| 1 | gmaze | 1.1 | % | 
| 2 |  |  | % [] = compute_MLD(SNAPSHOT) | 
| 3 |  |  | % | 
| 4 |  |  | % Here we compute the Mixed Layer Depth as: | 
| 5 |  |  | % MLD = min depth for which : ST > ST(SSS,SST-0.8,p0) | 
| 6 |  |  | % | 
| 7 |  |  | % where: | 
| 8 |  |  | %  ST is potential density (kg/m3) | 
| 9 |  |  | %  SST the Sea Surface Temperature (oC) | 
| 10 |  |  | %  SSS the Sea Surface Salinity (PSU-35) | 
| 11 |  |  | %  p0  the Sea Level Pressure (mb) | 
| 12 |  |  | %  EKL is the Ekman layer depth (m) | 
| 13 |  |  | % | 
| 14 |  |  | % Files names are: | 
| 15 |  |  | % INPUT: | 
| 16 |  |  | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_SIGMATHETA>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 17 |  |  | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_THETA>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 18 |  |  | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_SALTanom>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 19 |  |  | % OUTPUT | 
| 20 |  |  | % ./netcdf-files/<SNAPSHOT>/<netcdf_MLD>.<netcdf_domain>.<netcdf_suff> | 
| 21 |  |  | % | 
| 22 |  |  | % with netcdf_* as global variables | 
| 23 |  |  | % netcdf_MLD = 'MLD' by default | 
| 24 |  |  | % | 
| 25 |  |  | % Rq: This method leads to a MLD deeper than KPPmld in the middle of the | 
| 26 |  |  | % ocean, and shallower along the coast. | 
| 27 |  |  | % | 
| 28 |  |  | % 09/20/06 | 
| 29 |  |  | % gmaze@mit.edu | 
| 30 |  |  |  | 
| 31 |  |  | function compute_MLD(snapshot) | 
| 32 |  |  |  | 
| 33 |  |  | global sla toshow | 
| 34 |  |  | global netcdf_suff netcdf_domain | 
| 35 |  |  | global netcdf_SIGMATHETA netcdf_THETA netcdf_SALTanom netcdf_MLD | 
| 36 |  |  | pv_checkpath | 
| 37 |  |  |  | 
| 38 |  |  |  | 
| 39 |  |  | % NETCDF file name: | 
| 40 |  |  | filST = netcdf_SIGMATHETA; | 
| 41 |  |  | filT  = netcdf_THETA; | 
| 42 |  |  | filS  = netcdf_SALTanom; | 
| 43 |  |  |  | 
| 44 |  |  | % Path and extension to find them: | 
| 45 |  |  | pathname = strcat('netcdf-files',sla); | 
| 46 |  |  | ext = netcdf_suff; | 
| 47 |  |  |  | 
| 48 |  |  | % Load files: | 
| 49 |  |  | ferfile = strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,filST,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext); | 
| 50 |  |  | ncST    = netcdf(ferfile,'nowrite'); | 
| 51 |  |  | ST      = ncST{4}(:,:,:); | 
| 52 |  |  | [STlon STlat STdpt] = coordfromnc(ncST); | 
| 53 |  |  |  | 
| 54 |  |  | ferfile = strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,filT,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext); | 
| 55 |  |  | ncT    = netcdf(ferfile,'nowrite'); | 
| 56 |  |  | SST      = ncT{4}(1,:,:); | 
| 57 |  |  | [Tlon Tlat Tdpt] = coordfromnc(ncT); | 
| 58 |  |  |  | 
| 59 |  |  | ferfile = strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,filS,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext); | 
| 60 |  |  | ncS   = netcdf(ferfile,'nowrite'); | 
| 61 |  |  | SSS     = ncS{4}(1,:,:); | 
| 62 |  |  | [Slon Slat Sdpt] = coordfromnc(ncS); | 
| 63 |  |  |  | 
| 64 |  |  |  | 
| 65 |  |  | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 66 |  |  | % COMPUTE The Mixed Layer Depth: | 
| 67 |  |  | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 68 |  |  | if toshow, disp('pre-allocate'), end | 
