Authors: Alistair Adcroft, Patrick Heimbach, Samar Katiwala, Martin Losch
The OBCS-package (:filelink:`pkg/obcs`) is fundamental to regional ocean modeling with the MITgcm, but there are so many details to be considered in regional ocean modeling that this package cannot accommodate all imaginable and possible options. Therefore, for a regional simulation with very particular details it is recommended to familiarize oneself not only with the compile-time and run-time options of this package, but also with the code itself. In many cases it will be necessary to adapt the obcs-code (in particular :filelink:`S/R OBCS_CALC <pkg/obcs/obcs_calc.F>`) to the application in question; in these cases :filelink:`pkg/obcs` (together with the :filelink:`pkg/rbcs`, see :numref:`sub_phys_pkg_rbcs`) is a very useful infrastructure for implementing special regional models.
As with all MITgcm packages, OBCS can be turned on or off at compile-time
- using the
packages.conf
file by addingobcs
to it- or using
genmake2
adding-enable=obcs
or-disable=obcs
switches- Required packages and CPP options:
- Two alternatives are available for prescribing open boundary values, which differ in the way how OB's are treated in time:
- Simple time-management (e.g., constant in time, or cyclic with fixed frequency) is provided through :filelink:`S/R OBCS_FIELDS_LOAD <pkg/obcs/obcs_fields_load.F>`
- More sophisticated 'real-time' (i.e. calendar time) management is available through :filelink:`S/R OBCS_PRESCRIBE_READ <pkg/obcs/obcs_prescribe_read.F>`
- The latter case requires packages :filelink:`pkg/cal` and :filelink:`pkg/exf` to be enabled.
Parts of the OBCS code can be enabled or disabled at compile-time via CPP preprocessor flags. These options are set in :filelink:`OBCS_OPTIONS.h <pkg/obcs/OBCS_OPTIONS.h>`. :numref:`tab_phys_pkg_obcs_cpp_opts` summarizes these options.
.. tabularcolumns:: |\Y{.475}|\Y{.1}|\Y{.45}|
CPP option | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
ALLOW_OBCS_NORTH | #define | enable Northern OB |
ALLOW_OBCS_SOUTH | #define | enable Southern OB |
ALLOW_OBCS_EAST | #define | enable Eastern OB |
ALLOW_OBCS_WEST | #define | enable Western OB |
ALLOW_OBCS_PRESCRIBE | #define | enable code for prescribing OB's |
ALLOW_OBCS_SPONGE | #undef | enable sponge layer code |
ALLOW_OBCS_BALANCE | #define | enable code for balancing transports through OB's |
ALLOW_ORLANSKI | #define | enable Orlanski radiation conditions at OB's |
ALLOW_OBCS_STEVENS | #undef | enable Stevens (1990) boundary conditions at OB's (currently NOT implemented for ptracers) |
ALLOW_OBCS_SEAICE_SPONGE | #undef | Include hooks to sponge layer treatment of pkg/seaice variables |
ALLOW_OBCS_TIDES | #undef | Add tidal contributions to normal OB flow (At the moment tidal forcing is applied only to "normal" flow) |
Run-time parameters are set in files data.pkg
, data.obcs
, and
data.exf
if 'real-time' prescription is requested
(i.e., :filelink:`pkg/exf` enabled). These parameter files are
read in S/Rs :filelink:`PACKAGES_READPARMS <model/src/packages_readparms.F>`,
:filelink:`OBCS_READPARMS <pkg/obcs/obcs_readparms.F>`, and
:filelink:`EXF_READPARMS <pkg/exf/exf_readparms.F>`, respectively.
Run-time parameters may be broken into three categories:
- switching on/off the package at runtime
- OBCS package flags and parameters
- additional timing flags in
data.exf
if selected.
The OBCS package is switched on at runtime by setting
:varlink:`useOBCS` = .TRUE.
in data.pkg
.
:numref:`tab_phys_pkg_obcs_runtime_flags` summarizes the
runtime flags that are set in data.obcs
and
their default values.
