Ocean Modeling Discussion

COAPS is inviting applications for: Postdoctoral researcher in regional ocean modeling. Projects may include oil spill modeling, air-sea interaction, and coastal inundation. Competence with ROMS is desired, but consideration will also be given to candidates having expertise with HYCOM and FVCOM ...

Is the sign convention for net shortwave and longwave radiation positive upward, or downward? That is, if swrad or lwrad is positive, does that heat the ocean in ROMS?
Any additional info on sign convention and fluxes for ROMS would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Steve

Thanks for the advice. I will continue to check the ob data that I am setting up, but ROMS does print the max/min each time it reads a field and if there are NaNs, I know from experience that Iwill see NaNs in the diagnostic messages. I don't see NaNs. I'll keep looking but please keep the ...

I am running a realistic northeastern Gulf of Mexico simulation with open southern and western boundaries. I am trying to apply boundary conditions derived from a larger scale model. I have success with baroclinic velocities and scalar fields, but am having trouble with the free surface and ...

In set_data.F about line 1044... # ifdef DISTRIBUTE CALL mp_exchange3d (ng, iNLM, 2, Istr, Iend, Jstr, Jend, & & LBi, UBi, LBj, UBj, & & NghostPoints, EWperiodic, NSperiodic, & & OBS(ng)%EobsT(:,:,:,itemp), & & OBS(ng)%Tobs(:,:,:,itemp)) # endif is something missing after UBj (possibly , 1,N(ng ...