= Updates of 3.6 release

Original publication (eZ): '''2016-03-30 15:46 CEST''' by '''flavoni'''\\
Last edition: '''[[Wikinfo(changed_ts)]]''' by '''[[Wikinfo(changed_by)]]'''

As announced in July 2015, the 3_6_STABLE release of NEMO includes
• The [source:/branches/2015/nemo_v3_6_STABLE/NEMOGCM main branch]
• The [source:/branches/2015/dev_r5003_MERCATOR6_CRS/NEMOGCM associated branch for on-line coarsening of biogeochemistry] (needs to be merged locally with 3_6_STABLE)
• The [/doxygen/index.html?doc=NEMO updated reference manual]

Since last July, some improvements and fixes have been done. Please find below the summary of changes:
- Update of reference manual (see 1^st^ paragraph)
- XIOS2 : allow using the up to date release of [//ioserver/changeset/819 XIOS r819] (only if key_xios2 added in list of NEMO cpp keys). Some associated changes in xml file, for which templates are available in `CONFIG/GYRE_XIOS/EXP00/*.xml`
- New version of AGRIF
- Updates in dynamics:
  • New internal wave driven mixing parameterization available with key_zdftmx_new (#1674)
  • Update of `traqsr.F90` in RGB case when using surface Chlorophyll data : a vertical profile is computed if 
{{{#!f
nn_chldta = 2
}}}
- Updates in sea ice (LIM3):
  • Add a new ice albedo scheme in LIM (#1654), managed by 
{{{#!f
nn_ice_alb = 1
}}}
  • Send a non-zero fresh water budget for the passive tracers (impact on iron uptake/release by the ice) #1694
  • Add the computation of the snow blown into the ocean for coupled model (impact on global mass conservation) #1696
  • Add sublimation over sea-ice and snow #1697
  • Remove Langmuir cell parametrisation below sea ice #1604
  • Improvement of ventilation in southern ocean : have 2 different values for open lead fraction (in namelist : rn_amax_n and rn_amax_s) in Arctic and Antarctic, as proposed by Olivier Aumont, see r6311
- Updates in biogeochemistry
  • Better representation of OMZ : have the possibility to increase zonal equatorial diffusion for passive tracers r6312

List of bugfixes done since the release can be found [query:status=closed&version=nemo_v3_6_STABLE&type=Bug&group=component here].

It is suggested to update your version onto the HEAD of 3_6_STABLE in order to benefit from these improvements.