--- manual/s_phys_pkgs/text/gmredi.tex 2001/09/27 19:43:36 1.1 +++ manual/s_phys_pkgs/text/gmredi.tex 2005/07/18 20:45:27 1.10 @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -\section{Gent/McWiliams/Redi SGS Eddy parameterization} +\subsection{GMREDI: Gent/McWiliams/Redi SGS Eddy Parameterization} +\label{sec:pkg:gmredi} +\begin{rawhtml} + +\end{rawhtml} There are two parts to the Redi/GM parameterization of geostrophic eddies. The first aims to mix tracer properties along isentropes @@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ that the horizontal fluxes are unmodified from the lateral diffusion parameterization. -\subsection{Redi scheme: Isopycnal diffusion} +\subsubsection{Redi scheme: Isopycnal diffusion} The Redi scheme diffuses tracers along isopycnals and introduces a term in the tendency (rhs) of such a tracer (here $\tau$) of the form: @@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ \end{equation} -\subsection{GM parameterization} +\subsubsection{GM parameterization} The GM parameterization aims to parameterise the ``advective'' or ``transport'' effect of geostrophic eddies by means of a ``bolus'' @@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ This is the form of the GM parameterization as applied by Donabasaglu, 1997, in MOM versions 1 and 2. -\subsection{Griffies Skew Flux} +\subsubsection{Griffies Skew Flux} Griffies notes that the discretisation of bolus velocities involves multiple layers of differencing and interpolation that potentially @@ -167,10 +171,27 @@ \end{array} \right) \end{equation} -which differs from the variable laplacian diffusion tensor by only +which differs from the variable Laplacian diffusion tensor by only two non-zero elements in the $z$-row. -\subsection{Variable $\kappa_{GM}$} +\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} +{\em S/R GMREDI\_CALC\_TENSOR} ({\em pkg/gmredi/gmredi\_calc\_tensor.F}) + +$\sigma_x$: {\bf SlopeX} (argument on entry) + +$\sigma_y$: {\bf SlopeY} (argument on entry) + +$\sigma_z$: {\bf SlopeY} (argument) + +$S_x$: {\bf SlopeX} (argument on exit) + +$S_y$: {\bf SlopeY} (argument on exit) + +\end{minipage} } + + + +\subsubsection{Variable $\kappa_{GM}$} Visbeck et al., 1996, suggest making the eddy coefficient, $\kappa_{GM}$, a function of the Eady growth rate, @@ -196,12 +217,12 @@ \end{displaymath} -\subsection{Tapering and stability} +\subsubsection{Tapering and stability} Experience with the GFDL model showed that the GM scheme has to be matched to the convective parameterization. This was originally expressed in connection with the introduction of the KPP boundary -layer scheme (Large et al., 97) but infact, as subsequent experience +layer scheme (Large et al., 97) but in fact, as subsequent experience with the MIT model has found, is necessary for any convective parameterization. @@ -219,15 +240,32 @@ \end{minipage} } +\begin{figure} +\begin{center} +\resizebox{5.0in}{3.0in}{\includegraphics{part6/tapers.eps}} +\end{center} +\caption{Taper functions used in GKW99 and DM95.} +\label{fig:tapers} +\end{figure} + +\begin{figure} +\begin{center} +\resizebox{5.0in}{3.0in}{\includegraphics{part6/effective_slopes.eps}} +\end{center} +\caption{Effective slope as a function of ``true'' slope using Cox +slope clipping, GKW91 limiting and DM95 limiting.