| 1 | heimbach | 1.1 | \section{The external forcing package | 
| 2 |  |  | \label{sectionexf}} | 
| 3 |  |  |  | 
| 4 |  |  | \subsection{Summary} | 
| 5 |  |  |  | 
| 6 |  |  | {\footnotesize | 
| 7 |  |  | \begin{verbatim} | 
| 8 |  |  | c     Field definitions, units, and sign conventions: | 
| 9 |  |  | c     =============================================== | 
| 10 |  |  | c | 
| 11 |  |  | c     ustress   :: Zonal surface wind stress in N/m^2 | 
| 12 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in uVel, which is west to | 
| 13 |  |  | c                      east for cartesian and spherical polar grids | 
| 14 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -0.5 < ustress < 0.5 | 
| 15 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid U point | 
| 16 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 17 |  |  | c | 
| 18 |  |  | c     vstress   :: Meridional surface wind stress in N/m^2 | 
| 19 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in vVel, which is south to | 
| 20 |  |  | c                      north for cartesian and spherical polar grids | 
| 21 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -0.5 < vstress < 0.5 | 
| 22 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid V point | 
| 23 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 24 |  |  | c | 
| 25 |  |  | c     hflux     :: Net upward surface heat flux excluding shortwave in W/m^2 | 
| 26 |  |  | c                  hflux = latent + sensible + lwflux | 
| 27 |  |  | c                  > 0 for decrease in theta (ocean cooling) | 
| 28 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -250 < hflux < 600 | 
| 29 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 30 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 31 |  |  | c | 
| 32 |  |  | c     sflux     :: Net upward freshwater flux in m/s | 
| 33 |  |  | c                  sflux = evap - precip - runoff | 
| 34 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in salt (ocean salinity) | 
| 35 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -1e-7 < sflux < 1e-7 | 
| 36 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 37 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 38 |  |  | c | 
| 39 |  |  | c     swflux    :: Net upward shortwave radiation in W/m^2 | 
| 40 |  |  | c                  swflux = - ( swdown - ice and snow absorption - reflected ) | 
| 41 |  |  | c                  > 0 for decrease in theta (ocean cooling) | 
| 42 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -350 < swflux < 0 | 
| 43 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 44 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 45 |  |  | c | 
| 46 |  |  | c     uwind     :: Surface (10-m) zonal wind velocity in m/s | 
| 47 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in uVel, which is west to | 
| 48 |  |  | c                      east for cartesian and spherical polar grids | 
| 49 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -10 < uwind < 10 | 
| 50 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid U point | 
| 51 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 52 |  |  | c | 
| 53 |  |  | c     vwind     :: Surface (10-m) meridional wind velocity in m/s | 
| 54 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in vVel, which is south to | 
| 55 |  |  | c                      north for cartesian and spherical polar grids | 
| 56 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -10 < vwind < 10 | 
| 57 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid V point | 
| 58 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 59 |  |  | c | 
| 60 |  |  | c     atemp     :: Surface (2-m) air temperature in deg K | 
| 61 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 200 < atemp < 300 | 
| 62 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 63 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 64 |  |  | c | 
| 65 |  |  | c     aqh       :: Surface (2m) specific humidity in kg/kg | 
| 66 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 0 < aqh < 0.02 | 
| 67 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 68 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 69 |  |  | c | 
| 70 |  |  | c     lwflux    :: Net upward longwave radiation in W/m^2 | 
| 71 |  |  | c                  lwflux = - ( lwdown - ice and snow absorption - emitted ) | 
| 72 |  |  | c                  > 0 for decrease in theta (ocean cooling) | 
| 73 |  |  | c                  Typical range: -20 < lwflux < 170 | 
| 74 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 75 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 76 |  |  | c | 
| 77 |  |  | c     evap      :: Evaporation in m/s | 
| 78 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in salt (ocean salinity) | 
| 79 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 0 < evap < 2.5e-7 | 
| 80 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 81 |  |  | c                  Input, input/output, or output field | 
| 82 |  |  | c | 
| 83 |  |  | c     precip    :: Precipitation in m/s | 
| 84 |  |  | c                  > 0 for decrease in salt (ocean salinity) | 
| 85 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 0 < precip < 5e-7 | 
| 86 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 87 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 88 |  |  | c | 
| 89 |  |  | c     runoff    :: River and glacier runoff in m/s | 
| 90 |  |  | c                  > 0 for decrease in salt (ocean salinity) | 
| 91 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 0 < runoff < ???? | 
| 92 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 93 |  |  | c                  Input or input/output field | 
| 94 |  |  | c                  !!! WATCH OUT: Default exf_inscal_runoff !!! | 
| 95 |  |  | c                  !!! in exf_readparms.F is not 1.0        !!! | 
| 96 |  |  | c | 
| 97 |  |  | c     swdown    :: Downward shortwave radiation in W/m^2 | 
| 98 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in theta (ocean warming) | 
| 99 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 0 < swdown < 450 | 
| 100 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 101 |  |  | c                  Input/output field | 
| 102 |  |  | c | 
| 103 |  |  | c     lwdown    :: Downward longwave radiation in W/m^2 | 
| 104 |  |  | c                  > 0 for increase in theta (ocean warming) | 
| 105 |  |  | c                  Typical range: 50 < lwdown < 450 | 
| 106 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 107 |  |  | c                  Input/output field | 
| 108 |  |  | c | 
| 109 |  |  | c     apressure :: Atmospheric pressure field in N/m^2 | 
| 110 |  |  | c                  > 0 for ???? | 
| 111 |  |  | c                  Typical range: ???? < apressure < ???? | 
| 112 |  |  | c                  Southwest C-grid tracer point | 
| 113 |  |  | c                  Input field | 
| 114 |  |  | C | 
| 115 |  |  | C | 
| 116 |  |  | c     NOTES: | 
| 117 |  |  | c     ====== | 
| 118 |  |  | c | 
| 119 |  |  | c     Input and output units and sign conventions can be customized | 
| 120 |  |  | c     using variables exf_inscal_* and exf_outscal_*, which are set | 
| 121 |  |  | c     by exf_readparms.F | 
| 122 |  |  | c | 
| 123 |  |  | c     Output fields fu, fv, Qnet, Qsw, and EmPmR are | 
| 124 |  |  | c     defined in FFIELDS.h | 
| 125 |  |  | c | 
| 126 |  |  | c     #ifndef SHORTWAVE_HEATING, hflux includes shortwave, | 
| 127 |  |  | c     that is, hflux = latent + sensible + lwflux +swflux | 
| 128 |  |  | c | 
| 129 |  |  | c     If (EXFwindOnBgrid .EQ. .TRUE.), uwind and vwind are | 
| 130 |  |  | c     defined on northeast B-grid U and V points, respectively. | 
| 131 |  |  | c | 
| 132 |  |  | c     Arrays *0 and *1 below are used for temporal interpolation. | 
| 133 |  |  | \end{verbatim} | 
| 134 |  |  | } | 
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