| 1 | % | 
| 2 | % [JBz] = compute_JBz(SNAPSHOT) | 
| 3 | % | 
| 4 | % Here we compute the PV flux due to diabatic processes as | 
| 5 | % JFz = - alpha * f * Qnet / MLD / Cw | 
| 6 | % where: | 
| 7 | %  alpha = 2.5*E-4 1/K is the thermal expansion coefficient | 
| 8 | %  f = 2*OMEGA*sin(LAT) is the Coriolis parameter | 
| 9 | %  Qnet is the net surface heat flux (W/m^2), positive downward | 
| 10 | %  MLD is the mixed layer depth (m, positive) | 
| 11 | %  Cw = 4187 J/kg/K is the specific heat of seawater | 
| 12 | % | 
| 13 | % Files names are: | 
| 14 | % INPUT: | 
| 15 | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_Qnet>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 16 | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_MLD>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 17 | % OUTPUT: | 
| 18 | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/JBz.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 19 | % | 
| 20 | % with: netcdf_* as global variables | 
| 21 | % | 
| 22 | % 06/27/06 | 
| 23 | % gmaze@mit.edu | 
| 24 |  | 
| 25 | function varargout = compute_JBz(snapshot) | 
| 26 |  | 
| 27 | global sla toshow | 
| 28 | global netcdf_suff netcdf_domain | 
| 29 | global netcdf_Qnet netcdf_MLD | 
| 30 | pv_checkpath | 
| 31 |  | 
| 32 |  | 
| 33 | % Path and extension to find netcdf-files: | 
| 34 | pathname = strcat('netcdf-files',sla); | 
| 35 | ext = netcdf_suff; | 
| 36 |  | 
| 37 | % Load files: | 
| 38 | ferfile = strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,netcdf_Qnet,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext); | 
| 39 | ncQ     = netcdf(ferfile,'nowrite'); | 
| 40 | [Qlon Qlat Qdpt] = coordfromnc(ncQ); | 
| 41 |  | 
| 42 | ferfile = strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,netcdf_MLD,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext); | 
| 43 | ncMLD   = netcdf(ferfile,'nowrite'); | 
| 44 | [MLDlon MLDlat MLDdpt] = coordfromnc(ncMLD); | 
| 45 |  | 
| 46 |  | 
| 47 |  | 
| 48 | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 49 | % surface PV flux | 
| 50 | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 51 |  | 
| 52 | % Define axis: | 
| 53 | nx = length(Qlon) ; | 
| 54 | ny = length(Qlat) ; | 
| 55 | nz = length(Qdpt) ; | 
| 56 |  | 
| 57 |  | 
| 58 | % Planetary vorticity: | 
| 59 | f     = 2*(2*pi/86400)*sin(Qlat*pi/180); | 
| 60 | [a f] = meshgrid(Qlon,f); clear a c | 
| 61 |  | 
| 62 |  | 
| 63 | % Net surface heat flux: | 
| 64 | Qnet = ncQ{4}(:,:,:); | 
| 65 |  | 
| 66 |  | 
| 67 | % Mixed layer Depth: | 
| 68 | MLD = ncMLD{4}(:,:,:); | 
| 69 |  | 
| 70 |  | 
| 71 | % Coefficient: | 
| 72 | alpha = 2.5*10^(-4); % Surface average value | 
| 73 | Cw    = 4187; | 
| 74 | coef  = - alpha / Cw; | 
| 75 |  | 
| 76 |  | 
| 77 | % JBz: | 
| 78 | JBz = zeros(nz,ny,nx).*NaN; | 
| 79 | JBz(1,:,:) = coef*f.*Qnet./MLD; | 
| 80 |  | 
| 81 |  | 
| 82 |  | 
| 83 | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 84 | % Record | 
| 85 | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 86 | if toshow, disp('record'), end | 
| 87 |  | 
| 88 | % General informations: | 
| 89 | netfil     = 'JBz'; | 
| 90 | units      = 'kg/m3/s2'; | 
| 91 | ncid       = 'JBz'; | 
| 92 | longname   = 'Vertical PV flux due to diabatic processes'; | 
| 93 | uniquename = 'JBz'; | 
| 94 |  | 
| 95 | % Open output file: | 
| 96 | nc = netcdf(strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,netfil,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext),'clobber'); | 
| 97 |  | 
| 98 | % Define axis: | 
| 99 | nx = length(Qlon) ; | 
| 100 | ny = length(Qlat) ; | 
| 101 | nz = 1 ; | 
| 102 |  | 
| 103 | nc('X') = nx; | 
| 104 | nc('Y') = ny; | 
| 105 | nc('Z') = nz; | 
| 106 |  | 
| 107 | nc{'X'}            = ncfloat('X'); | 
| 108 | nc{'X'}.uniquename = ncchar('X'); | 
| 109 | nc{'X'}.long_name  = ncchar('longitude'); | 
| 110 | nc{'X'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 111 | nc{'X'}.units      = ncchar('degrees_east'); | 
| 112 | nc{'X'}(:)         = Qlon; | 
| 113 |  | 
| 114 | nc{'Y'}            = ncfloat('Y'); | 
| 115 | nc{'Y'}.uniquename = ncchar('Y'); | 
| 116 | nc{'Y'}.long_name  = ncchar('latitude'); | 
| 117 | nc{'Y'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 118 | nc{'Y'}.units      = ncchar('degrees_north'); | 
| 119 | nc{'Y'}(:)         = Qlat; | 
| 120 |  | 
| 121 | nc{'Z'}            = ncfloat('Z'); | 
| 122 | nc{'Z'}.uniquename = ncchar('Z'); | 
| 123 | nc{'Z'}.long_name  = ncchar('depth'); | 
| 124 | nc{'Z'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 125 | nc{'Z'}.units      = ncchar('m'); | 
| 126 | nc{'Z'}(:)         = Qdpt(1); | 
| 127 |  | 
| 128 | % And main field: | 
| 129 | nc{ncid}               = ncfloat('Z', 'Y', 'X'); | 
| 130 | nc{ncid}.units         = ncchar(units); | 
| 131 | nc{ncid}.missing_value = ncfloat(NaN); | 
| 132 | nc{ncid}.FillValue_    = ncfloat(NaN); | 
| 133 | nc{ncid}.longname      = ncchar(longname); | 
| 134 | nc{ncid}.uniquename    = ncchar(uniquename); | 
| 135 | nc{ncid}(:,:,:)        = JBz; | 
| 136 |  | 
| 137 | nc=close(nc); | 
| 138 | close(ncQ); | 
| 139 | close(ncMLD); | 
| 140 |  | 
| 141 |  | 
| 142 |  | 
| 143 | % Output: | 
| 144 | output = struct('JBz',JBz,'lat',Qlat,'lon',Qlon); | 
| 145 | switch nargout | 
| 146 | case 1 | 
| 147 | varargout(1) = {output}; | 
| 148 | end |