.. tabularcolumns:: |\X{1}{3}|c|\X{1}{2}|
Flag/parameter | default | Description |
---|---|---|
:varlink:`OB_Jnorth` | 0 | Nx-vector of J-indices (w.r.t. Ny) of Northern OB at each I-position (w.r.t. Nx) |
:varlink:`OB_Jsouth` | 0 | Nx-vector of J-indices (w.r.t. Ny) of Southern OB at each I-position (w.r.t. Nx) |
:varlink:`OB_Ieast` | 0 | Ny-vector of I-indices (w.r.t. Nx) of Eastern OB at each J-position (w.r.t. Ny) |
:varlink:`OB_Iwest` | 0 | Ny-vector of I-indices (w.r.t. Nx) of Western OB at each J-position (w.r.t. Ny) |
:varlink:`useOBCSprescribe` | FALSE | |
:varlink:`useOBCSsponge` | FALSE | |
:varlink:`useOBCSbalance` | FALSE | |
:varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacN`, :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacS`, :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacE`, :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacW` | 1 | Factor(s) determining the details of the balancing code |
:varlink:`OBCSbalanceSurf` | FALSE | include surface mass flux in balance |
:varlink:`useOrlanskiNorth`, :varlink:`useOrlanskiSouth`, :varlink:`useOrlanskiEast`, :varlink:`useOrlanskiWest` | FALSE | Turn on Orlanski boundary conditions for individual boundary. |
:varlink:`useStevensNorth`, :varlink:`useStevensSouth`, :varlink:`useStevensEast`, :varlink:`useStevensWest` | FALSE | Turn on Stevens boundary conditions for individual boundary |
OBXyFile | ' ' | File name of OB field: X: N(orth), S(outh), E(ast), W(est) y: t(emperature), s(salinity), eta (sea surface height), u(-velocity), v(-velocity), w(-velocity), a (seaice area), h (sea ice thickness), sn (snow thickness), sl (sea ice salinity ) |
Orlanski Parameters | OBCS_PARM02 | |
:varlink:`cvelTimeScale` | 2000.0 | Averaging period for phase speed (seconds) |
:varlink:`CMAX` | 0.45 | Maximum allowable phase speed-CFL for AB-II (m/s) |
:varlink:`CFIX` | 0.8 | Fixed boundary phase speed (m/s) |
:varlink:`useFixedCEast` | FALSE | |
:varlink:`useFixedCWest` | FALSE | |
Sponge layer parameters | OBCS_PARM03 | |
:varlink:`spongeThickness` | 0 | sponge layer thickness (in grid points) |
:varlink:`Urelaxobcsinner` | 0.0 | relaxation time scale at the innermost sponge layer point of a meridional OB (s) |
:varlink:`Vrelaxobcsinner` | 0.0 | relaxation time scale at the innermost sponge layer point of a zonal OB (s) |
:varlink:`Urelaxobcsbound` | 0.0 | relaxation time scale at the outermost sponge layer point of a meridional OB (s) |
:varlink:`Vrelaxobcsbound` | 0.0 | relaxation time scale at the outermost sponge layer point of a zonal OB (s) |
Stevens parameters | OBCS_PARM04 | |
:varlink:`TrelaxStevens` :varlink:`SrelaxStevens` | 0 | Relaxation time scale for temperature/salinity (s) |
:varlink:`useStevensPhaseVel` | TRUE | |
:varlink:`useStevensAdvection` | TRUE |
There are up to four open boundaries (OBs): Northern, Southern, Eastern, and
Western. All OB locations are specified by their absolute meridional
(Northern/Southern) or zonal (Eastern/Western) indices. Thus, for each
zonal position i=1\ldots N_x a meridional index j
specifies the Northern/Southern OB position, and for each meridional
position j=1\ldots N_y a zonal index i specifies the
Eastern/Western OB position. For Northern/Southern OB this defines an
N_x-dimensional “row” array :varlink:`OB_Jnorth`(Nx) /
:varlink:`OB_Jsouth`(Nx) and an N_y-dimenisonal “column”
array :varlink:`OB_Ieast`(Ny) / :varlink:`OB_Iwest`(Ny). Positions
determined in this way allows Northern/Southern OBs to be at variable
j (or y) positions and Eastern/Western OBs at variable
i (or x) positions. Here indices refer to tracer points
on the C-grid. A zero (0) element in OB_I...
