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question on land/ocean mask of surface data and new surface data grid

KeerZ

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Dear all,

Hello, I am running a case with I2000Clm50SpGs compset and f02_g16 resolution on Cheyenne. I successfully created a new domain and surface data file with 0.23*0.31 resolution. After finishing simulation for 20 years, I checked the results and my surface data and I found two problems that I don't quite understand.

I have ran a supported-resolution case before using I2000Clm50Sp compset and f09_g16 resolution, so I compared the air temperature between the f09 case and f02 case. However, I found that in my fine resolution case, there is ocean air temperature value, which is not expected because I am running land model only compset. I think this might be related with land/ocean mask in my domain and surface data, which is decided by the SCRIP file I generated when I was creating the domain and surface data.
For the domain file, I specified IMASK=1 and created SCRIPgrid_K2f02mask_noocean_c200313.nc. For the surface data file, I I specified IMASK=0 and created SCRIPgrid_K2f02_nomask_c200313.nc. I did this because if I use other options (for example, IMASK=1 for both domain and surface data), I cannot run the case successfully.

While the land air temperature seem to be very similar between the f09 case and f02 case, I am wondering whether it is right to create domain with mask but surface data without mask and will the unexpected ocean values have any influence on my land model result?
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My second question is about the new surface data grid
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When I plot my output results, I found that the lat starts from -89.8828 to 89.8828, and the lon starts from 0.15625 to 359.8438 (while in the surface data of 0.9*1.25 resolution which is provided by NCAR, lat starts from -90 to 90 and lon starts from 0 to 358.75). I am not sure why my lat and lon value did not start from 0 or -90. When I created the SCRIP file, I set the variable as: S_LAT=-90.0, N_LAT=90.0, E_LON=360.0, W_LON=0.0, NX=1152, NY=768

I wonder whether different lat and lon starting value will cause any grid mismatch with forcing data and influence my final result?

I know these two questions might seem stupid but I really want to make sure everything is right before I run simulation for longer time. Any opinions or help are appreciated.
Thanks!
 
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