= '''Met Office-NEMO team - 2012 actions''' = [[BR]] [[PageOutline]] Last edited [[Timestamp]] '''members''' || Rachel Furner || Met-Office, Exeter || 20 NEMO System Team Officer || || Christopher Harris || Met-Office, Exeter || 20 || || Richard Hill || Met-Office, Exeter || 20 || || Enda O’Dea || Met-Office, Exeter || 20 || || Dave Storkey || Met-Office, Exeter || 20 || '''total weeks :''' [[BR]]56 Summary: || Action || Brief description || Status || Branch name || Trac ticket n° || Wiki page name || Reviewer(s) || Review status || Review ticket/wiki[[BR]]page || Nb of weeks || Ready for merge || || UKMET-1 || AMM + Coastal shelf modelling || no plans to submit code for 2012 merge || || || || || || || || || || UKMET-2 || GODAE metrics || Updates to flow through transects code in review. Additional diagnostics to be added next year || || || || Clement Bricaud || || || || || || UKMET-3 || Include radiation conditions in BDY || Some small code changes to be committed for 2012 merge, majority of improvements are ongoing || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_r3365_UKMO_3_4_BDY || #959 || https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/wiki/2011WP/2011Stream2/OpenBoundaryProgress2011 || Jerome Chanut / Rachid || || || || || || UKMET-4 || Develop a capability to allow OBC users to use BDY || Some small code changes to be committed for 2012 merge, majority of improvements are ongoing || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_r3365_UKMO_3_4_BDY || #959 || || || || || || || || UKMET-5 || Validation toolkit rewriting (in collaboration with LOCEAN) || Ongoing, nothing to be submitted back in 2012 || UTF in Met Office UM system, SETTE: ?? || #752 || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/ticket/752 || || || || || || || UKMET-6 || OBS and ASM improvements || Ongoing, nothing to be submitted for 2012 || || || || || || || || || || UKMET-7 || A new vertical coordinate scheme for shelf waters || In review || https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_r3435_UKMO7_SCOORDS|| #985||https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/wiki/ticket/985 ||George Nurser ||In progress || || || || || UKMET-8 || CICE improvements || Complete || https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_3352_UKMO8_CICE (now merged into https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_r3385_NOCS04_HAMF || #953 || || Andrew / Yevgeny (reciprocal to NOCS-4/5) || || || || || || UKMET-9 || Reinstating of nn_stocklist || postponed to next year || || || || || || || || || || UKMET-10 || Add a kara mixed layer diagnostic || postponed to next year || || || || || || || || || || UKMET-11 || Add a CFL diagnostic || postponed to next year || || || || || || || || || ---- '''Possible additional work''' Optimisations for NEMO (some are currently implemented at the Met Office, these could be tidies up and added for general use --- given the role of INGV in this probably not[[BR]] Given the choas in OASIS we should to see if OASIS4 is really going to happen before we start the below task '''OASIS4 Interface''' '''Motivation:''' Implement an OASIS4 interface, specifically to enable assessment of OAISS4 functionality and scalability when using "user defined weights" files to be investigated in the context of HadGEM3 coupled models. [[BR]]'''Status :''' Ongoing relative to NEMO vn3.2 [[BR]]'''Main tasks :''' Implement interface to OASIS4 in NEMO (most recent OASIS4 versions available which as of Nov 2011 is changing on a weekly basis). Assess OASIS4 for correct functionality. Assess OASIS4 for viable MPP scalability. If OASIS4 is seen as a viable option, upgrade interface code to latest NEMO version (vn3.4?) [[BR]]'''Science Reviewer:''' ?? [[BR]]'''System Reviewer:''' Suggest Sebastien Masson, if we decide that it is worth including the OASIS4 interfacing in the NEMO trunk. [[BR]]'''Deadline:''' September 2012 for decision on whether to include in NEMO vn3.5 [[BR]]'''Priority:''' Medium[[BR]]'''Principal Investigator:''' Richard Hill (richard.hill@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] ---- === '''UKMO.1 — ''' AMM + Coastal shelf modelling === '''Motivation:''' To maintain AMM configuration, ensuring compatibility with new coastal functionality [[BR]] '''Status :''' Standard configuration exists [[BR]] '''Main tasks :''' 1. Create wiki page on NEMO web site with standard test case. 1. Provide test case with external open boundary data for T+S. 1. Update science as appropriate. 1. Support users. '''Science Reviewer:''' N/A [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' Rachid? [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Enda O'Dea (enda.odea@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.2 — '''GODAE metrics === '''Motivation:'''To improve GODAE metrics (computation of meridional heat transport,meridional stream functions and transport through sections) [[BR]] '''Status :'''Not started [[BR]] '''Main tasks :'''To consider Mercators implementation of calculation of flow through sections and adapt existing Met Office code to fit in with this. Also, to improve the code to deal with both irregular grids and rotated grids [[BR]] '''Science Reviewer:'''Clement Bricaud? [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Rachel Furner (rachel.furner@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.3 — '''Include radiation conditions in BDY === '''Motivation:''' As part of the merge of OBC and BDY, the OBC radiation condition needs to be implemented in BDY [[BR]] '''Status :''' Preparatory work done [[BR]] '''Main tasks :''' Implement implicit version of Orlanski radiation condition.[[BR]] '''Science Reviewer:''' Jerome Chanut [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila? [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.4 — '''Develop a capability to allow OBC users to use BDY === '''Motivation:''' It is planned to suppress OBC in the long term and use BDY for open boundary conditions. We need to develop tools or code to make it easy for OBC-style boundary data files to be used with BDY. [[BR]] '''Status :''' [[BR]] '''Main tasks :''' Provide tools for generation of open boundary coordinates files and external data files.