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set emissivity to 0.985 and set default NBGCLYR to 1 (#348)
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apcraig authored Jan 19, 2021
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion columnphysics/icepack_parameters.F90
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Expand Up @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ module icepack_parameters

real (kind=dbl_kind), public :: &
! (Briegleb JGR 97 11475-11485 July 1992)
emissivity = 0.95_dbl_kind ,&! emissivity of snow and ice
emissivity = 0.985_dbl_kind,&! emissivity of snow and ice
albocn = 0.06_dbl_kind ,&! ocean albedo
vonkar = 0.4_dbl_kind ,&! von Karman constant
stefan_boltzmann = 567.0e-10_dbl_kind,&! W/m^2/K^4
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion configuration/scripts/icepack.settings
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Expand Up @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ setenv TRBGCS 0 # set to 1 for skeletal layer tracers
# (needs TRBGCZ = 0)
setenv TRBGCZ 0 # set to 1 for zbgc tracers
# (needs TRBGCS = 0 and TRBRI = 1)
setenv NBGCLYR 7 # number of zbgc layers
setenv NBGCLYR 1 # number of zbgc layers
setenv TRZAERO 0 # number of z aerosol tracers
# (up to max_aero = 6)
setenv TRALG 0 # number of algal tracers
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion configuration/scripts/icepack_in
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natmiter = 5
atmiter_conv = 0.0d0
ustar_min = 0.0005
emissivity = 0.95
emissivity = 0.985
fbot_xfer_type = 'constant'
update_ocn_f = .false.
l_mpond_fresh = .false.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/source/icepack_index.rst
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Expand Up @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ either Celsius or Kelvin units).
"dwavefreq", "widths of wave freqency bins", "1/s"
"**E**", "", ""
"eice(n)", "energy of melting of ice per unit area (in category n)", "J/m\ :math:`^2`"
"emissivity", "emissivity of snow and ice", "0.95"
"emissivity", "emissivity of snow and ice", "0.985"
"eps13", "a small number", "10\ :math:`^{-13}`"
"eps16", "a small number", "10\ :math:`^{-16}`"
"esno(n)", "energy of melting of snow per unit area (in category n)", "J/m\ :math:`^2`"
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/source/science_guide/sg_thermo.rst
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Expand Up @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ While incoming shortwave and longwave radiation are obtained from the
atmosphere, outgoing longwave radiation and the turbulent heat fluxes
are derived quantities. Outgoing longwave takes the standard blackbody
form, :math:`F_{L\uparrow}=\epsilon\sigma
\left(T_{sf}^{K}\right)^4`, where :math:`\epsilon=0.95` is the
\left(T_{sf}^{K}\right)^4`, where :math:`\epsilon=0.985` is the
emissivity of snow or ice, :math:`\sigma` is the Stefan-Boltzmann
constant and :math:`T_{sf}^{K}` is the surface temperature in
Kelvin. (The longwave fluxes are partitioned such that
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions doc/source/user_guide/ug_case_settings.rst
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"TRZS", "0,1", "zsalinity tracer, needs TRBRI=1", "0"
"TRBGCS", "0,1", "skeletal layer tracer, needs TRBGCZ=0", "0"
"TRBGCZ", "0,1", "zbgc tracers, needs TRBGCS=0 and TRBRI=1", "0"
"NBGCLYR", "integer", "number of zbgc layers", "7"
"NBGCLYR", "integer", "number of zbgc layers", "1"
"TRZAERO", "0-6", "number of z aerosol tracers", "0"
"TRALG", "0,1,2,3", "number of algal tracers", "0"
"TRDOC", "0,1,2,3", "number of dissolved organic carbon", "0"
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"``data_dir``", "string", "path to forcing data directory", "' '"
"``default_season``", "``summer``", "forcing initial summer values", "``winter``"
"", "``winter``", "forcing initial winter values", ""
"``emissivity``", "real", "emissivity of snow and ice", "0.95"
"``emissivity``", "real", "emissivity of snow and ice", "0.985"
"``fbot_xfer_type``", "``Cdn_ocn``", "variabler ocean heat transfer coefficient scheme", "``constant``"
"", "``constant``", "constant ocean heat transfer coefficient", ""
"``formdrag``", "logical", "calculate form drag", "``.false.``"
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