} +\label{fig:effective_slopes} +\end{figure} + -\subsubsection{Slope clipping} +Slope clipping: Deep convection sites and the mixed layer are indicated by homogenized, unstable or nearly unstable stratification. The slopes in such regions can be either infinite, very large with a sign reversal or simply very large. From a numerical point of view, large slopes lead to large variations in the tensor elements (implying large bolus -flow) and can be numerically unstable. This was first reognized by +flow) and can be numerically unstable. This was first recognized by Cox, 1987, who implemented ``slope clipping'' in the isopycnal mixing tensor. Here, the slope magnitude is simply restricted by an upper limit: @@ -262,14 +300,14 @@ diffusion). The classic result of dramatically reduced mixed layers is evident. Indeed, the deep convection sites to just one or two points each and are much shallower than we might prefer. This, it turns out, -is due to the over zealous restratification due to the bolus transport +is due to the over zealous re-stratification due to the bolus transport parameterization. Limiting the slopes also breaks the adiabatic nature of the GM/Redi parameterization, re-introducing diabatic fluxes in regions where the limiting is in effect. -\subsubsection{Tapering: Gerdes, Koberle and Willebrand, Clim. Dyn. 1991} +Tapering: Gerdes, Koberle and Willebrand, Clim. Dyn. 1991: -The tapering scheme used in Gerdes et al., 1991, (\cite{gkw91}) +The tapering scheme used in Gerdes et al., 1999, (\cite{gkw:99}) addressed two issues with the clipping method: the introduction of large vertical fluxes in addition to convective adjustment fluxes is avoided by tapering the GM/Redi slopes back to zero in @@ -291,10 +329,10 @@ The GKW tapering scheme is activated in the model by setting {\bf GM\_tap\-er\_scheme = 'gkw91'} in {\em data.gmredi}. -\subsection{Tapering: Danabasoglu and McWilliams, J. Clim. 1995} +\subsubsection{Tapering: Danabasoglu and McWilliams, J. Clim. 1995} The tapering scheme used by Danabasoglu and McWilliams, 1995, -\cite{DM95}, followed a similar procedure but used a different +\cite{dm:95}, followed a similar procedure but used a different tapering function, $f_1(S)$: \begin{equation} f_1(S) = \frac{1}{2} \left( 1+\tanh \left[ \frac{S_c - |S|}{S_d} \right] \right) @@ -308,9 +346,9 @@ The DM tapering scheme is activated in the model by setting {\bf GM\_tap\-er\_scheme = 'dm95'} in {\em data.gmredi}. -\subsection{Tapering: Large, Danabasoglu and Doney, JPO 1997} +\subsubsection{Tapering: Large, Danabasoglu and Doney, JPO 1997} -The tapering used in Large et al., 1997, \cite{ldd97}, is based on the +The tapering used in Large et al., 1997, \cite{ldd:97}, is based on the DM95 tapering scheme, but also tapers the scheme with an additional function of height, $f_2(z)$, so that the GM/Redi SGS fluxes are reduced near the surface: @@ -326,195 +364,20 @@ + \begin{figure} +\begin{center} %\includegraphics{mixedlayer-cox.eps} %\includegraphics{mixedlayer-diff.eps} +Figure missing. +\end{center} \caption{Mixed layer depth using GM parameterization with a) Cox slope clipping and for comparison b) using horizontal constant diffusion.} -\ref{fig-mixedlayer} +\label{fig-mixedlayer} \end{figure} -\begin{figure} -%\includegraphics{slopelimits.eps} -\caption{Effective slope as a function of ``true'' slope using a) Cox -slope clipping, b) GKW91 limiting, c) DM95 limiting and d) LDD97 -limiting.} -\end{figure} - - -%\begin{figure} -%\includegraphics{coxslope.eps} -%\includegraphics{gkw91slope.eps} -%\includegraphics{dm95slope.eps} -%\includegraphics{ldd97slope.eps} -%\caption{Effective slope magnitude at 100~m depth evaluated using a) -%Cox slope clipping, b) GKW91 limiting, c) DM95 limiting and d) LDD97 -%limiting.