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ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES

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Configuration Description

ORCA is the generic name given to global ocean configurations. Its specificity lies on the horizontal curvilinear mesh used to overcome the North Pole singularity found for geographical meshes. LIM (Louvain-la-Neuve sea-ice model, multi-category model LIM3 is used) is a thermodynamic-dynamic sea ice model specifically designed for climate studies. A brief description of the model is given here.

Space-time domain

The horizontal resolution available through the standard configuration is ORCA2. it is based on a 2 degrees Mercator mesh, (i.e. variation of meridian scale factor as cosinus of the latitude). In the northern hemisphere the mesh has two poles so that the ratio of anisotropy is nearly one everywhere. The mean grid spacing is about 2/3 of the nominal value: for example it is 1.3 degrees for ORCA2. Other resolutions (ORCA4, ORCA05 and ORCA025) are running or under development within specific projects. In the coarse resolution version (i.e. ORCA2 and ORCA4) the meridional grid spacing is increased near the equator to improve the equatorial dynamics. Figures in pdf format of mesh and bathymetry can be found and downloaded here. The sea-ice model runs on the same grid.

The vertical domain spreads from the surface to a depth of 5000m. There are 31 levels, with 10 levels in the top 100m. The vertical mesh is deduced from a mathematical function of z (AttachmentNum(1)?). The ocean surface corresponds to the w-level k=1, and the ocean bottom to the w-level k=31. The last T-level (k=31) is thus always in the ground.The depths of the vertical levels and the associated scale factors can be viewed .Higher vertical resolution is used in ORCA025 and ORCA12 ( see DRAKKAR project).

The time step depends on the resolution. It is 1h36' for ORCA2 so that there is 15 time steps in one day.

Ocean Physics (for ORCA2)

  • horizontal diffusion on momentum: the eddy viscosity coefficient depends on the geographical position. It is taken as 40000 $m2/s$, reduced in the equator regions (2000 $m2/s$) excepted near the western boundaries.
  • isopycnal diffusion on tracers: the diffusion acts along the isopycnal surfaces (neutral surface) with a eddy diffusivity coefficient of 2000 $m2/s$.
  • Eddy induced velocity parametrization with a coefficient that depends on the growth rate of baroclinic instabilities (it usually varies from 15 $m2/s$ to 3000 $m2/s$).
  • lateral boundary conditions : zero fluxes of heat and salt and no-slip conditions are applied through lateral solid boundaries.
  • bottom boundary condition : zero fluxes of heat and salt are applied through the ocean bottom. The Beckmann [19XX] simple bottom boundary layer parameterization is applied along continental slopes. A linear friction is applied on momentum.
  • convection: the vertical eddy viscosity and diffusivity coefficients are increased to 1 $m2/s$ in case of static instability.
  • forcings: the ocean receives heat, freshwater, and momentum fluxes from the atmosphere and/or the sea-ice. The solar radiation penetrates the top meters of the ocean. The downward irradiance I(z) is formulated with two extinction coefficients [Paulson and Simpson, 1977], whose values correspond to a Type I water in Jerlov's classification (i.e the most transparent water)

ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES is a reference configuration with the following characteristics:

  • global ocean configuration
  • based on a tri-polar ORCA grid, with a 2° horizontal resolution
  • 31 vertical levels
  • forced with climatological surface fields
  • coupled to the sea-ice model LIM
  • coupled to TOP passive tracer transport module and PISCES biogeochemichal model.

AGRIF demonstrator

From the ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES configuration, a demonstrator using AGRIF nesting can be activated. It includes the global ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES configuration and a nested grid in the Agulhas region.
To set up this configuration, after extracting NEMO:

  • Build your AGRIF configuration directory from ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES, with the key_agrif CPP key activated:
    cd NEMOGCM/CONFIG; ./makenemo -r ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES -n AGRIF add_key "key_agrif"
    
  • Using the ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES input files and namelist, AGRIF test configuration is ready to run

Configuration Inputs

Caution! choose the one corresponding to your code version:

On-The-Fly Interpolation

NEMO allows to use the interpolation on the fly option allowing to interpolate input data during the run. If you want to use this option you need files giving informations on weights, which have been created.
You can find here 2 weights files bil_weights for scalar field (bilinear interpolation) and bic_weights for vector field (bicubic interpolation).
The data files used are COREII forcing extrapolated on continents, ready to be used for on the fly option: COREII forcing files extrapolated on continents

Configuration Outputs

To compare with your experiments, Outputs and Restarts files are available for ORCA2_LIM3_PISCES and its previous versions ORCA2_LIM2, for different releases:

v3_6 STABLE r5618

  • To checkout this version
    svn --username "mylogin" co -r 5618 http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/svn/branches/2015/nemo_v3_6_STABLE/NEMOGCM
    
  • Climatological reference (3000 years)
    • output, restart files
    • list of CPP keys
      bld::tool:: fppkeys key_trabbl key_lim3 key_vvl key_dynspg_ts key_diaeiv key_ldfslp key_traldf_c2d key_traldf_eiv key_dynldf_c3d key_zdftke key_zdfddm key_zdftmx key_iomput key_mpp_mpi key_top key_pisces
      
    • forcing COREII
    • all details (namelists, XML files and CPP keys) of run of reference are available from the here

Preliminary version of v3_6 r4334

  • To checkout this version
    svn --username "mylogin" co -r 4334 http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/svn/branches/2013/dev_MERGE_2013/NEMOGCM
    
  • Climatological reference (500 years)
    • output, restart files
    • list of CPP keys
      bld::tool::fppkeys key_trabbl key_lim2 key_dynspg_flt key_diaeiv key_ldfslp key_traldf_c2d key_traldf_eiv key_dynldf_c3d 
      key_zdftke key_zdfddm key_zdftmx key_top key_pisces key_iomput key_mpp_mpi key_nosignedzero
      
    • forcing COREII
    • all details (plots, time series, namelists, XML files and CPP keys) of run of reference are available from the here

For developers only :( intermediate v3_5) r3856

  • Climatological reference (500 years) :
    • output, restart files
    • list of cpp keys
      bld::tool::fppkeys fppkeys key_trabbl key_orca_r2 key_lim2 key_dynspg_flt key_diaeiv key_ldfslp key_traldf_c2d key_traldf_eiv key_dynldf_c3d 
      key_zdftke key_zdfddm key_zdftmx key_top key_pisces key_iomput key_mpp_mpi
      
    • forcing COREII
    • all details (plots, time series, namelists, XML files and CPP keys) of run of reference are available from the here

nemo 3_4_STABLE r4636

  • To download this version:
    svn --username "mylogin" co -r 4636 http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/svn/branches/2012/dev_v3_4_STABLE_2012
    
  • Climatological reference (300 years) :
    • output,restart files
    • list of CPP keys :
      bld::tool::fppkeys fppkeys key_trabbl key_orca_r2 key_lim2 key_dynspg_flt key_diaeiv key_ldfslp key_traldf_c2d key_traldf_eiv key_dynldf_c3d key_zdftke key_zdfddm key_top key_pisces key_iomput key_mpp_mpi
      
    • forcing COREII
    • all details (plots, time series, namelists, XML files and CPP keys) of run of reference are available from the here

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