id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 856 Enhanced initialization for LIM3 vancop vancop "Current initialization for LIM3 generates negative concentrations, which are filtered out after one time step; but generate alerts in the code that can be misinterpreted. A cleaner routine has now been implemented for v3_1. Based on namelist values of initial ice concentration and thickness, the new initialization computes values for the thickness and area for each category. A gaussian distribution that respects the following principles is assumed: 1) volume and area are conserved 2) thickness of categories has to be within the prescribed bounds (hi_max's) 3) concentration of ice in each category has to be positive The documentation is attached. Any question to be addressed to Martin! namelist_ice has to be changed because some of the initialization-related variables in the former code are useless (deformed ice thickness and area). Best wishes to everyone, Martin" Enhancement closed normal LIM3 v3.3 fixed LIM* v3.3