= '''!MetOffice-NEMO team - 2013 actions''' = [[PageOutline]] Last edited [[Timestamp]] '''WARNING page currently in progress''' '''members''' || Name || Institution || % || Position || || Rachel Furner || Met Office || 40 || NEMO officer || || Dave Storkey || Met Office || 20 || NEMO developer || || Enda O'Dea || Met Office || 20 || NEMO developer || || Daley Calvert || Met Office || 20 || NEMO developer || '''total weeks : '''[[BR]] >= 40 weeks (=1 man-year) Summary: || Action || Brief description || Status || Branch name || Trac ticket n° || Wiki page name || Reviewer(s) || Review status || Nb of weeks || Ready for merge. If "NO", reason and status for 2014 || || !MetOffice-1 || Include radiation conditions in BDY || In progress || 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 || || || || || || !MetOffice-2 || Develop a capability to allow OBC users to use BDY || In progress || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2012/dev_r3365_UKMO_3_4_BDY || #959 || || || || || || || || !MetOffice-3 || Add a CFL diagnostic || Cancelled || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || || || !MetOffice-4 || Improvements to OBS and ASM || In progress || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2013/dev_r3987_UKMO4_OBS || #1148 || https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/wiki/ticket/1148 || || || || || || !MetOffice-5 || Inclusion of extra diagnostics || Nothing to be submitted || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || || !MetOffice-6 || Updates to 1-d model configuration || Submitted for review || http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2013/dev_r3987_UKMO6_C1D || #1085 || https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/wiki/ticket/1085 || Marcello Vichi || In progress || || || || !MetOffice-7 || Improvements to coupling || Nothing to be submitted || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || || !MetOffice-8 || Assess use of Met Office UM testing systems for NEMO || Nothing to be submitted || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || || !MetOffice-9 || Allow specification of a start time || || || || || || || || || ---- === '''!MetOffice-1 -''' Include radiation conditions in BDY === ''' Description:''' The OBC radiation condition needs to be implemented in BDY [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' To enable the merge of OBC and BDY [[BR]] ''' Status :''' Preparatory work done [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Implement implicit version of Orlanski radiation condition.[[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila? [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Jerome Chanut [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' September 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''!MetOffice-2 -''' Develop a capability to allow OBC users to use BDY === ''' Description:''' Develop tools or code to allow OBC-style boundary data files to be used with BDY [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' It is planned to suppress OBC in the long term and use BDY for open boundary conditions, this work is needed to enable users to switch easily [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Provide tools for generation of open boundary coordinates files and external data files.[[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Rachid Benshila? [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Guillaume Reffray (and Paolo?) [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' September 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator:''' Dave Storkey (dave.storkey@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''!MetOffice-3 -''' Add a CFL diagnostic === ''' Description:''' Add code to calculate and output (to ocean.output) the maximum CFL parameter during a run [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' To inform users of stability constraints. [[BR]] ''' Status:''' Done (subject to review) [[BR]] ''' Main tasks:''' None [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' June 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Low[[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' Nothing [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator:''' Ed Blockley (ed.blockley@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''!MetOffice-4 -''' Improvements to OBS and ASM === ''' Description:''' Enable OBS and ASM code to work with generalised vertical coordinates (i.e. s-coordinates) and add OBS and ASM options to a reference configuration [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' Extend use of OSB and ASM for all vertical coordinate options. Also to allow easy use and testing by adding to reference configuration. [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Extend use of OBS and ASM for all vertical coordinate options (tested in the North West Shelf configuration). [[BR]] Allow easy use and testing by adding OBS files (and perhaps ASM) to reference configuration.[[BR]] Add an offline version of the Obs operator code to the TOOLS directory (to be done by Andy Ryan) [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Gurvan Madec? [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Gurvan Madec? [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' September 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' High [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Dan Lea (daniel.lea@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''!MetOffice-5 -''' Inclusion of extra diagnostics === ''' Description:''' Inclusion of diagnostics for meridional heat transport and model values at moorings. [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' Inclusion of these additional GODAE metrics will allow useful model assessments and inter-model comparisons [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Add diamoor routine to allow output to an ASCII file of model values at a mooring site for all required time steps [[BR]] Add diamht routine to compute and output the meridional heat transport and the meridional stream function [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Clement Bricaud? [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Clement Bricaud? [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' September 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Rachel Furner (rachel.furner@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''!MetOffice-6 -''' Updates to 1-d model configuration === ''' Description:''' Updates to 1-d Model configuration to enhance functionality and improve usability [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' To make this configuration more useful to users by expanding the options available, and to make it easier to run. [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Add changes to allow flux mooring data (i.e. 1D fields) to be used in fldread, add configuration namelist, add namelist column location specification, other functionality.. [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Marcello Vichi [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Marcello Vichi [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' October 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Daley Calvert (daley.calvert@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''!MetOffice-7 -''' Improvements to coupling === ''' Description:''' Address general issues surrounding coupling to CICE and atmosphere models, and investigate use of OASIS-MCT [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' To enhance coupling to CICE and in particular the Met Office UM atmosphere model [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Update NEMO to cope with modified treatment of ice categories in the UM (which means some additional atmosphere coupling fields can be category rather than aggregate) [[BR]] Update NEMO to deal with multilayer ice in UM-NEMO-CICE coupled models (additional CICE->NEMO and NEMO->atmos coupling fields will be required) [[BR]] Implement new SST coupling method to possibly improve diurnal cycle (may require extra NEMO->atmos coupling fields) [[BR]] Include use of salinity dependent freezing temperature even when using UM atmosphere (requires an extra NEMO->atmos coupling field as well as changes in the NEMO-CICE interface routines) [[BR]] Introduce capability to couple to atmosphere models using OASIS-MCT in addition to OASIS3 [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Internal Met Office (these changes are largely UKMO-specific and will already have been science reviewed internally for inclusion in Met Office configurations) [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Sebastien Masson? [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' July 2012 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Chris Harris (chris.harris@metoffice.gov.uk) === '''!MetOffice-8 -''' Assess use of Met Office UM testing systems for NEMO === ''' Description:''' Configure UM testing facilities (based on ROSE) to allow their use with NEMO [[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' Enable standard tests to be easily carried out at UKMO for coupled runs. Possibility of submitting this testing function back to the community [[BR]] ''' Status :''' Under development [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Ensure ROSE-based testing facility is fit for purpose w.r.t. UM coupled models featuring NEMO and CICE. Assess suitability of system for use with stand-alone NEMO, NEMO-CICE (and CICE-only) configurations. Advise on suitability for wider use within and outside the met office. [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' Development of ROSE system functionality. [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Richard Hill (richard.hill@metoffice.gov.uk) [[BR]] === '''!MetOffice-9 -''' Allow specification of a start time === ''' Description:''' Allow user to specify (via a namelist variable) the time of day at which a model run is to begin[[BR]] ''' Motivation:''' Coupled data assimilation within the Met Office runs on a 6 hourly cycle, and it is therefore necessary to run NEMO starting at times other than 00z [[BR]] ''' Status :''' [[BR]] ''' Main tasks :''' Assess practicality of outputs etc. for non-full days. Add namelist variable and asses and make any necessary amendments in daymod [[BR]] ''' Science Reviewer:''' Gurvan Madec? [[BR]] ''' System Reviewer:''' Gurvan Madec? [[BR]] ''' Deadline:''' September 2013 [[BR]] ''' Priority:''' Medium [[BR]] ''' Depends on:''' [[BR]] ''' Principal Investigator :''' Dan Lea (daniel.lea@metoffice.gov.uk)[[BR]]