MODULE sbc_oce
   !!======================================================================
   !!                       ***  MODULE  sbc_oce  ***
   !! Surface module :   variables defined in core memory 
   !!======================================================================
   !! History :  9.0   !  06-06  (G. Madec)  Original code
   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   USE par_oce          ! ocean parameters

   IMPLICIT NONE
   PRIVATE
   
   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   !!              Ocean Surface Boundary Condition fields
   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   utau      !: sea surface i-stress (ocean referential)     [N/m2]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   vtau      !: sea surface j-stress (ocean referential)     [N/m2]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   wndm      !: wind speed module at T-point (= |U10m -Uoce| [m/s]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   qns       !: sea heat flux: non solar                     [W/m2]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   qsr       !: sea heat flux:     solar                     [W/m2]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   emp       !: freshwater budget: volume flux               [Kg/m2/s]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   emps      !: freshwater budget: concentration/dillution   [Kg/m2/s]

   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   !!                     Sea Surface Mean fields
   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   INTEGER , PUBLIC                     ::   nn_fsbc   !: frequency of sbc computation (as well as sea-ice model)
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   ssu_m     !: mean (nn_fsbc time-step) surface sea i-current (U-point) [m/s]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   ssv_m     !: mean (nn_fsbc time-step) surface sea j-current (V-point) [m/s]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   sst_m     !: mean (nn_fsbc time-step) surface sea temperature     [Celsius]
   REAL(wp), PUBLIC, DIMENSION(jpi,jpj) ::   sss_m     !: mean (nn_fsbc time-step) surface sea salinity            [psu]

   !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
   !!   OPA 9.0 , LOCEAN-IPSL (2006) 
   !! $ Id: $
   !! Software governed by the CeCILL licence (modipsl/doc/NEMO_CeCILL.txt)
   !!======================================================================
END MODULE sbc_oce