Initialization
parameters
(class = I),
run parameters (R), package parameters (P) as well as user-defined
parameters (U) are alphabetically listed in the following table.
Parameter name |
Class |
Type |
Default
|
Explanation |
I |
L |
.F. |
Near-surface adjustment of the mixing length to the Prandtl-layer law. |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Inclination of the model domain with respect to the horizontal (in degrees). |
|
averaging_interval | R | R | 0.0 | Averaging interval for all output of temporally averaged data (in s). |
R |
R |
value of averaging_ interval |
Averaging interval for vertical profiles output to local file DATA_1D_PR_NETCDF and/or PLOT1D_DATA (in s). | |
P |
R |
value of averaging_ interval |
Averaging interval for spectra output to local file DATA_1D_SP_NETCDF and/or PLOTSP_X_DATA / PLOTSP_Y_DATA (in s). | |
I |
C * 20 |
'neumann' |
Bottom boundary condition of the
TKE. |
|
bc_lr | I |
C * 20 |
´cyclic´ |
Boundary condition along x (for all quantities). |
bc_ns | I |
C * 20 | 'cyclic' | Boundary condition along y (for all quantities). |
I |
C * 20 |
'neumann' |
Bottom boundary condition of the
perturbation pressure. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Top boundary condition of the
perturbation pressure. |
|
bc_par_b | P |
C*15 | ´reflect´ |
Bottom boundary condition for particle transport. |
bc_par_lr | P |
C*15 | ´cyclic´ | Lateral boundary condition (x-direction) for particle transport. |
bc_par_ns | P |
C*15 | ´cyclic´ | Lateral boundary condition (y-direction) for particle transport. |
bc_par_t | P |
C*15 | ´absorb´ | Top boundary condition for particle transport. |
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Bottom boundary condition of the
potential temperature. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'initial_gradient' |
Top boundary condition of the
potential temperature. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Bottom boundary condition of the
specific humidity / total water content. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'neumann' |
Top boundary condition of the
specific humidity / total water content. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Bottom boundary condition of the
scalar concentration. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
´neumann´ |
Top boundary condition of the
scalar concentration. |
|
bc_sa_t | I | C * 20 | 'neumann' | Top boundary condition of the salinity. |
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Bottom boundary condition of the horizontal wind components u and v. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'dirichlet' |
Top boundary condition of the horizontal velocity components u and v. |
|
bottom_salinityflux | I | R | 0.0 | Kinematic salinity flux near the surface (in psu m/s). |
building_height | I | R | 50.0 | Height of a single building in m. |
building_length_x | I | R | 50.0 | Width of a single building in m. |
building_length_y | I | R | 50.0 | Depth of a single building in m. |
building_wall_left | I | R | building centered in x-direction | x-coordinate of the left building wall in m. |
building_wall_south | I | R | building centered in y-direction | y-coordinate of the South building wall in m. |
call_psolver_at_all_substeps | R |
L |
.T.. |
Switch to steer the call of the pressure solver. |
cfl_factor | R | R | 0.1, 0.8 or 0.9 (see parameter description) | Time step limiting factor. |
cloud_droplets |
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter to switch on usage of cloud droplets. |
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter
to switch on the condensation scheme. |
|
P |
I (10) |
no level |
Vertical level for which horizontal spectra are to be calculated and output (gridpoints). |
|
conserve_volume_flow | I | L | .F. | Conservation of volume flow in x- and y-direction. |
R |
L |
.T. |
Switch
to impose random perturbations to the horizontal
velocity field. |
|
R |
C * 10 (100) |
100 * ' ' |
Type of normalization applied to the x-coordinate of vertical profiles to be plotted with profil. |
|
R |
C
* 10 |
100 * ' ' |
Type of normalization applied to the y-coordinate of
vertical
profiles to be plotted with profil.
|
|
R |
C * 100 (100) |
see parameter description |
Determines
which vertical profiles are to be presented
in
which coordinate system if the plot software profil is
used. |
|
R |
C
* 40 |
see parameter description |
x-axis
labels of vertical profile coordinate systems to
be
plotted with profil.
