Implement depth integrated growth rate

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Bergen Layered Ocean Model

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Implement depth integrated growth rate #30

Open JorgSchwinger opened 4 years ago

JorgSchwinger commented 4 years ago

Currently we use depth integrated light intensity to determine phytoplankton growth rate, but growth rate is a non-linear function if light. By using the formulation of Evans & Parslow (1985) we can hopefully improve the (too low) productivity for deep mixed layers and low light conditions.

TomasTorsvik commented 2 years ago

Probably this waits until after merging the vertical hybrid coordinates.

JorgSchwinger commented 2 years ago

When we have the new vertical coordinates this will be obsolete. This was meant to improve the simulation of PP when the vertical resolution is low. I don't think there will be an effect if vertical resolution is reasonable in the euphotic zone.