Option to read (spatially varying) KHTH from file

[NoraLoose]

This adds the option to read a spatially varying GM interface height diffusivity (KHTH) from a netcdf file.

[NoraLoose]

@gustavo-marques, I solved the previous problem. There was nothing wrong with the code, I just forgot to set THICKNESSDIFFUSE = True. I updated the comment above.

But I noticed another problem. Here is what I give the model versus what the diagnostic KHTH_t gives me:

Is the spurious "tile structure" on the right implied by MOM_read_data?

[NoraLoose]

Alistair (@adcroft), maybe you have seen the problem described in the previous comment before?

[adcroft]

That looks like a classic missing halo-update. I don't think MOM_read_data() fills the halo. You are interpolating to the edge of the compute domain which is using a halo value of zero (if initialized) rather than the correct value from the neighbouring processor. Try adding a pass_var() after reading the data.

[NoraLoose]

Thanks @adcroft - this solved the problem!

[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

Merging #24 (31c35ce) into dev/cpt (d8fc2ef) will decrease coverage by 0.00%. The diff coverage is 35.00%.

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...arameterizations/lateral/MOM_thickness_diffuse.F90	31.34% <35.00%> (+0.03%)	:arrow_up:
src/framework/MOM_restart.F90	25.68% <0.00%> (-0.27%)	:arrow_down:
config_src/drivers/solo_driver/MOM_driver.F90	67.88% <0.00%> (-0.14%)	:arrow_down:
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[NoraLoose]

@gustavo-marques @adcroft is this PR of interest for the MOM6 code (upstream)?

If so, it will take some work to merge it because I started from the dev/cpt branch, which has significantly diverged from the upstream master branch.

I successfully tested the new code for the NeverWorld2 setup, but I have to admit I have never compiled or run MOM6 in a more complex configuration. Gustavo, do you have a working (and up to date) setup on Cheyenne that we could use for testing?

[gustavo-marques]

Hi @NoraLoose: yes, I think we should merge this PR to the main branch eventually. I can take care of that and if I get conflicts related to the changes in this PR I will reach out to you. Thanks!

[NoraLoose]

@gustavo-marques have you tried merging this yet? If not, I will try and reach out to you if I get stuck. Thanks!

[gustavo-marques]

No, I have not.

[NoraLoose]

Closing this PR because I have opened it at NOAA/GFDL.