|
|
I |
L |
.T. |
Cut off of so-called overshoots, which can occur with the upstream-spline-scheme. |
|
R |
C * 1 |
'w' |
Type of cycle to be used with the multi-grid method. | |
I |
R |
zu(nz+1) |
Height
where the damping layer begins in the 1d-model
(in m). |
|
data_output | R | C * 10 (100) | 100 * ´ ´ | Quantities for which 2d cross section and/or 3d volume data are to be output. |
data_output_format | R | C * 10 (10) | 'netcdf' | Format of output data. |
data_output_pr | R | C * 10 (100) | 100 * ' ' | Quantities for which vertical profiles (horizontally averaged) are to be output. |
data_output_pr_user | U | C * 10 (200) |
200 * ' ' | User defined quantities for which horizontally averaged profile data is to be output. |
data_output_sp | P | C * 10 (10) | 10 * ' ' | Quantities for which horizontal spectra are to be calculated and output. |
data_output_user | U | C * 10 (100) | 100 * ' ' | User defined quantities for which 2d cross section and/or 3d volume data are to be output. |
data_output_2d_on_each_pe | R | L | .T. | Output 2d cross section data by one or all processors. |
P |
R (10) |
0.0, 9 * 9999999.9 |
Ratio of the density of the fluid and the density of the particles. |
|
dissipation_1d | I | C * 20 | 'as_in_3d_model' | Calculation method for the energy dissipation term in the TKE equation of the 1d-model. |
R |
R |
0.25 |
Maximum
perturbation amplitude of the random
perturbations
imposed to the horizontal velocity field (in m/s). |
|
R |
R |
0.01 |
Upper limit value of the perturbation energy of the velocity field used as a criterion for imposing random perturbations (in m2/s2). |
|
R |
R |
zu(3) or zu(nz*2/3) |
Lower limit of the vertical range for which random perturbations are to be imposed on the horizontal wind field (in m). |
|
R |
R |
zu(nz/3) or zu(nzt-3) |
Upper
limit of the vertical range for which random perturbations are to be
imposed on the horizontal wind field (in m). |
|
do2d_at_begin | R | L | .F. | Output 2d cross section data by one or all processors. |
do3d_at_begin | R | L | .F. | Output of 3d volume data at the beginning of a run. |
do3d_compress | R | L | .F. | Output of data for 3d plots in compressed form. |
do3d_precision | R | C * 7 (100) | see parameter description | Significant digits in case of compressed data output. |
I/R |
R |
variable |
Time
step for the 3d-model (in s). |
|
dt_averaging_input | R | R | 0.0 | Temporal interval of data which are subject to temporal averaging (in s). |
R |
R |
value of dt_ averaging_ input |
Temporal interval of data which are subject to temporal averaging of vertical profiles and/or spectra (in s). | |
dt_coupling | R | R | 9999999.9 | Temporal interval for the data exchange in case of runs with coupled models (e.g. atmosphere - ocean) (in s). |
dt_data_output | R | R | 9999999.9 |
Temporal interval at which data (3d volume data (instantaneous or time averaged), cross sections (instantaneous or time averaged), vertical profiles, spectra) shall be output (in s). |
dt_data_output_av | R | R | value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at which time averaged 3d volume data and/or 2d cross section data shall be output (in s). |
R |
R |
9999999.9 |
Temporal interval at
which random
perturbations are to be imposed on the horizontal velocity field
(in s). |
|
dt_dopr | R | R | value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at which data of vertical profiles shall be output (to local file DATA_1D_PR_NETCDF or/and PLOT1D_DATA) (in s). |
dt_dopr_listing | R | R | 9999999.9 |
Temporal interval at which data of vertical profiles shall be output (output for printouts, local file LIST_PROFIL) (in s). |
dt_dopts | P | R | value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at which time series data of particle quantities shall be output (in s). |
P |
R |
value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at which spectra data shall be output (in s). | |
R |
R |
see parameter description |
Temporal interval at
which time series data shall be output (in s). |
|
R |
R |
value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at
which horizontal cross section data shall be output (in s). |
|
R |
R |
value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at
which vertical cross section data (xz) shall be output (in
s). |
|
R |
R |
value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at which vertical cross section data (yz) shall be output (in s). |
|
R |
R |
value
of dt_data_ output |
Temporal interval at
which 3d volume data shall be output (in s). |
|
dt_dvrp | P | R | 9999999.9 | Temporal interval of scenes to be displayed with the dvrp software (in s). |
dt_max | R | R | 20.0 | Maximum allowed value of the timestep (in s). |
dt_min_part | P | R | 0.0002 | Minimum value for the particle timestep when SGS velocities are used (in s). |
P |
R |
9999999.9 |
Temporal interval at which particles are to be released from a particle source (in s). |
|
I |
R |
9999999.9 |
Temporal interval of vertical profile output of the 1D-model (in s). |
|
dt_restart | R |
R |
9999999.9 |
Temporal interval at which a new restart run is to be carried out (in s). |
R |
R |
60.0 |
Temporal interval at
which run control
output is to be made (in s).
