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= '''Question for the Developper committee''' =
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== Strategic questions ==

• transition from a vector optimised code with reasonable mpp performances to a mpp optimised code with reasonable vector performances.  '''Agreement ?'''

• switch to dynamical allocation '''Agreement ?'''

• vvl case as the default option : introduction of a key_linssh for linear free surface (=constant volume) '''Agreement ?'''

• embedded sea ice default. Levitating case as namelist option or suppression of levitating case '''Agreement ?'''

• Off Line priority ? 

• Separation between the initialisation and the time-stepping phase: call of the xxx_yyy_init  routine at the initialisation phase, not as today at the first call of step. Needed for the adjoint 

• How do we manage open boundaries condition : BDY and OBC, suppression of OBC?, merge of the two?


== Open questions ==

• How to manage sea-ice in mpp : introduce another domain decomposition for sea-ice? How is it done in CICE?

• surf module en stand Alone?  both to have stand alone bulk and stand alone sea-ice model.

• unequal i-j partition?

• time splitting at high latitudes to save ~20-30% of a global high resolution configuration?

• space averaged output for very high resolution configurations?

• Update the Equation of State with a faster and accurate one ?   Priority? 

• Non-boussinesq version of the code ?  Need, priority??

• Inclusion of academic test cases (Kelvin, soliton ...)?  Need, priority??

• Inclusion of timing for mpp?  Need, priority??

• Introduce nstock as a list rather than a frequency ? Need, priority??

• Introduce MPI_TYPES from PRACE? Need, priority??