MPAS Version 8.1.0
This release of MPAS introduces several updates and new capabilities for MPAS-Atmosphere, most notably:
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The MYNN Surface Layer and Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) schemes have been updated. The PBL scheme includes the options needed to run the Eddy Diffusivity Mass Flux (EDMF) scheme.
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A separate driver for the parameterization of surface processes over sea-ice points has been added.
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The build system now tests for the availability of the modern
mpi_f08
module in the MPI library. If detected, thempi_f08
module interface to Fortran MPI routines will be used in favor of the oldermpi
module interface. -
The atmosphere core now supports the storage and retrieval of time-invariant fields in a separate I/O stream, offering significant disk space savings, especially in cases where large ensembles or cycled simulations are being run. See Section 8.3 of the User's Guide for more details.
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The top-level Makefile provides a new
intel
build target for the Intel oneAPI Fortran, C, and C++ compiler suite. -
To support real-data simulations on meshes with grid distances approaching 1 km or less, the init_atmosphere core provides an option,
config_30s_supersample_factor
, for super-sampling of the 30 arc-second terrestrial fields (terrain, land use, soil category, and MODIS FPAR monthly vegetation fraction). -
When compiling,
PRECISION=single
is now the default, and double-precision builds must be specified withPRECISION=double
.