/ OB_J...
means there is no corresponding OB in that column/row.
By default all elements in OB_I...
/ OB_J...
are zero. For a Northern/Southern OB, the OB V-point is to the South/North.
For an Eastern/Western OB, the OB U-point is to the West/East. For example
OB_Jnorth(3)=34
means that:T(3,34)
is a an OB pointU(3,34)
is a an OB pointV(3,34)
is a an OB point
OB_Jsouth(3)=1
means that:T(3,1)
is a an OB pointU(3,1)
is a an OB pointV(3,2)
is a an OB point
OB_Ieast(10)=69
means that:T(69,10)
is a an OB pointU(69,10)
is a an OB pointV(69,10)
is a an OB point
OB_Iwest(10)=1
means that:T(1,10)
is a an OB pointU(2,10)
is a an OB pointV(1,10)
is a an OB point
For convenience, negative values for :varlink:`OB_Jnorth` / :varlink:`OB_Ieast` refer to points relative to the
Northern/Eastern edges of the model, e.g. OB_Jnorth(3)=-1
means that the point (3,Ny)
is a northern OB
and OB_Ieast(3)=-5
means that the point (3,Nx-5)
is an eastern OB.
For a model grid with N_x \times N_y = 120 \times 144 horizontal grid points with four open boundaries along the four edges of the domain, the simplest way of specifying the boundary points:
OB_Ieast = 144*-1, # or OB_Ieast = 144*120, OB_Iwest = 144*1, OB_Jnorth = 120*-1, # or OB_Jnorth = 120*144, OB_Jsouth = 120*1,
When the boundaries are in single rows or columns as in the above example, the same can be achieved with the convenient parameters :varlink:`OB_singleJnorth` / :varlink:`OB_singleJsouth` / :varlink:`OB_singleIeast` / :varlink:`OB_singleIwest`:
OB_singleIeast = -1, OB_singleIwest = 1, OB_singleJnorth = -1, OB_singleJsouth = 1,
If only the first 50 grid points of the southern boundary are boundary points:
OB_Jsouth(1:50) = 50*1,
Open boundaries are not restricted to single rows or columns. Each OB can be distributed in different rows and columns resulting in OBs consisting of the combination of different types of open boundaries (i.e., N, S, E and W). :numref:`fig_obcsexample` displays such an OB located on the left-bottom corner of a domain. Note there are five boundary points defined by southern and western boundaries. In particular, there are five southern boundary (blue lines) and two western boundaries points (red lines). For the boundary displayed in :numref:`fig_obcsexample` and the same dimensions as in the previous example (i.e. 120 \times 144 grid points), the namelist looks like this:
OB_Iwest = 1*0,1*5,142*0, OB_Jsouth = 2*3,3*2,115*0,
Example boundary with more than one row. The dark grey, light grey, and white boxes are points outside the domain, OB points, and ocean points, respectively. The black dots mark the OB index to write into the namelist.
For an even more complicated open boundary geometry, e.g., delimiting a concave interior domain (:varlink:`OB_Ieast` \leq :varlink:`OB_Iwest`), one might need to also specify the interior domain through an additional input file :varlink:`insideOBmaskFile` for the interior mask (=1 inside, =0 outside).
Set OB positions through arrays OB_Jnorth(Nx), OB_Jsouth(Nx), OB_Ieast(Ny), OB_Iwest(Ny) and runtime flags (see Table :numref:`tab_phys_pkg_obcs_runtime_flags`).
