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Note on possible system simplification
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We need to simplify the code for both maintenance and future evolution. This means fewer options, and a consensus on the default (and thus well validated) set of numerics.
The idea is to change the used choices from :
linear filtered free surface ocean with TVD, "Madec" isoneutral diffusion, and standard equation of state ; levitating sea-ice with virtual salt fluxes
to :
Non linear (vvl) split-explicit (ts) free surface with 3rd order advection (UBS), "Griffies" isoneutral diffusion and TEOS10 ; embedded multi-category sea-ice (exact fluxes).
Environment :
- suppress most of the CPP keys, if not all of them
- dynamical allocation: return back to standard allocation (no more CALL wrk_alloc and CALL wrk_dealloc)
Free surface & vertical coordinate :
- remove filtered free surface and all associated solvers
- default : non-linear free surface
- linear option set without optimization (i.e. starting from the non-linear case with minimal changes, not optimal changes), or linear case suppressed ??
- vertical coordinate : default option mixte zps/s-tilde coordinate (thus with variable volume level), with mixte zps*/s*, mixte z/s, zps, z and s coordinate system as sub-option (same code used)
Needs :
- split-explicit free surface adapted to AGRIF refinements and TAM
- tracer solved systematically as thickness weighted tracer: Dt(e3t T)
- no more substitute (domzgr_substitute.h90): all e3 always defined at before, now and after time steps.
- sea-ice : embedded sea-ice only, so management of land-fast ice and especially sea-ice approaching the ocean-bottom.
Equation of State (eos) :
- EOS10 as default + 1 simplified eos. Suppression of the now used EOS.
- EOS provides systematically alpha and beta (used in ldf_iso, bbl, mld, npc…)
- no more potential density (mixed layer depth computed from alpha & beta)
- efficient transfer function from conservative temperature to potential temperature and vice versa.
Coupled interface to the atmosphere :
- OASIS-MCT only: remove OASIS 3 interface.
- Multi-category sea-ice interface
Physics :
- avm defined at t-point ==> suppress avmu, avmv and ~10 lbc_lnk calls
- LDF: remove 1D and 2D cases, keep only 3D ; laplacian and bilaplacian coefficients defined at the same points (T and F) ; time varying coefficients (Smagorinsky, function of growth rate of baroclinic instabilities): better integration rather than configuration dependent cases
- TKE remove (use GLS instead?)
- KPP remove unless if-less KPP is implemented (Lemarié et al 2012). Keeping a validated KPP scheme in the system make sense for comparison purposes.
- Non-penetrative convection : either correct it (using alpha & beta) or remove it • remove the explicit vertical diffusion
Configurations :
- remove all hard coded specific alterations associated with configurations (ORCA,…) while introducing associated input files
- same for the definition of coordinate system (s, mixed z-s): only a simple case hard coded. For more sophisticated cases, the required information should be read in an input file.
Obsolescent features : to be suppressed
- remove LIM2 : only LIM3 remains in the system
- remove OBC : only BDY remains in the system
- acceleration of convergence (in particular, rdttra function of k ==> unique rdt)
- remove Neptune effect : ORCA1 run shows its inefficiency.
- duplicate isoneutral operator: keep only the Griffies' one
- Smagorinsky (?) : use 3rd order operator (UBS) instead and remove it ?
- tracer advection schemes: diminish their number. Typically one module for 2 nd /4 th order and one for a 3 rd order scheme, both associated with an optional flux limiter to ensure positivity.
Outputs :
- remove Dimg format ? (agreement needed from DRAKKAR group)
- remove IOIPSL: the key issue here is do we believe XIOs is able to work on all existing and foreseen platform?