| 69 |  |  | nx = length(STlon); | 
| 70 |  |  | ny = length(STlat); | 
| 71 |  |  | SST08 = SST - 0.8; | 
| 72 |  |  | SSS   = SSS + 35; | 
| 73 |  |  | Surfadens08 = densjmd95(SSS,SST08,(0.09998*9.81*Tdpt(1))*ones(ny,nx))-1000; | 
| 74 |  |  | MLD = zeros(size(ST,2),size(ST,3)); | 
| 75 |  |  |  | 
| 76 |  |  | if toshow, disp('get MLD'), end | 
| 77 |  |  | for iy = 1 : size(ST,2) | 
| 78 |  |  | for ix = 1 : size(ST,3) | 
| 79 |  |  | mm =  find( squeeze(ST(:,iy,ix)) > Surfadens08(iy,ix) ); | 
| 80 |  |  | if ~isempty(mm) | 
| 81 |  |  | MLD(iy,ix) = STdpt(min(mm)); | 
| 82 |  |  | end | 
| 83 |  |  | %end | 
| 84 |  |  | end | 
| 85 |  |  | end | 
| 86 |  |  |  | 
| 87 |  |  | MLD(isnan(squeeze(ST(1,:,:)))) = NaN; | 
| 88 |  |  |  | 
| 89 |  |  | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 90 |  |  | % Record | 
| 91 |  |  | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | 
| 92 |  |  | if toshow, disp('record'), end | 
| 93 |  |  |  | 
| 94 |  |  | % General informations: | 
| 95 |  |  | if ~isempty('netcdf_MLD') | 
| 96 |  |  | netfil = netcdf_MLD; | 
| 97 |  |  | else | 
| 98 |  |  | netfil = 'MLD'; | 
| 99 |  |  | end | 
| 100 |  |  | units      = 'm'; | 
| 101 |  |  | ncid       = 'MLD'; | 
| 102 |  |  | longname   = 'Mixed Layer Depth'; | 
| 103 |  |  | uniquename = 'MLD'; | 
| 104 |  |  |  | 
| 105 |  |  | % Open output file: | 
| 106 |  |  | nc = netcdf(strcat(pathname,sla,snapshot,sla,netfil,'.',netcdf_domain,'.',ext),'clobber'); | 
| 107 |  |  |  | 
| 108 |  |  | % Define axis: | 
| 109 |  |  | nx = length(STlon) ; | 
| 110 |  |  | ny = length(STlat) ; | 
| 111 |  |  | nz = 1 ; | 
| 112 |  |  |  | 
| 113 |  |  | nc('X') = nx; | 
| 114 |  |  | nc('Y') = ny; | 
| 115 |  |  | nc('Z') = nz; | 
| 116 |  |  |  | 
| 117 |  |  | nc{'X'}            = ncfloat('X'); | 
| 118 |  |  | nc{'X'}.uniquename = ncchar('X'); | 
| 119 |  |  | nc{'X'}.long_name  = ncchar('longitude'); | 
| 120 |  |  | nc{'X'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 121 |  |  | nc{'X'}.units      = ncchar('degrees_east'); | 
| 122 |  |  | nc{'X'}(:)         = STlon; | 
| 123 |  |  |  | 
| 124 |  |  | nc{'Y'}            = ncfloat('Y'); | 
| 125 |  |  | nc{'Y'}.uniquename = ncchar('Y'); | 
| 126 |  |  | nc{'Y'}.long_name  = ncchar('latitude'); | 
| 127 |  |  | nc{'Y'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 128 |  |  | nc{'Y'}.units      = ncchar('degrees_north'); | 
| 129 |  |  | nc{'Y'}(:)         = STlat; | 
| 130 |  |  |  | 
| 131 |  |  | nc{'Z'}            = ncfloat('Z'); | 
| 132 |  |  | nc{'Z'}.uniquename = ncchar('Z'); | 
| 133 |  |  | nc{'Z'}.long_name  = ncchar('depth'); | 
| 134 |  |  | nc{'Z'}.gridtype   = nclong(0); | 
| 135 |  |  | nc{'Z'}.units      = ncchar('m'); | 
| 136 |  |  | nc{'Z'}(:)         = STdpt(1); | 
| 137 |  |  |  | 
| 138 |  |  | % And main field: | 
| 139 |  |  | nc{ncid}               = ncfloat('Z', 'Y', 'X'); | 
| 140 |  |  | nc{ncid}.units         = ncchar(units); | 
| 141 |  |  | nc{ncid}.missing_value = ncfloat(NaN); | 
| 142 |  |  | nc{ncid}.FillValue_    = ncfloat(NaN); | 
| 143 |  |  | nc{ncid}.longname      = ncchar(longname); | 
| 144 |  |  | nc{ncid}.uniquename    = ncchar(uniquename); | 
| 145 |  |  | nc{ncid}(:,:,:)        = MLD; | 
| 146 |  |  |  | 
| 147 |  |  | nc=close(nc); | 
| 148 |  |  |  | 
| 149 |  |  |  |