MPAS-Atmosphere vertically projects cell (layer) values (u, rho, theta, etc) to the level interface (where w is located) using linear interpolation. This adds the option of using the integrated (average) value between the layers. This new approach is consistent with the hydrostatic integral used in MPAS-A, whereas the linear interpolation is not. This option is set in the init_atmosphere namelist.
The default setting is still to use linear interpolation.
MPAS-Atmosphere vertically projects cell (layer) values (u, rho, theta, etc) to the level interface (where w is located) using linear interpolation. This adds the option of using the integrated (average) value between the layers. This new approach is consistent with the hydrostatic integral used in MPAS-A, whereas the linear interpolation is not. This option is set in the init_atmosphere namelist.
The default setting is still to use linear interpolation.
Change Dynamics 1.3 for Version 8 release.