|
|
I |
R |
60.0 |
Temporal interval of runtime control output of the 1d-model (in s). |
|
dt_write_particle_data | P |
R |
9999999.9 | Temporal interval for output of particle data (in s). |
P |
C * 80 |
'default' |
Name of the directory into which data created by the dvrp
software shall be saved. |
|
P |
C * 80 |
'default' |
Name of the file into which data created by the dvrp software shall be output. |
|
P |
C * 80 |
'origin.rvs. |
Name
of the computer to which data created by the dvrp software shall
be
transferred. |
|
P |
C * 10 |
'rtsp' |
Output mode for the dvrp software. |
|
P |
C * 80 |
'********' |
Password for the computer to which data created by the dvrp software is to be transferred. | |
P |
R |
0.2 * dx |
Diameter
that the particles is given in visualizations
with
the dvrp
software (in
m). |
|
P |
C * 80 |
no default value |
User
name of a valid account on the computer to which
data
created by the dvrp
software
is to be
transferred. |
|
I |
R |
1.0 |
Horizontal
grid spacing along the x-direction (in m). |
|
I |
R |
1.0 |
Horizontal
grid spacing along the y-direction (in m). |
|
I |
R |
no default, see parameter description |
Vertical grid spacing (in m). |
|
dz_max | I | R | 9999999.9 | Allowed
maximum vertical grid spacing (in m). |
I |
R |
1.08 |
Stretch factor for a vertically stretched grid (see dz_stretch_level). |
|
I |
R |
100000.0 |
Height
level above/below which the grid is to be stretched
vertically (in m). |
|
e_init | I | R | 0.0 | Initial TKE in m2s-2. |
e_min | I | R | 0.0 | Minimum TKE in m2s-2. |
R |
R |
0.0 |
Simulation time of the 3D model (in s). |
|
end_time_prel | P | R | 9999999.9 | Time of the last release of particles (in s). |
I |
R |
864000.0 |
Time to be simulated for the 1D-model (in s). |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'system specific' |
FFT-method to be used. |
|
R |
L |
.F. |
Steering of header output to the local file RUN_CONTROL. |
|
I |
L |
.F. |
Application of a Galilei-transformation to the coordinate system of the model. |
|
I |
C * 6 |
'match' |
Variable to adjust the subdomain sizes in parallel runs. |
|
humidity | I | L | .F. | Parameter to switch on the prognostic equation for specific humidity q. |
inflow_disturbance_begin | I |
I |
MIN(10, nx/2 or ny/2) |
Lower limit of the horizontal range for which random perturbations are to be imposed on the horizontal velocity field (gridpoints). |
inflow_disturbance_end | I |
I |
MIN(100, 3/4*nx or 3/4*ny) |
Upper limit of the horizontal range for which random perturbations are to be imposed on the horizontal velocity field (gridpoints). |
I |
C * 100 |
no default, see parameter description |
Initialization
actions
to be carried out. |
|
initial_weighting_factor |
P |
R |
1.0 |
Factor to define the real number of initial droplets in a grid cell. |
I |
R |
variable (computed from TKE) |
Constant eddy diffusivities are used (laminar simulations). |
|
km_damp_max | I |
R |
0.5*(dx or dy) | Maximum diffusivity used for filtering the velocity field in the vicinity of the outflow (in m2/s). |
I |
R |
0.0 |
Filter factor for the so-called Long-filter. |
|
loop_optimization | I | C * 16 | see parameter description | Method used to optimize loops for solving the prognostic equations . |
P |
I |
1000 |
Maximum
number of particles (on a PE). |
|
P |
I |
100 |
Maximum
number of tailpoints that a particle tail can
have. |
|
P |
R |
100000.0 |
Maximum
age that the end point of a particle tail is allowed to have (in s). |
|
mg_cycles | R | I | - 1 | Number of cycles to be used with the multi-grid scheme. |
mg_switch_to_pe0_level | R | I | see parameter description | Grid level at which data shall be gathered on PE0. |
P |
R |
0.0 |
Minimum
distance allowed between two adjacent points of
a
particle tail (in m). |
|
mixing_length_1d | I | C * 20 | 'as_in_3d_model' | Mixing length used in the 1d-model. |
P |
C * 20 (10) |
10 * ' ' |
Graphical objects (isosurfaces, slicers, particles)
which are
to be created by the dvrp