[[BR]] '''Science Reviewer:''' Guillaume Reffray (and Paolo?) [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila? [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.5 — '''Validation toolkit rewriting (in collaboration with LOCEAN) === '''Motivation:''' NVTK is to be replaced with something more generally flexible, adaptable, maintainable and portable [[BR]] '''Status:''' Commencing investigation into possible "off-the-shelf" solutions [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' [[BR]] 1. Investigate possibility of using the Met Office User Test Framework (UTF) system - RH (1 week) 1. Assess UTF viability once basic NEMO functionality installed - RH (1 Week) 1. SV develop basic SETTE system while awaiting outcome of UTF development/tests '''Science Reviewer: ''' Simona Flavoni [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' TBA [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium/High [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Richard Hill (richard.hill@metoffice.gov.uk) - consultancy role [[BR]] === '''UKMO.6 — '''OBS and ASM improvements === '''Motivation:''' Maintain and improve the data assimilation interface code [[BR]] '''Status:''' Code is in vn3.4 but requires maintenance and upgrades [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' [[BR]] 1. Maintain the OBS and ASM code. (No changes required) 1. Implement and test any upgrades to the OBS and ASM code. 1. Develop the test environment so that it includes tests for the OBS and ASM functionality. '''Science Reviewer:''' To be reviewed by NEMOVAR partners and CMCC representative [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Daniel Lea (daniel.lea@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.7 — ''' A new vertical coordinate scheme for shelf waters === '''Motivation:''' The current stretched sigma coordinate options mean the size of the surface box varies greatly, leading to inconsistent flux inputs. We would like to develop a terrain following coordinate system which still provides a constant surface box height. [[BR]] '''Status :''' A proposed coordinate system has been scoped [[BR]] '''Main tasks :''' 1. Finalise the theory of the vertical coordinate system 1. Implement this within domzgr and test the effects '''Science Reviewer:''' George Nurser, NOCS [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' [[BR]] '''Priority:''' High[[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Rachel Furner (rachel.furner@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.8 — ''' CICE improvements === '''Motivation:''' Maintain and improve the interface code to CICE [[BR]] '''Status:''' Code is in vn3.4 but requires maintenance and upgrades [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' 1. Fix any bugs 1. Consider enhancements to calculation of freezing / melting potential and interpolation of vectors around coasts 1. Tidy /modify code to be most helpful to current known users 1. Make NEMO-CICE functionality available in more configurations and with other improvements planned for next release. '''Science Reviewer:''' This code will be reviewed by Andrew / Yevgeny at NOCS, but at the same time Chris Harris will review NOCS-4/5 which will interact with some of the changes covered by this ticket. [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' 30 September 2012 [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Chris Harris (christopher.harris@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.9 — ''' Reinstating of nn_stocklist === '''Motivation:''' The option to specify a list of times for which to output restart files, instead of a frequency was removed at vn3.0, and needs to be re-added [[BR]] '''Status:''' code exists at Met Office [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' Update Met Office code to latest version. '''Science Reviewer:''' n/a [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' ?? [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Low[[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.10 — ''' Add a kara mixed layer diagnostic === '''Motivation:''' The Met Office uses the Kara et al mixed-layer depth diagnostic as our standard MLD diagnostic.[[BR]] '''Status:''' [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' Implement Kara scheme as alternative to existing MLD diagnostics.[[BR]] '''Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Low[[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.11 — ''' Add a CFL diagnostic === '''Motivation:''' This is an option to output the maximum CFL parameter during a model run. Output in ocean.output file.[[BR]] '''Status:''' [[BR]] '''Main tasks:''' [[BR]] '''Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] '''Deadline:''' [[BR]] '''Priority:''' Low[[BR]] '''Principal Investigator:''' Ed Blockley (ed.blockley@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''UKMO.12 — Stream Tube parameterisation''' === '''Motivation:''' Work on overflow parametrisations (streamtube), such as those that have been implemented within CCSM.[[BR]]'''Status:''' Not begun[[BR]]'''Main tasks:''' [[BR]]'''Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]]'''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]]'''Deadline:''' [[BR]]'''Priority:''' Low[[BR]]'''Principal Investigator:''' Chris Harris (christopher.harris@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''UKMO.13 — Ice cavities''' === '''Motivation:''' Improvements on dynamics of flows in ice cavities[[BR]]'''Status:''' Not begun[[BR]]'''Main tasks:''' [[BR]]'''Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]]'''System Reviewer:''' [[BR]]'''Deadline:''' [[BR]]'''Priority:''' Low[[BR]]'''Principal Investigator:''' Chris Harris (christopher.harris@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]]