Revisiting viscosity coefficients and topography in NCAR ... · topography in NCAR CAM-SE CESM...
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Peter Hjort LauritzenAtmospheric Modeling and Predictability Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research
Revisiting viscosity coefficients and topography in NCAR CAM-SE
CESM Atmosphere Model Working Group Session 21 June 2017
NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
Collaborators: S. Goldhaber, B. Eaton, J. Bacmeister, C. Zarzycki, P. Callaghan, M. Taylor, …
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Collaborators: S. Goldhaber, B. Eaton, J. Bacmeister, C. Zarzycki, P. Callaghan, M. Taylor, …
Peter Hjort LauritzenAtmospheric Modeling and Predictability Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research
Revisiting viscosity coefficients and topography in NCAR CAM-SE
CESM Atmosphere Model Working Group Session 21 June 2017
NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
We are going through a similar exercise with MPAS for the
development of CAM6-MPAS
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NCAR version of CAM-SE• Reformulation of the SE dycore using dry-mass
vertical coordinates with a comprehensive treatment of condensates and energy
=> 1st step towards a more accurate representation of energy in CAM (physics next …?)
This research is closely related to the integration of non-hydrostatic dynamical cores into CAM that have comprehensive treatment of condensates (MPAS, FV3, …)
• Other: SE code resides in CAM repo, control-volume grid can now be produced from CAM (no longer need to run HOMME), massive code clean-up, separate physics grid capability, CSLAM transport, performance enhancements and new threading capabilities (J. Dennis’s group; CISL NCAR), ...
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New variables: Orientation,ridge height, geographically-based estimate of “effgw_oro”, ….
Algorithm requires PHIS to be internally smoothed in topo software
New orographic drag parameterization(J. Bacmeister)
https://github.com/NCAR/Topo
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New variables: Orientation,ridge height, geographically-based estimate of “effgw_oro”, ….
Algorithm requires PHIS to be internally smoothed in topo software
New orographic drag parameterization(J. Bacmeister)
https://github.com/NCAR/Topo
The amount of smoothing needed depends on the dynamical core and how much noise the user is willing
to tolerate!
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PHIS smoothing and spurious noise- Seeking the “optimal” balance between viscosity & PHIS smoothing
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Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth SystemsVolume 8, Issue 1, pages 406‐424, 18 MAR 2016 DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000593http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015MS000593/full#jame20263‐fig‐0015
Medeiros et al. (2016)
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Topography used in CAM-SE
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Picture source: http://www.dailyscreens.com/water‐world‐map.html
A simplified way to run CAM for studying total kinetic energy spectra and (orographic) noise
Very easy to setup: Aqua-planet COMPSET and change 3 namelistvariables:
t fil t b d t d t l ld i iti l
The APE with topo (“tsunami world”?) experiment
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The APE with topo (“tsunami world”?) experiment
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“Tsunami world” versus AMIP (2 month averages)
OMEGA500
PRECT
Results from CESM1.5 CAM4‐SE configurations
CESM1.5 CAM4-SE AMIPCESM2.0 CAM4-SE Tsunami worldwith old viscosity coefficients
Excessive precip
Excessive precip
noise noise
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New versus old viscosity coefficients
nu =viscosity on (u,v,T)nu_p =viscosity on dpnu_div =enhanced viscosity
on divergence
”old” (CESM1.5):
nu = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 6.25E15 m4/s4
“new” (CESM2.0):
nu = 2.00E14 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 1.00E15 m4/s4
Using CAM6 topography
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New versus old viscosity coefficients
nu =viscosity on (u,v,T)nu_p =viscosity on dpnu_div =enhanced viscosity
on divergence
”old” (CESM1.5):
Nu = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 6.25E15 m4/s4
“new” (CESM2.0):
Nu = 2.00E14 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 1.00E15 m4/s4
Using CAM6 topography
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New versus old viscosity coefficients versus FV
nu =viscosity on (u,v,T)nu_p =viscosity on dpnu_div =enhanced viscosity
on divergence
”old” (CESM1.5):
nu = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 6.25E15 m4/s4
“new” (CESM2.0):
nu = 2.00E14 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 1.00E15 m4/s4
Using CAM6 topography
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New versus old viscosity coefficients versus FV
nu =viscosity on (u,v,T)nu_p =viscosity on dpnu_div =enhanced viscosity
on divergence
”old” (CESM1.5):
nu = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 6.25E15 m4/s4
“new” (CESM2.0):
nu = 2.00E14 m4/s4nu_p = 1.00E15 m4/s4nu_div = 1.00E15 m4/s4
Using CAM6 topography
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New versus old viscosity coefficients
OMEGA500
PSL
NEW OLD
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What else influences the TKE energy spectra?
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Floating Lagrangian vertical coordinates versus Eulerian
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Different CAM physics packages
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√∫
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The “tsunami world” versus APE (no topo)
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Is it physics package?
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From Mark Taylor’s talk at IPAM – Numerical Hierarchies for Climate Modeling, April 15 2010
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Time-stepping method
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Grid on which smoothing is performed:
Topography used in finite-volume dynamical core
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Topography used in CAM dynamical cores
~3o
~0.83o
~92km~1.34o
~150km
At the Equator the shortest resolvable wave in terms of max grid distance has wavenumber ~133 (=40E3km/300km)
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Topography used in CAM dynamical cores
~3o
~0.83o
~92km~1.34o
~150km
At the Equator the shortest resolvable wave in terms of max grid distance has wavenumber ~133 (=40E3km/300km)