FIDEAL

[jihwang@colorado_edu]

Hi All:I was playing with a very simple CESM configuration (-compset FIDEAL -res ne30_g16). It is a very fast run, and ideal for some simple test. However, the only information that I can find online is that it uses "ideal physics". I was told that there should be some details regarding, say, damping in the boundary layer, radiative heating/cooling at the top of the atmosphere, etc. I was wondering if there is any document to describe FIDEAL or "ideal physics" better. Can anyone point me to a document or someone who knows FIDEAL well?Thanks.

 

[olson]

 This is the reference used to build the ideal physics in CAM:http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0477%281994%29075%3C1825%3AAPFTIO%3E2.0.CO%3B2

 

[jihwang@colorado_edu]

Thanks a lot!I'll look into it.