Convective adjustment (Source File: convectiveadjustment.F90)

INTERFACE:

    subroutine convectiveadjustment(nlev,num,nuh,const_num,const_nuh, &
                                    buoy_method,g,rho_0)

DESCRIPTION:

In this subroutine, convective adjustment is performed for the temperature, $\Theta$, and the salinity, $S$, or alternatively for the buoyancy, $B$, if a dynamic equation is solved for this quantity. Beginning from the first interface below the surface, the water column is checked for static instability. If the Brunt-Väisälä frequency squared, $N^2$, is negative, the two adjacent boxes are completely mixed. The stability for the interface below this homogenised upper part of the water column is then analysed, and, if needed, mixing is performed again. By doing so, the water column is scanned until the first interface with statically stable or neutral stratification or the bottom is reached. An equation of state described in section 8.4 is used for calculating the Brunt-Väisälä frequency.

The constant values const_num and const_nuh are then imposed for the eddy viscosity $\nu_t$ and the eddy diffusivity $\nu'_t$, respectively.

USES:

    use meanflow, only: h,t,s,buoy,NN
    use eqstate, only: eqstate1
    IMPLICIT NONE

INPUT PARAMETERS:

    integer, intent(in)                 :: nlev,buoy_method
    REALTYPE, intent(in)                :: g,rho_0
    REALTYPE, intent(in)                :: const_num,const_nuh

OUTPUT PARAMETERS:

    REALTYPE, intent(out)               :: num(1:nlev),nuh(1:nlev)

REVISION HISTORY:

    Original author(s): Hans Burchard & Karsten Bolding
    $Log: convectiveadjustment.F90,v $
    Revision 1.6  2005-06-27 13:44:07  kbk
    modified + removed traling blanks
    Revision 1.5  2004/08/18 11:39:10  lars
    updated documentation
    Revision 1.4  2003/03/28 09:20:35  kbk
    added new copyright to files
    Revision 1.3  2003/03/28 08:56:56  kbk
    removed tabs
    Revision 1.2  2003/03/10 08:50:06  gotm
    Improved documentation and cleaned up code
    Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/02/12 15:55:57  gotm
    initial import into CVS