Top-level routine for filling values to be applied at OB for
T,S,U,V,\eta into corresponding “slice” arrays (x,z)
(y,z) for each OB: OB[N/S/E/W][t/s/u/v]
; e.g. for the
salinity array at the Southern OB, the array name is
:varlink:`OBSs`. Values filled are either
- constant vertical T,S profiles as specified in file data (:varlink:`tRef`(Nr), :varlink:`sRef`(Nr)) with zero velocities U,V
- T,S,U,V values determined via Orlanski radiation conditions (see below)
- prescribed time-constant or time-varying fields (see below).
- prescribed boundary fields to compute Stevens boundary conditions.
Orlanski radiation conditions :cite:`orl:76` examples can be found in example configurations :filelink:`verification/dome` and :filelink:`verification/tutorial_plume_on_slope` (as described in detail in :numref:`tutorial_plume_on_slope`).
When :varlink:`useOBCSprescribe` = .TRUE.
the model tries to read
temperature, salinity, u- and v-velocities from files specified in the
runtime parameters OB[N/S/E/W][t/s/u/v]File
. These files are
the usual IEEE, big-endian files with dimensions of a section along an
open boundary:
- For North/South boundary files the dimensions are (N_x\times N_r\times\mbox{time levels}), for East/West boundary files the dimensions are (N_y\times N_r\times\mbox{time levels}).
- If a non-linear free surface is used
(:numref:`nonlinear-freesurface`), additional files
OB[N/S/E/W]etaFile
for the sea surface height \eta with dimension (N_{x/y}\times\mbox{time levels}) may be specified. - If non-hydrostatic dynamics are used
(:numref:`non-hydrostatic`), additional files
OB[N/S/E/W]wFile
for the vertical velocity w with dimensions (N_{x/y}\times N_r\times\mbox{time levels}) can be specified. - If :varlink:`useSEAICE` =
.TRUE.
then additional filesOB[N/S/E/W][a,h,sl,sn,uice,vice]
for sea ice area, thickness (:varlink:`HEFF`), seaice salinity, snow and ice velocities (N_{x/y}\times\mbox{time levels}) can be specified.
As in :filelink:`external_fields_load.F
<model/src/external_fields_load.F>` or as done in :filelink:`pkg/exf`,
the code reads two time levels for each
variable, e.g., :varlink:`OBNu0` and :varlink:`OBNu1`, and
interpolates linearly between these time levels to obtain the value
:varlink:`OBNu` at the current model time (step). When
:filelink:`pkg/exf` is used, the time levels are
controlled for each boundary separately in the same way as the
:filelink:`pkg/exf` fields in data.exf
, namelist
EXF_NML_OBCS
. The run-time flags follow the above naming
conventions, e.g., for the western boundary the corresponding flags
are :varlink:`OBCSWstartdate1`, :varlink:`OBCSWstartdate2` and
:varlink:`OBCSWperiod`. Sea-ice boundary values are controlled
separately with :varlink:`siobWstartdate1`, :varlink:`siobWstartdate2`
and :varlink:`siobWperiod`. When :filelink:`pkg/exf`
is not used the time levels are controlled by the runtime flags
:varlink:`externForcingPeriod` and :varlink:`externForcingCycle` in
data
; see :filelink:`verification/exp4/input/data` for an example.