} -%\end{figure} - -\section{Discretisation and code} - -This is the old documentation.....has to be brought upto date with MITgcm. - - -The Gent-McWilliams-Redi parameterization is implemented through the -package ``gmredi''. There are two necessary calls to ``gmredi'' -routines other than initialization; 1) to calculate the slope tensor -as a function of the current model state ({\bf gmredi\_calc\_tensor}) -and 2) evaluation of the lateral and vertical fluxes due to gradients -along isopycnals or bolus transport ({\bf gmredi\_xtransport}, {\bf -gmredi\_ytransport} and {\bf gmredi-rtransport}). - -Each element of the tensor is discretised to be adiabatic and so that -there would be no flux if the gmredi operator is applied to buoyancy. -To acheive this we have to consider both these constraints for each -row of the tensor, each row corresponding to a 'u', 'v' or 'w' point -on the model grid. - -The code that implements the Redi/GM/Griffies schemes involves an -original core routine {\bf inc\_tracer()} that is used to calculate -the tendency in the tracers (namely, salt and potential temperature) -and a new routine {\bf RediTensor()} that calculates the tensor -components and $\kappa_{GM}$. - -\subsection{subroutine RediTensor()} - -{\small -\begin{verbatim} -subroutine RediTensor(Temp,Salt,Kredigm,K31,K32,K33, nIter,DumpFlag) - |---in--| |-------out-------| -! Input -real Temp(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Potential temperature -real Salt(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Salinity -! Output -real Kredigm(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Redi/GM eddy coefficient -real K31(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Redi/GM (3,1) tensor component -real K32(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Redi/GM (3,2) tensor component -real K33(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Redi/GM (3,3) tensor component -! Auxiliary input -integer nIter ! interation/time-step number -logical DumpFlag ! flag to indicate routine should ``dump'' -\end{verbatim} -} - -The subroutine {\bf RediTensor()} is called from {\bf model()} with -input arguments $T$ and $S$. It returns the 3D-arrays {\tt Kredigm}, -{\t K31}, {\tt K32} and {\tt K33} which represent $\kappa_{GM}$ (at -$T/S$ points) and the three components of the bottom row in the -Redi/GM tensor; $2 S_x$, $2 S_y$ and $|S|^2$ respectively, all at $W$ -points. - -The discretisations and algorithm within {\bf RediTensor()} are as -follows. The routine first calculates the locally reference potential -density $\sigma_\theta$ from $T$ and $S$ and calculates the potential -density gradients in subroutine {\bf gradSigma()}: - -\centerline{\begin{tabular}{ccl} -& & \\ -Array & Grid-point & Definition \\ -{\tt SigX} & U & -$\sigma_x = \frac{1}{\Delta x} \delta_x \sigma|_{z(k)}$ -\\ -{\tt SigY} & V & -$\sigma_y = \frac{1}{\Delta y} \delta_y \sigma|_{z(k)}$ -\\ -{\tt SigZ} & W & -$\sigma_z = \frac{1}{\Delta z} -[ \sigma|_{z(k)}(k-1/2) - \sigma|_{z(k)}(k+1/2) ]$ -\\ -\\ -\end{tabular}} - -Note that $\sigma_z$ is the static stability because the potential -densities are referenced to the same reference level ($W$-level). - -The next step calculates the three tensor components {\tt K13}, {\tt -K23} and {\tt K33} in subroutine {\bf KtensorWface()}. First, the -lateral gradients $\sigma_x$ and $\sigma_y$ are interpolated to the -$W$ points and stored in intermediate variables: -\begin{eqnarray*} -\mbox{\tt