2019 Apr 17 11am MDT

Surface flux layer

• Awaiting Xylar's review
• Verify sign of surface momentum fluxes (i.e., direction the Ekman layer is deflected by surface stress)
• Not yet possible to specify both top and bottom surface layers

Dynamic melting

• Implemented 3 equations to solve for S_b and melt rate following Asay-Davis et al. 2016 eq. 24-26
• Implemented surface heat flux and surface salt flux following Asay-Davis et al. 2016 eq. 29-30
  • Verified 3 equations PALM solver against python solver
• Implemented McPhee parameterization as a new MOST method
  • Verifying solution method: works under short run with stable conditions, planned testing with unstable conditions and "freezing" conditions
  • Open question about surface momentum fluxes, see PR comment
• New input capabilities:
  • drag coefficient or roughness length
  • distance or number of grid cells from the surface to define "far-field" temperature and salinity for 3 equations
• New output capabilities:
  • melt rate timeseries
  • heat flux and salinity flux fields at ice surface

FRISP 2019:

• Submitted travel request
• Have not yet written final abstract and obtained LA-UR #. When to do this?

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