[Wrf-users] omlcall & sst_update options

[Charles Seman - NOAA Federal]

Gino,

I am a beginner trying to learn the WRF model, so I don't know the 
answers to your specific questions, but there is an example #4 about 
adding a time-dependent SST input variable starting on frame 51 of
http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tutorial/200807/WRF%20Registry%20and%20Examples.pdf

I hope this might help,
Charles

On 03/14/2014 01:22 PM, Gino Passalacqua wrote:
> Dear WRF Users,
>
> I'm trying to understand what exactly happens with the omlcall =1
> (Pollard, Rhines and Thompson 1D Ocean Mixed-Layer Model) and
> sst_update=1 options for WRF V 3.4.1 .
>
>  From the following tutorial (slide 4):
>
> http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tutor ... hysics.pdf
> <http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tutorial/hurricanes/AHW_physics.pdf>
>
> I understand that the initial temperature the slab mix layer model comes
> from SST. So if I have sst_update = 1 as well as omlcall=1 on the same
> namelist, I'm assuming that the initial SST comes from the prescribed
> SST given by the file and wrflowinp_d0* . Am I right? What happens if
> there is not a wrflowinp_d0*? Which initial SST the 1D Ocean Mixed-Layer
> Model uses without a wrflowinp_d0* file?
>
> What happens then (let's say on day # 2 of the simulation) with the SST
> that WRF is using as boundary conditions?Is it provided by the 1D Ocean
> Mixed-Layer Model and WRF ignores the wrflowinp_d0* files? A combination
> of both?
>
> I have look for information online and manuals but I have not found
> anything that is that specific.
>
> I would really appreciate if somebody could help me understand what is
> exactly is happening with this two options as I'm trying to design some
> experiments and both options are a key components for them.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Gino
>
>
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