Currently the SWnet calculated for the ocean assumes a constant albedo of 0.06 for both direct and diffuse SW radiation. This albedo does not vary with sun angle. This results in an excess of SW radiation to the ocean. See Issue https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model/issues/1768 for more details.
The ocean albedo calculation can be implemented by adding the needed run phase and having UFS call the ocean albedo calculation in med_phases_prep_ocn. Currently this calculation happens only for CESM, but can be generalized for non-cesm use without duplication of code.
Currently the SWnet calculated for the ocean assumes a constant albedo of 0.06 for both direct and diffuse SW radiation. This albedo does not vary with sun angle. This results in an excess of SW radiation to the ocean. See Issue https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model/issues/1768 for more details.
The ocean albedo calculation can be implemented by adding the needed run phase and having UFS call the ocean albedo calculation in
med_phases_prep_ocn. Currently this calculation happens only for CESM, but can be generalized for non-cesm use without duplication of code.