The boundary conditions following :cite:`stevens:90` require the
vertically averaged normal velocity (originally specified as a stream
function along the open boundary) \bar{u}_{ob} and the tracer fields
\chi_{ob} (note: passive tracers are currently not implemented and
the code stops when package :ref:`ptracers <sub_phys_pkg_ptracers>` is used together with this
option). Currently the code vertically averages the normal velocity
as specified in OB[E,W]u
or OB[N,S]v
. From these
prescribed values the code computes the boundary values for the next
timestep n+1 as follows (as an example, we use the notation for an
eastern or western boundary):
u^{n+1}(y,z) = \bar{u}_{ob}(y) + (u')^{n}(y,z) where (u')^{n} is the deviation from the vertically averaged velocity at timestep n on the boundary. (u')^{n} is computed in the previous time step n from the intermediate velocity u^* prior to the correction step (see :numref:`time_stepping` equation :eq:`ustar-backward-free-surface`). (This velocity is not available at the beginning of the next time step n+1, when S/Rs :filelink:`OBCS_CALC <pkg/obcs/obcs_calc.F>` and :filelink:`OBCS_CALC_STEVENS <pkg/obcs/obcs_calc_stevens.F>` are called, therefore it needs to be saved in :filelink:`S/R DYNAMICS <model/src/dynamics.F>` by calling :filelink:`S/R OBCS_SAVE_UV_N <pkg/obcs/obcs_save_uv_n.F>` and also stored in a separate restart files
pickup_stevens[N/S/E/W].${iteration}.data
)If u^{n+1} is directed into the model domain, the boudary value for tracer \chi is restored to the prescribed values:
\chi^{n+1} = \chi^{n} + \frac{\Delta{t}}{\tau_\chi} (\chi_{ob} - \chi^{n})
where \tau_\chi is the relaxation time scale (either :varlink:`TrelaxStevens` or :varlink:`SrelaxStevens`). The new \chi^{n+1} is then subject to the advection by u^{n+1}.
If u^{n+1} is directed out of the model domain, the tracer \chi^{n+1} on the boundary at timestep n+1 is estimated from advection out of the domain with u^{n+1}+c, where c is a phase velocity estimated as \frac{1}{2} \frac{\partial\chi}{\partial{t}}/ \frac{\partial\chi}{\partial{x}}. The numerical scheme is (as an example for an eastern boundary):
\chi_{i_{b},j,k}^{n+1} = \chi_{i_{b},j,k}^{n} + \Delta{t} (u^{n+1}+c)_{i_{b},j,k}\frac{\chi_{i_{b},j,k}^{n} - \chi_{i_{b}-1,j,k}^{n}}{\Delta{x}_{i_{b}j}^{C}} \mbox{ if }u_{i_{b}jk}^{n+1}>0
where i_{b} is the boundary index. For test purposes, the phase velocity contribution or the entire advection can be turned off by setting the corresponding parameters :varlink:`useStevensPhaseVel` and :varlink:`useStevensAdvection` to
.FALSE.
.
See :cite:`stevens:90` for details. With this boundary condition specifying the exact net transport across the open boundary is simple, so that balancing the flow with (:filelink:`S/R OBCS_BALANCE_FLOW <pkg/obcs/obcs_balance_flow.F>` see next paragraph) is usually not necessary.
Special cases where the current implementation is not complete:
- When you use the non-linear free surface option (parameter :varlink:`nonlinFreeSurf` > 1), the current implementation just assumes that the gradient normal to the open boundary is zero (\frac{\partial\eta}{\partial{n}} = 0). Although this is inconsistent with geostrophic dynamics and the possibility to specify a non-zero tangent velocity together with Stevens BCs for normal velocities, it seems to work. Recommendation: Always specify zero tangential velocities with Stevens BCs.
- There is no code for passive tracers, just a commented template in :filelink:`S/R OBCS_CALC_STEVENS <pkg/obcs/obcs_calc_stevens.F>`. This means that passive tracers can be specified independently and are fluxed with the velocities that the Stevens BCs compute, but without the restoring term.
- There are no specific Stevens BCs for sea ice, e.g., :ref:`pkg/seaice <sub_phys_pkg_seaice>`. The model uses the default boundary conditions for the sea ice packages.
When turned on (CPP option :varlink:`ALLOW_OBCS_BALANCE` defined in
:filelink:`OBCS_OPTIONS.h <pkg/obcs/OBCS_OPTIONS.h>` and
:varlink:`useOBCSbalance` set to .TRUE.
in
data.obcs/OBCS_PARM01
), this routine balances the net flow across
the open boundaries. By default the net flow across the boundaries is
computed and all normal velocities on boundaries are adjusted to
obtain zero net inflow.