software. |
|
I |
C * 10 |
'pw-scheme' |
Advection scheme to be used for the momentum equations. |
|
netcdf_precision | I | C * 20 (10) | single precision for all output quantities |
Defines
the accuracy of the NetCDF output. |
netcdf_64bit | R | L | .F. | NetCDF files will have 64 bit offset format. |
netcdf_64bit_3d | R | L | .T. | NetCDF files containing 3d volume data will have 64 bit offset format. |
R |
I |
2 |
Grid level at which data shall be gathered on PE0. |
|
R |
I |
0 |
Determines
the subdomain from which the normalization
quantities are calculated. |
|
I |
I |
no default, see parameter description |
Number
of processors along x-direction of the virtual
processor
net. |
|
I |
I |
no default, see parameter description |
Number
of processors along y-direction of the virtual
processor
net. |
|
R |
I |
20 |
Number
of iterations to be used with the SOR-scheme. |
|
I |
I |
100 |
Initial number of iterations with the SOR algorithm |
|
number_of_particle_groups | P | I | 1 | Number of particle groups to be used. |
I |
I |
no default, see parameter description |
Number
of grid points in x-direction. |
|
I |
I |
no default, see parameter description |
Number of grid points in y-direction. |
|
I |
I |
no default, see parameter description |
Number of grid points in z-direction. |
|
R |
I |
nz+1 |
Limits the output of 3d volume data along the vertical direction (grid point index k). | |
ocean | I | L | .F. | Parameter to switch on ocean runs. |
I |
R |
7.29212E-5 |
Angular velocity of the rotating system (in rad s-1). |
|
R |
R |
1.8 |
Convergence
factor to be used with the the SOR-scheme. |
|
outflow_damping_width | I |
I |
MIN(20, nx/2 or ny/2) | Width of the damping range in the vicinity of the outflow (gridpoints). |
I |
R |
0.0 |
Allowed limit for the overshooting of subgrid-scale TKE in case that the upstream-spline scheme is switched on (in m2/s2). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Allowed
limit for the overshooting of potential
temperature in
case that the upstream-spline scheme is switched on (in K). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Allowed limit for the overshooting of the u-component of velocity in case that the upstream-spline scheme is switched on (in m/s). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Allowed
limit for the overshooting of the v-component of
velocity in case that the upstream-spline scheme is switched on
(in m/s). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Allowed
limit for the overshooting of the w-component of
velocity in case that the upstream-spline scheme is switched on
(in m/s). |
|
particles_per_point | P | I | 1 | Number of particles to be started per point. |
particle_advection_start | P |
R |
0.0 |
Time of the first release of particles (in s). |
P |
R |
9999999.9 |
Maximum
allowed age of particles (in s). |
|
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter to switch on the prognostic equation for a passive scalar. |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * dx |
Distance
along x between particles within a particle
source
(in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * dy |
Distance
along y between
particles within a
particle source (in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * ( zu(2) - zu(1) ) |
Distance along z between particles within a particle source (in m). |
|
I |
R |
55.0 |
Geographical
latitude (in degrees). |
|
P |
I (10) |
No level |
Vertical level(s) for which horizontal spectra are to be
plotted (in gridpoints). |
|
I |
L |
.T. |
Parameter
to switch on a Prandtl layer. |
|
R |
R |
1.0 |
Ratio
of the eddy diffusivities for momentum and heat (Km/Kh).
|
|
precipitation | I |
L |
.F. | Parameter to switch on the precipitation scheme. |
precipitation_amount_ interval |
R | R | value
of dt_do2d_ xy |
Temporal interval for which the precipitation amount (in mm) shall be calculated and output (in s). |
R |
I |
3 |
Number
of coordinate systems to be plotted
in one row by profil.
