Re: definesurf & missing ice mask

Jim Rosinski (rosinski@cgd.ucar.edu)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:59:15 -0700 (MST)


On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Gibbas, Mark J. wrote:

> When we run definesurf to create ORO grids for different resolutions such as
> T63, the ice flags disappear and are replaced by water flags. Is there
> something specific we must do to preserve the ice pack for the new
> resolution?

Nope. The model defines sea ice distribution based on the SST values read in
from the sea surface temperature dataset (namelist variable BNDTVS). If you
write a history tape at NSTEP=0, you should see some ORO values of 2 (sea
ice).

Regards,

Jim Rosinski
CCM Core Group



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