This behavior can be controlled with the runtime flags :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacN`, :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacS`, :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacE`, and :varlink:`OBCS_balanceFacW`. The values of these flags determine how the net inflow is redistributed as small correction velocities between the individual sections. A value -1 balances an individual boundary, values >0 determine the relative size of the correction. For example, the values
OBCS_balanceFacE = 1., OBCS_balanceFacW = -1., OBCS_balanceFacN = 2., OBCS_balanceFacS = 0.,
make the model
- correct Western :varlink:`OBWu` by substracting a uniform velocity to ensure zero net transport through the Western open boundary;
- correct Eastern and Northern normal flow, with the Northern velocity correction two times larger than the Eastern correction, but not the Southern normal flow, to ensure that the total inflow through East, Northern, and Southern open boundary is balanced.
The old method of balancing the net flow for all sections individually can be recovered by setting all flags to -1. Then the normal velocities across each of the four boundaries are modified separately, so that the net volume transport across each boundary is zero. For example, for the western boundary at i=i_{b}, the modified velocity is:
u(y,z) - \int_{\mbox{western boundary}}u dy dz \approx OBNu(j k) - \sum_{j k} OBNu(j k) h_{w}(i_{b} j k)\Delta{y_G(i_{b} j)}\Delta{z(k)}.
This also ensures a net total inflow of zero through all boundaries, but
this combination of flags is not useful if you want to simulate, for example,
a sector of the Southern Ocean with a strong ACC entering through the
western and leaving through the eastern boundary, because the value of
-1 for these flags will make sure that the strong inflow is removed.
Clearly, global balancing with OBCS_balanceFacE/W/N/S
\ge 0
is the preferred method.
Setting runtime parameter :varlink:`OBCSbalanceSurf` to TRUE.
, the
surface mass flux contribution, say, from surface freshwater flux
:varlink:`EmPmR` is included in the balancing scheme.
The sponge layer code (turned on with CPP option :varlink:`ALLOW_OBCS_SPONGE` and run-time parameter :varlink:`useOBCSsponge`) adds a relaxation term to the right-hand-side of the momentum and tracer equations. The variables are relaxed towards the boundary values with a relaxation time scale that increases linearly with distance from the boundary
G_{\chi}^{\mbox{(sponge)}} = - \frac{\chi - [( L - \delta{L} ) \chi_{BC} + \delta{L}\chi]/L} {[(L-\delta{L})\tau_{b}+\delta{L}\tau_{i}]/L} = - \frac{\chi - [( 1 - l ) \chi_{BC} + l\chi]} {[(1-l)\tau_{b}+l\tau_{i}]}
where \chi is the model variable (U/V/T/S) in the interior, \chi_{BC} the boundary value, L the thickness of the sponge layer (runtime parameter :varlink:`spongeThickness` in number of grid points), \delta{L}\in[0,L] (\frac{\delta{L}}{L}=l\in[0,1]) the distance from the boundary (also in grid points), and \tau_{b} (runtime parameters :varlink:`Urelaxobcsbound` and :varlink:`Vrelaxobcsbound`) and \tau_{i} (runtime parameters :varlink:`Urelaxobcsinner` and :varlink:`Vrelaxobcsinner`) the relaxation time scales on the boundary and at the interior termination of the sponge layer. The parameters :varlink:`Urelaxobcsbound` and :varlink:`Urelaxobcsinner` set the relaxation time scales for the Eastern and Western boundaries, :varlink:`Vrelaxobcsbound` and :varlink:`Vrelaxobcsinner` for the Northern and Southern boundaries.
Simple Dirichlet boundary conditions for sea ice parameters can be specified in
anology to the ocean variables via filenames OB[N/S/E/W][a/h/sl/sn/u/v]File
(sea ice concentration, cell averaged sea ice thickness, salinity, cell
averaged snow thickness, ice drift components). With CPP-flag
:varlink:`ALLOW_OBCS_SEAICE_SPONGE` and runtime flags
:varlink:`useSeaiceSponge`, :varlink:`seaiceSpongeThickness`, and
[A/H/SL/SN]relaxobcs[inner/bound]
are available in analogy to the sponge
parameters for the ocean variables.
