add mixing length to diagnostics

config/model_configs/sphere_held_suarez_rhoe_equilmoist_topography_dcmip.yml

@@ -11,3 +11,18 @@ topography: "DCMIP200"
 job_id: "sphere_held_suarez_rhoe_equilmoist_topography_dcmip"
 moist: "equil"
 netcdf_interpolate_z_over_msl: true
+diagnostics:
+  - short_name: cl
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: cli
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: clw
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: ta
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: hus
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: hur
+    period: 3hours
+  - short_name: mixlgm
+    period: 3hours

src/cache/cloud_fraction.jl

@@ -18,28 +18,22 @@ end
     - Pr - Prandtl number
     - ϵ_st - strain rate norm
 """
-function compute_smagorinsky_length_scale(c_smag, N_eff, dz, Pr, ϵ_st)
+function smagorinsky_length_scale(c_smag, N_eff, dz, Pr, ϵ_st)
     FT = eltype(c_smag)
     #return N_eff > FT(0) && N_eff < sqrt(2 * Pr * ϵ_st) ?
     return N_eff > FT(0) ?
            c_smag * dz * max(0, (1 - N_eff^2 / Pr / 2 / ϵ_st))^(1 / 4) :
            c_smag * dz
 end
 
-"""
-   Compute the grid scale cloud fraction based on sub-grid scale properties
-"""
-function set_cloud_fraction!(Y, p, ::DryModel)
-    @. p.precomputed.ᶜcloud_fraction = 0
-end
-function set_cloud_fraction!(Y, p, ::Union{EquilMoistModel, NonEquilMoistModel})
-    (; SG_quad, params) = p
+function compute_gm_mixing_length!(ᶜmixing_length, Y, p)
+    (; params) = p
+    thermo_params = CAP.thermodynamics_params(params)
 
     FT = eltype(params)
-    thermo_params = CAP.thermodynamics_params(params)
     ᶜdz = Fields.Δz_field(axes(Y.c))
     ᶜlg = Fields.local_geometry_field(Y.c)
-    (; ᶜts, ᶜp, ᶠu³, ᶜcloud_fraction) = p.precomputed
+    (; ᶜts, ᶜp, ᶠu³) = p.precomputed
     (; obukhov_length) = p.precomputed.sfc_conditions
 
     ᶜlinear_buoygrad = p.scratch.ᶜtemp_scalar
@@ -78,26 +72,40 @@ function set_cloud_fraction!(Y, p, ::Union{EquilMoistModel, NonEquilMoistModel})
 
     ᶠu = p.scratch.ᶠtemp_C123
     @. ᶠu = C123(ᶠinterp(Y.c.uₕ)) + C123(ᶠu³)
-
     ᶜstrain_rate = p.scratch.ᶜtemp_UVWxUVW
     compute_strain_rate_center!(ᶜstrain_rate, ᶠu)
 
-    ᶜprandtl_nvec = p.scratch.ᶜtemp_scalar
-    @. ᶜprandtl_nvec = turbulent_prandtl_number(
-        params,
-        obukhov_length,
-        ᶜlinear_buoygrad,
-        norm_sqr(ᶜstrain_rate),
-    )
-
-    ᶜl_smag = p.scratch.ᶜtemp_scalar_2
-    @. ᶜl_smag = compute_smagorinsky_length_scale(
+    @. ᶜmixing_length = smagorinsky_length_scale(
         CAP.c_smag(params),
         sqrt(max(ᶜlinear_buoygrad, 0)),   #N_eff
         ᶜdz,
-        ᶜprandtl_nvec,
+        turbulent_prandtl_number(
+            params,
+            obukhov_length,
+            ᶜlinear_buoygrad,
+            norm_sqr(ᶜstrain_rate),
+        ),
         norm_sqr(ᶜstrain_rate),
     )
+end
+
+"""
+   Compute the grid scale cloud fraction based on sub-grid scale properties
+"""
+function set_cloud_fraction!(Y, p, ::DryModel)
+    @. p.precomputed.ᶜcloud_fractcompute_smagorinsky_length_scaleion = 0
+end
+function set_cloud_fraction!(Y, p, ::Union{EquilMoistModel, NonEquilMoistModel})
+    (; SG_quad, params) = p
+
+    FT = eltype(params)
+    thermo_params = CAP.thermodynamics_params(params)
+    (; ᶜts, ᶜp, ᶜcloud_fraction) = p.precomputed
+
+    # temp_scalar is already in use inside the compute_gm_mixing_length
+    # this is not a great pattern, but I don't have a more elegant idea
+    ᶜl_smag = p.scratch.ᶜtemp_scalar_2
+    compute_gm_mixing_length!(ᶜl_smag, Y, p)
 
     coeff = FT(2.1) # TODO - move to parameters
     @. ᶜcloud_fraction = quad_loop(

src/diagnostics/Diagnostics.jl

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import ..DiagnosticEDMFX
 
 # functions used to calculate diagnostics
 import ..draft_area
+import ..compute_gm_mixing_length!
 
 # We need the abbreviations for symbols like curl, grad, and so on
 include(joinpath("..", "utils", "abbreviations.jl"))

src/diagnostics/core_diagnostics.jl

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # In addition to the metadata (names, comments, ...), the most important step in adding a
 # new DiagnosticVariable is defining its compute! function. `compute!` has to take four
-# arguments: (out, state, cache, time), and as to write the diagnostic in place into the
+# arguments: (out, state, cache, time), and has to write the diagnostic in place into the
 # `out` variable.
 #
 # Often, it is possible to compute certain diagnostics only for specific models (e.g.,
@@ -226,6 +226,25 @@ add_diagnostic_variable!(
     end,
 )
 
+###
+# Grid mean mixing length (3d)
+###
+function compute_mixlgm!(out, state, cache, time)
+    if isnothing(out)
+        out = similar(state.c.ρ)
+    end
+    compute_gm_mixing_length!(out, state, cache)
+end
+
+add_diagnostic_variable!(
+    short_name = "mixlgm",
+    long_name = "Grid mean mixing length",
+    standard_name = "grid_mean_mixing_length",
+    units = "m",
+    comments = "Smagorinsky length scale, to be used as an approximation of mixing length in simulations without EDMF SGS model",
+    compute! = compute_mixlgm!,
+)
+
 ###
 # Relative humidity (3d)
 ###

src/diagnostics/netcdf_writer.jl

@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ function write_field!(
             deflatelevel = writer.compression_level,
         )
         v.attrib["long_name"] = diagnostic.output_long_name
+        v.attrib["short_name"] = var.short_name
         v.attrib["units"] = var.units
         v.attrib["comments"] = var.comments