52 In case the Gregorian Calendar is used, the first
53 day of the week is Friday, since day of the Gregorian
54 Calendar was Friday, 15 Oct. 1582. As a date array
55 this date would be specified as
56
57 \begin{verbatim}
58 c refdate(1) = 15821015
59 c refdate(2) = 0
60 c refdate(3) = 1
61 c refdate(4) = 1
62 \end{verbatim}
63
64 \subsubsection{Calendar dates and time intervals}
65
66 Subtracting calendar dates yields time intervals.
67 Time intervals have the following format:
68
69 \begin{verbatim}
70 c integer datediff(4)
71 c
72 c datediff(1) = # Days
73 c datediff(2) = hhmmss
74 c datediff(3) = 0
75 c datediff(4) = -1
76 \end{verbatim}
77
78 Such time intervals can be added to or can be subtracted from
79 calendar dates. Time intervals can be added to and be
80 subtracted from each other.
81
82 \subsubsection{Using the calendar together with MITgcm}
83
84 Each routine has as an argument the thread number that it is
85 belonging to, even if this number is not used in the routine
86 itself.
87
88 In order to include the calendar tool into the MITgcm
89 setup the MITgcm subroutine "initialise.F" or the routine
90 "initilise\_fixed.F", depending on the MITgcm release, has
91 to be modified in the following way:
92
93 {\footnotesize
94 \begin{verbatim}
95 c #ifdef ALLOW_CALENDAR
96 c C-- Initialise the calendar package.
97 c #ifdef USE_CAL_NENDITER
98 c CALL cal_Init(
99 c I startTime,
100 c I endTime,
101 c I deltaTclock,
102 c I nIter0,
103 c I nEndIter,
104 c I nTimeSteps,
105 c I myThid
106 c & )
107 c #else
108 c CALL cal_Init(
109 c I startTime,
110 c I endTime,
111 c I deltaTclock,
112 c I nIter0,
113 c I nTimeSteps,
114 c I myThid
115 c & )
116 c #endif
117 c _BARRIER
118 c #endif
119 \end{verbatim}
120 }
121
122 It is useful to have the CPP flag ALLOW\_CALENDAR in
123 order to switch from the usual MITgcm setup to the
124 one that includes the calendar tool. The CPP flag
125 USE\_CAL\_NENDITER has been introduced in order to enable
126 the use of the calendar for MITgcm releases earlier
127 than checkpoint 25 which do not have the global variable
128 *nEndIter*.
129
130 \subsubsection{The individual calendars}
131
132 Simple model calendar:
133
134 This calendar can be used by defining
135
136 \begin{verbatim}
137 c TheCalendar='model'
138 \end{verbatim}
139
140 in the calendar's data file "data.cal".
141
142 In this case a year is assumed to have 360 days. The
143 model year is divided into 12 months with 30 days each.
144
145 Gregorian Calendar:
146
147 This calendar can be used by defining
148
149 \begin{verbatim}
150 c TheCalendar='gregorian'
151 \end{verbatim}
152
153 in the calendar's data file "data.cal".
154
155 \subsubsection{Short routine description}
156
157 {\footnotesize
158 \begin{verbatim}
159 c o cal_Init - Initialise the calendar. This is the interface
160 c to MITgcm.
161 c
162 c o cal_Set - Sets the calendar according to the user
163 c specifications.
164 c
165 c o cal_GetDate - Given the model's current timestep or the
166 c model's current time return the corresponding
167 c calendar date.
168 c
169 c o cal_FullDate - Complete a date specification (leap year and
170 c day of the week).
171 c
172 c o cal_IsLeap - Determine whether a given year is a leap year.
173 c
174 c o cal_TimePassed - Determine the time passed between two dates.
175 c
176 c o cal_AddTime - Add a time interval either to a time interval
177 c or to a date.
178 c
179 c o cal_TimeInterval - Given a time interval return the corresponding
180 c date array.
181 c
182 c o cal_SubDates - Determine the time interval between two dates
183 c or between two time intervals.
184 c
185 c o cal_ConvDate - Decompose a date array or a time interval
186 c array into its components.
187 c
188 c o cal_CopyDate - Copy a date array or a time interval array to
189 c another array.
190 c
191 c o cal_CompDates - Compare two calendar dates or time intervals.
192 c
193 c o cal_ToSeconds - Given a time interval array return the number
194 c of seconds.
195 c
196 c o cal_WeekDay - Return the weekday as a string given the
197 c calendar date.
198 c
199 c o cal_NumInts - Return the number of time intervals between two
200 c given dates.
201 c
202 c o cal_StepsPerDay - Given an iteration number or the current
203 c integration time return the number of time
204 c steps to integrate in the current calendar day.
205 c
206 c o cal_DaysPerMonth - Given an iteration number or the current
207 c integration time return the number of days
208 c to integrate in this calendar month.
209 c
210 c o cal_MonthsPerYear - Given an iteration number or the current
211 c integration time return the number of months
212 c to integrate in the current calendar year.
213 c
214 c o cal_StepsForDay - Given the integration day return the number
215 c of steps to be integrated, the first step,
216 c and the last step in the day specified. The
217 c first and the last step refer to the total
218 c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntSteps).
219 c
220 c o cal_DaysForMonth - Given the integration month return the number
221 c of days to be integrated, the first day,
222 c and the last day in the month specified. The
223 c first and the last day refer to the total
224 c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntDays).
225 c
226 c o cal_MonthsForYear - Given the integration year return the number
227 c of months to be integrated, the first month,
228 c and the last month in the year specified. The
229 c first and the last step refer to the total
230 c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntMonths).
231 c
232 c o cal_Intsteps - Return the number of calendar years that are
233 c affected by the current integration.
234 c
235 c o cal_IntDays - Return the number of calendar days that are
236 c affected by the current integration.
237 c
238 c o cal_IntMonths - Return the number of calendar months that are
239 c affected by the current integration.
240 c
241 c o cal_IntYears - Return the number of calendar years that are
242 c affected by the current integration.
243 c
244 c o cal_nStepDay - Return the number of time steps that can be
245 c performed during one calendar day.
246 c
247 c o cal_CheckDate - Do some simple checks on a date array or on a
248 c time interval array.
249 c
250 c o cal_PrintError - Print error messages according to the flags
251 c raised by the calendar routines.
252 c
253 c o cal_PrintDate - Print a date array in some format suitable for
254 c MITgcm's protocol output.
255 c
256 c o cal_TimeStamp - Given the time and the iteration number return
257 c the date and print all the above numbers.
258 c
259 c o cal_Summary - List all the setttings of the calendar tool.
260 \end{verbatim}
261 }
262

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