Neumann boundary conditions \frac{\partial\phi}{\partial{n}}=0 for all sea ice variables can be applied with runtime flag :varlink:`SEAICEuseNeumannBC`, which overrides the input files for the Dirichlet values.
Defining CPP-flag :varlink:`OBCS_SEAICE_SMOOTH_EDGE` allows to smooth the tracer sea-ice variables near the edges.
C !CALLING SEQUENCE: C [...] C | |-MAIN_DO_LOOP :: Open-AD case: Main timestepping loop routine C | \ otherwise: just call FORWARD_STEP C | | C/\ | |-FORWARD_STEP :: Step forward a time-step ( AT LAST !!! ) C [...] C/\ | | |-DO_OCEANIC_PHYS :: Oceanic (& seaice) physics computation C/\ | | | | C/\ | | | |-OBCS_CALC :: Open boundary. package (see pkg/obcs). C/\ | | | | C [...] C/\ | | | |-SEAICE_MODEL :: pkg/seaice C/\ | | | | |-SEAICE_DYNSOLVER :: pkg/seaice C/\ | | | | | |-OBCS_APPLY_UVICE :: apply uIce/vIce boudnary conditions C/\ | | | | |-OBCS_ADJUST_UVICE :: (Only for OBCS_UVICE_OLD) C/\ | | | | |-SEAICE_GROWTH C/\ | | | | |-SEAICE_APPLY_SEAICE :: add OBCS for scalar variables C [...] C/\ | | |-THERMODYNAMICS :: theta, salt + tracer equations driver. C/\ | | | | (synchronous time-stepping case) C [...] C/\ | | | |-TEMP_INTEGRATE :: Step forward Prognostic Eq for Temperature. C/\ | | | | C/\ | | | |-SALT_INTEGRATE :: Step forward Prognostic Eq for Salinity. C/\ | | | | same sequence of calls as in TEMP_INTEGRATE C/\ | | | | C/\ | | | |-PTRACERS_INTEGRATE :: Integrate other tracer(s) (see pkg/ptracers). C/\ | | | | | same sequence of calls as in TEMP_INTEGRATE C/\ | | | | |-OBCS_APPLY_PTRACER :: Open boundary package for pTracers C/\ | | | | C/\ | | | |-OBCS_APPLY_TS :: Open boundary package (see pkg/obcs ). C/\ | | | C [...] C/\ | | | C/\ | | |-DYNAMICS :: Momentum equations driver. C/\ | | | | C [...] C/\ | | | |-OBCS_APPLY_UV :: Apply Open bndary Conditions to provisional U,V C [...] C/\ | | |-MOMENTUM_CORRECTION_STEP :: Finalise momentum stepping C [...] C/\ | | | |-OBCS_APPLY_UV :: Open boundary package (see pkg/obcs).
Diagnostics output is available via the diagnostics package (see :numref:`sub_outp_pkg_diagnostics`). Currently there are no OBCS-specific diagnostics available.
In the directory :filelink:`verification` the following experiments use :filelink:`pkg/obcs`:
- :filelink:`exp4 <verification/exp4>`: box with 4 open boundaries, simulating flow over a Gaussian bump based on also tests Stevens-boundary conditions;
- :filelink:`dome <verification/dome>`: based on the project “Dynamics of Overflow Mixing and Entrainment” uses Orlanski-BCs;
- :filelink:`internal_wave <verification/internal_wave>`: uses a heavily modified :filelink:`S/R OBCS_CALC <verification/internal_wave/code/obcs_calc.F>`
- :filelink:`seaice_obcs <verification/seaice_obcs>`: simple example who to use the sea-ice related code based on :filelink:`lab_sea <verification/lab_sea>`;
- Tutorial :ref:`tutorial_plume_on_slope`: uses Orlanski-BCs.