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RSL issue - discontinuity in profile #296

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sunt05 opened this issue Nov 13, 2024 · 1 comment
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RSL issue - discontinuity in profile #296

sunt05 opened this issue Nov 13, 2024 · 1 comment
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RSL roughness sub-layer module for diagnostics of near-surface meteorology

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sunt05 commented Nov 13, 2024

this is issue is reported by @nakaoipeirc


Default subroutines output the discontinuous profile at $H$ and other height (in the figure below, it was ~40 m agl).

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  • Issue 1: Absence of $\psi_m$ calculation at height $H$

    • In suews_phys_rslprof, $\hat{\psi_m}$ is calculated at heights $> H$ but not at the exact height $H$.
    • This absence affects the profile below $H$ because the exponential layer refers to $U_H$ for the in-canopy profile.
    • Proposed Change: Update the code to include $H$ as the height where $\hat{\psi_m}$ is calculated.
  • Issue 2: Stability criteria in suews_phys_atmmoiststab

    • The current implementation forces stability to neutral when $\left| \frac{z-d}{L_0} \right| < 0.01$.
    • This criterion is relatively large for vertically resolved layers and causes abrupt shifts in $\psi_m$ to 0 within the middle of the layer because $\left| \frac{z-d}{L_0} \right|$ becomes small enough at some near-surface levels.
    • Proposed Change: Narrow the criteria to $\left| \frac{z-d}{L_0} \right| < 1 \times 10^{-4}$ to reduce neutrality in the stability function.
      • Note: This change may affect processes elsewhere in the model.
@sunt05 sunt05 self-assigned this Nov 13, 2024
@sunt05 sunt05 added the RSL roughness sub-layer module for diagnostics of near-surface meteorology label Nov 13, 2024
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sunt05 commented Nov 13, 2024

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Changes proposed by @nakaoiperc will be submitted in a related PR - see effect above.

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