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MPAS Version 8.1.0

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@mgduda mgduda released this 18 Apr 22:14
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This release of MPAS introduces several updates and new capabilities for MPAS-Atmosphere, most notably:

  • 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.

  • A separate driver for the parameterization of surface processes over sea-ice points has been added.

  • The build system now tests for the availability of the modern mpi_f08 module in the MPI library. If detected, the mpi_f08 module interface to Fortran MPI routines will be used in favor of the older mpi 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.

  • 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 with PRECISION=double.

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