|
|
R |
I |
2 |
Number
of rows of coordinate systems to be plotted on
one page
by profil. |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * zu(nz/2) |
Bottom edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Left edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * ( ny * dy ) |
Rear (“north”) edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
R |
C * 10 |
'poisfft' |
Scheme to be used to solve the Poisson equation for the
perturbation pressure. |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * ( nx * dx ) |
Right edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Front (“south”) edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
P |
R (10) |
10 * zu(nz/2) |
Top edge of a particle source (in m). |
|
pt_reference | I | R | use horizontal average as reference | Reference temperature to be used in all buoyancy terms (in K). |
I |
R |
300.0 |
Surface
potential temperature (in K). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Change in surface temperature to be made at the beginning of the 3d run (in K). | |
I |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Temperature gradient(s) of the initial temperature
profile (in
K
/ 100 m). |
|
I |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Height level from which on the temperature gradient defined by pt_vertical_gradient is effective (in m). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Surface
specific humidity / total water content (kg/kg). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Change
in surface specific humidity / total water
content to
be made at the beginning
of the 3d run (kg/kg). |
|
I |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Humidity gradient(s) of the initial humidity profile (in 1/100 m). |
|
I |
R (10) |
10 * 0.0 |
Height level from which on the humidity gradient defined by q_vertical_gradient is effective (in m). |
|
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter
to switch on longwave radiation cooling at
cloud-tops. |
|
radius | P | R (10) | 0.0,
9* 9999999.9 |
Particle radius (in m). |
I |
C * 20 |
'numerical recipes' |
Random number generator to be used for creating uniformly distributed random numbers. |
|
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter to impose random perturbations on the internal two-dimensional near surface heat flux field shf. |
|
P |
L |
.F. |
Initial position of the particles is varied randomly within certain limits. |
|
R |
R |
0.0 and/or 0.01 (see parameter description) |
Factor for Rayleigh damping. |
|
R |
R |
2/3 * zu(nz) |
Height where the Rayleigh damping starts (in m). |
|
P |
L |
.T. |
Read
particle data from the previous run. |
|
U |
C * 40 (0:9) |
|
Name(s) of the subdomain(s) defined by the user. |
|
R |
R |
1.0E-6 |
Largest
residual permitted for the multi-grid scheme (in
s-2m-3). |
|
restart_time | R |
R |
9999999.9 |
Simulated time after which a restart run is to be carried out (in s). |
I |
R |
1.0 |
Upper
limit of the flux-Richardson number. |
|
I |
R |
- 5.0 |
Lower
limit of the flux-Richardson number. |
|
I |
R |
0.1 |
Roughness
length (in m). |
|
sa_surface | I | R | 35.0 | Surface salinity (in psu). |
sa_vertical_gradient | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Salinity gradient(s) of the initial salinity profile (in psu / 100 m). |
sa_vertical_gradient_level | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Height level from which on the salinity gradient defined by sa_vertical_gradient is effective (in m). |
I |
C * 10 |
'pw-scheme' |
Advection scheme to be used for the scalar quantities. |
|
section_xy | R | I (100) | no section | Position of cross section(s) for output of 2d horizontal cross sections (grid point index k). |
section_xz | R | I (100) | no section | Position of cross section(s) for output of 2d (xz) vertical cross sections (grid point index j). |
section_yz | R | I (100) | no section | Position of cross section(s) for output of 2d (yz) vertical cross sections (grid point index i). |
skip_particles_for_tail | P | I | 1 | Limit the number of particle tails. |
skip_time_data_output | R | R | 0.0 | No data output before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_data_output_av | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of temporally averaged 2d/3d data before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_dopr | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of vertical profile data before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_dosp | P | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of spectra data before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_do2d_xy | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of instantaneous horizontal cross section data before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_do2d_xz | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of instantaneous vertical (xz) cross section data before this interval has passed (in s). |
skip_time_do2d_yz | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of
instantaneous vertical (yz) cross section data before this interval has
passed (in s). |
skip_time_do3d | R | R | value of skip_time_ data_output |
No output of instantaneous 3d volume data before this interval has passed (in s). |
slicer_range_limits_dvrp | P |
R(2,10) |
10 * (-1,1) | Ranges of values to which a color table has to be mapped (units of the respective quantity). |
P |
