Changeset 56 for trunk/NEMO/OPA_SRC/par_ORCA_R4.h90

Timestamp:

2004-04-22T12:02:34+02:00 (20 years ago)

Author:

opalod

Message:

CT : UPDATE030 : Add comments in par_nameconfig.h90 files for ppkth, ppacr, ppdzmin, pphmax and jperio parameters

File:

• trunk/NEMO/OPA_SRC/par_ORCA_R4.h90 (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/NEMO/OPA_SRC/par_ORCA_R4.h90

@@ -62 +62 @@
       &     ppsur = -4762.96143546300_wp    ,  &  !: ORCA r4, r2 and r05 coefficients
       &     ppa0  =   255.58049070440_wp    ,  &  !: (default coefficients)
-      &     ppa1  =  245.58132232490_wp     ,  &  !
-      &     ppkth =  21.43336197938_wp      ,  &  !
-      &     ppacr =    3.00000000000_wp           !
+      &     ppa1  =   245.58132232490_wp    ,  &  !:
+      &     ppkth =    21.43336197938_wp    ,  &  !: (non dimensional): gives the approximate
+      !                                           !: layer number above which  stretching will
+      !                                           !: be maximum. Usually of order jpk/2.
+      &     ppacr =     3.00000000000_wp          !: (non dimensional): stretching factor
+      !                                           !: for the grid. The highest zacr, the smallest
+      !                                           !: the stretching.
 
    !!  If both ppa0 ppa1 and ppsur are specified to 0, then
@@ -70 +74 @@
 
    REAL(wp), PARAMETER ::        &
-      &     ppdzmin = pp_not_used           ,  &  !: Minimum vertical spacing
-      &     pphmax  = pp_not_used                 !: Maximum depth
+      &     ppdzmin = pp_not_used           ,  &  !: (meters) vertical thickness of the top layer
+      &     pphmax  = pp_not_used                 !: (meters) Maximum depth of the ocean gdepw(jpk)
    !!---------------------------------------------------------------------