Sx} & = & \overline{ \overline{ \sigma_x }^x }^z \\ -\mbox{\tt Sy} & = & \overline{ \overline{ \sigma_y }^y }^z -\end{eqnarray*} -Next, the magnitude of ${\bf \nabla}_z \sigma$ is stored in an intermediate -variable: -\begin{displaymath} -\mbox{\tt Sxy2} = \sqrt{ {\tt Sx}^2 + {\tt Sy}^2 } -\end{displaymath} -The stratification ($\sigma_z$) is ``checked'' such that the slope -vector has magnitude less than or equal to {\tt Smax} and stored in -an intermediate variable: -\begin{displaymath} -\mbox{\tt Sz} = \max ( \sigma_z , - \mbox{\tt Sxy2/Smax} ) -\end{displaymath} -This guarantees stability and at the same time retains the lateral -orientation of the slope vector. The tensor components are then calculated: -\begin{eqnarray*} -\mbox{\tt K13} & = & -2 {\tt Sx/Sz} \\ -\mbox{\tt K23} & = & -2 {\tt Sx/Sz} \\ -\mbox{\tt K33} & = & ({\tt Sx/Sz})^2 + ({\tt Sy/Sz})^2 -\end{eqnarray*} - -Finally, {\tt Kredigm} ($\kappa_{GM}$) is calculated in subroutine -{\bf GMRediCoefficient()}. First, all the gradients are interpolated -to the $T/S$ points and stored in intermediate variables: -\begin{eqnarray*} -\mbox{\tt Sx} & = & \overline{ \sigma_x }^x \\ -\mbox{\tt Sy} & = & \overline{ \sigma_y }^y \\ -\mbox{\tt Sz} & = & \overline{ \sigma_z }^z -\end{eqnarray*} -Again, a nominal stratification is found by ``check'' the magnitude of -the slope vector but here is converted to a Brunt-Vasala frequency: -\begin{eqnarray*} -{\tt M2} & = & \sqrt{ {\tt Sx}^2 + {\tt Sy}^2} \\ -{\tt N2} & = & - \frac{g}{\rho_o} \max ( {\tt Sz} , -{\tt M2 / Smax} -\end{eqnarray*} -The magnitude of the slope is then $|S| = {\tt M2}/{\tt N2}$. The Eady -growth rate is defined as $|f|/\sqrt(Ri) = |S| N$ and is calculated -as: -\begin{displaymath} -{\tt FrRi} = \frac{\tt M2}{\tt N2} ( - \frac{g}{\rho} {\tt Sz} ) -\end{displaymath} -The Eady growth rate is then averaged over the upper layers (about -1100m) and $\kappa_{GM}$ specified from this 2D-variable: -\begin{displaymath} -{\tt Kredigm} = 0.02 * (200d3 **2) * {\tt FrRi} -\end{displaymath} - -\subsection{subroutine inc\_tracer()} +\subsubsection{Package Reference} +% DO NOT EDIT HERE -{\bf inc\-tracer()} is called from {\bf model()} and has {\em four -new} arguments: -\begin{verbatim} -subroutine inc_tracer( ...,Kredigm,K31,K32,K33, ... ) -real Kredigm(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! Eddy coefficient -real K31(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! (3,1) tensor coefficient -real K32(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! (3,2) tensor coefficient -real K33(Nx,Ny,Nz) ! (3,3) tensor coefficient -\end{verbatim} - -Within the routine, the lateral fluxes, {\tt fluxWest} and {\tt -fluxSouth}, in the Redi/GM/Griffies scheme are very similar to the -conventional horizontal diffusion terms except that the diffusion -coefficient is a function of space and must be interpolated from the -$T/S$ points: -\begin{eqnarray*} -{\tt fluxWest}(\tau) & = & \ldots + -\overline{\tt Kredigm}^x \partial_x \tau \\ -{\tt fluxSouth}(\tau) & = & \ldots + -\overline{\tt Kredigm}^y \partial_y \tau -\end{eqnarray*} - -The Redi/GM/Griffies scheme adds three terms to the vertical flux -({\tt fluxUpper}) in the tracer equation. It is discretise simply: -\begin{displaymath} -{\tt fluxUpper}(\tau) = \ldots + \overline{\tt Kredigm}^z -\left( -{\tt K13} \overline{\partial_x \tau}^{xz} + -{\tt K23} \overline{\partial_y \tau}^{yz} + -{\tt K33} \partial_z \tau -\right) -\end{displaymath} -On boundaries, {\tt fluxUpper} is set to zero.