C * 2 (10) |
10 * ' ' |
Direction(s) along which spectra are to be calculated. |
|
I |
I |
0 |
Number of additional user-defined subdomains for which statistical analysis and corresponding output (profiles, time series) shall be made. |
|
P |
R |
1.0 |
Superelevation
factor for the vertical coordinate. |
|
P |
R |
1.0 |
Superelevation
factor for the horizontal (x) coordinate. |
|
P |
R |
1.0 |
Superelevation
factor for the
horizontal (y) coordinate. |
|
I |
R |
no prescribed heatflux |
Kinematic sensible heat flux at the bottom surface (in K m/s). |
|
I |
R |
1013.25 |
Atmospheric pressure at the surface (in hPa) |
|
surface_scalarflux | I |
R |
0.0 | Scalar flux at
the surface
(in kg/(m2 s)). |
I |
R |
0.0 |
Kinematic
water flux near the surface (in m/s). |
|
s_surface | I |
R |
0.0 | Surface value of
the passive
scalar (in kg/m3). |
s_surface_initial_change | I |
R |
0.0 | Change in
surface scalar
concentration to be made at the
beginning of the 3d run (in kg/m3). |
s_vertical_gradient | I |
R(10) |
10 * 0.0 | Scalar
concentration
gradient(s) of the initial scalar
concentration profile (in kg/m3 /
100 m). |
s_vertical_gradient_level | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Height level from which on the scalar gradient defined by s_vertical_gradient is effective (in m). |
R |
R |
35.0 |
CPU time needed for terminal actions at the end of a run in batch mode (in s). |
|
P |
R (10) |
0.0 |
Threshold
value for which an isosurface is to be created
by
the dvrp
software. |
|
I |
C * 20 |
'runge-kutta-3' |
Time step scheme to be used for integration of the prognostic
variables. |
|
topography | I | C * 40 | 'flat' | Topography mode. |
top_heatflux | I | R | no prescribed heatflux | Kinematic sensible heat flux at the top surface (in K m/s). |
top_momentumflux_u | I | R | no prescribed momentumflux | Momentum flux along x at the top boundary (in m2/s2). |
top_momentumflux_v | I | R | no prescribed momentumflux | Momentum flux along y at the top boundary (in m2/s2). |
top_salinityflux | I | R | no prescribed salinityflux |
Kinematic salinity flux at the top boundary, i.e. the sea surface (in psu m/s). |
I |
R |
0.0 |
u-component
of the geostrophic wind at the surface (in m/s). |
|
ug_vertical_gradient | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Gradient(s) of the initial profile of the u-component of the geostrophic wind (in 1/100s). |
ug_vertical_gradient_level | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Height level from which on the
gradient defined by ug_vertical_gradient
is effective (in m). |
I |
R |
0.0 |
Subgrid-scale turbulent kinetic energy difference used as criterion for applying the upstream scheme when upstream-spline advection is switched on (in m2/s2). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Temperature
difference used as criterion for
applying
the upstream scheme when upstream-spline advection is
switched on
(in K). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Velocity
difference (u-component) used as criterion for
applying the upstream scheme
when upstream-spline advection is switched on (in m/s). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Velocity
difference (v-component) used as criterion for
applying the upstream scheme
when upstream-spline advection is switched on (in m/s). |
|
I |
R |
0.0 |
Velocity
difference (w-component) used as criterion for
applying the upstream scheme
when upstream-spline advection is switched on (in m/s). |
|
use_particle_tails | P | L | .F. | Give particles a tail. |
R |
L |
.F. |
Additional plot of vertical profile data with profil from preceding runs of the job chain. |
|
use_sgs_for_particles | P | L | .F. | Use subgrid-scale velocities for particle advection. |
I |
L |
.F. |
Parameter to steer the treatment of the subgrid-scale vertical fluxes within the diffusion terms at k=1 (bottom boundary). |
|
use_top_fluxes | I | L | .F. | Parameter to steer the treatment of the subgrid-scale vertical fluxes within the diffusion terms at k=nz (top boundary). |
I |
L |
.T. |
Switch to determine the translation velocity in case that a Galilean transformation is used. |
|
use_upstream_for_tke | I | L | .F. | Parameter to choose the advection/timestep scheme to be used for the subgrid-scale TKE. |
P |
L |
.T. | Switch on/off vertical particle transport. | |
I |
R |
0.0 |
v-component of the geostrophic wind at the surface (in m/s). |
|
vg_vertical_gradient | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Gradient(s) of the initial profile of the v-component of the geostrophic wind (in 1/100s). |
vg_vertical_gradient_level | I | R(10) | 10 * 0.0 | Height level from which on the gradient defined by vg_vertical_gradient is effective (in m). |
I |
L |
.T. |
Parameter to restrict the mixing length in the vicinity of the bottom boundary. |
|
wall_heatflux | I | R(5) | 5 * 0.0 | Prescribed kinematic sensible heat flux in W m-2 at the five topography faces. |
P |
L |
.F. | Switch on/off output of particle informations. | |
R |
R |
zu(nzt+1) (model top) |
Height level up to which horizontally
averaged profiles
are to
be
plotted with profil
(in
m). |
|
R |
R |
determined by plot |
Normalized
height level up to which horizontally
averaged
profiles are to be plotted with profil.
|
|
R |
R |
zu(nz) |
Height
level up to which 2d cross sections are to be
plotted
with iso2d
(in m). |
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