roms output wrong density anomaly

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shifei
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roms output wrong density anomaly

#1 Unread post by shifei »

Hi,
The roms output density anomaly is not consistent with the value I calculated using temp and salt. But the roms output potential vorticity is consistent with value I calculated.
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The section is along 30 N.The result is 3-day averaged in March. Potential density is shown in white line, pv is shown in color. The left density is calculated using temp and salt; the right density is from roms averaged output file.
The section is along 30 N.The result is 3-day averaged in March. Potential density is shown in white line, pv is shown in color. The left density is calculated using temp and salt; the right density is from roms averaged output file.

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Re: roms output wrong density anomaly

#2 Unread post by kate »

It looks like one is potential density, the other in situ density. If you look at mod_ocean.F, the model has both:

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!  pden         Potential Density anomaly (kg/m3).                     !    
!  rho          Density anomaly (kg/m3).                               ! 
However, wrt_his.F only writes rho, not pden. One could modify the output to add the option to write pden.

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