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SeaIceRT: A python interface for CESM3 sea ice radiative transfer code.

SeaIceRT is a python interface for CESM3 Delta Eddington radiative transfer for sea ice. The radiative transfer code is written in Fortran 77. The python wrapper allows the sea ice parameters to be set, the code run and output returned.

The seaicert directory contains the class SeaIceRT, which initializes parameters and call the code.

The fortran code is in the 1D_SIR_DE directory. The main fortran routine has been modified to allow the python wrapper to set and get parameters. The main fortran calling routine crm has been changed from a Fortan 77 PROGRAM to a SUBROUTINE. This allows the fortran code to be built as a library, which is called from python using the ctypes package.

A full description of the original model can be found here

Installation

The easiest way to install the wrapper and model is using git.

git clone git@github.com:andypbarrett/seaice_radiative_transfer.git

cd seaice_radiative_transfer

I strongly suggest creating a new environment for running and creating the model. This will ensure that the dependencies are installed.

conda env create -f environment.yml

or

mamba env create -f environment.yml

This will create a new environment called seaice_radiative_transfer

Start the environment using

conda activate seaice_radiative_transfer

or

conda activate seaice_radiative_transfer

Compiling the fortran code

The radiative transfer model is written in fortran. The source code must be compile to create a dynamic library containing the model. There is a makefile in 1D_dE_CCSM.

You will need a fortran compiler. I've used gfortran from https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortran.

cd 1D_dE_CCSM
make

This will create libcrm.so or libcrm.dylib, if you are on a Mac.

Note

The fortran code has been written and compiled on a Ubuntu Linux machine using gfortran. The compiler flags in the makefile work for this architecture. If you have MacOS and get compile >errors, you may need to add -fallow-argument-mismatch to the compiler switches. You might need to play around with other compiler switches.

Warning

The fortran compile step has not be tried on a Windows machine.

Running the model

Running the model can be done from a python IDE, either python or ipython.

(seaice_radiative_transfer) nsidc-abarrett-442:seaice_radiative_transfer$ cd seaicert/
(seaice_radiative_transfer) nsidc-abarrett-442:seaicert$ ipython
Python 3.7.6 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Mar  5 2020, 15:27:18) 
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 7.17.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.

In [1]: from ccsm3_sir_de import SeaIceRT

In [2]: model = SeaIceRT()

In [3]: model.run()

In [4]: model.print_results()
----------------------------------------------------------------------
CCSM3 Sea Ice Delta Eddington calculation
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Visible and near-ir direct and diffuse albedos
   Visible: 0.2 to 0.7 micrometers
   Near-IR: 0.7 to 5.0 micrometers
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Albedo shortwave direct: 0.17
Albedo shortwave diffuse: 0.19
Albedo longwave direct: 0.06
Albedo longwave diffuse: 0.06
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Surface ansorption and Albedos
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Visible solar absorbed by ocean: 27.5656681060791
Near-IR absorbed by ocean: 0.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Surface absorption ad albedos
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Solar vs direct surface irradiance:   0.12 Wm-2
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Snow/Sea ice transmitted flux (Tr fraction) and absorption (Q Wm-2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Level      depth Tr_vs  Q_vs   Tr_ni  Q_ni   Q_total
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 0 surface                  26.88         68.01  94.89
              0.000 1.0000        1.0000
 1 pond                     12.76         67.06  79.82
              0.250 0.9494        0.0130
 2 pond                     12.08          0.93  13.01
              0.500 0.8625        0.0002
 3 ice                       2.05          0.02   2.07
              0.050 0.7888        0.0000
 4 ice                      10.84          0.00  10.84
              0.375 0.6228        0.0000
 5 ice                       9.41          0.00   9.41
              0.750 0.4730        0.0000
 6 ice                       6.78          0.00   6.78
              1.125 0.3551        0.0000
 7 ice                       4.61          0.00   4.61
              1.500 0.2612        0.0000
 8 ocean                    27.57          0.00  27.57

Model parameters can be changed simply by modify model parameters, for example:

In [11]: model.pond_depth
Out[11]: 0.5

In [12]: model.pond_depth = 1.

A list of model parameters is given below.

Spatio-temporal parameters:

  • :day_of_year: day of year, 1..365, where day 1 = January 1
  • :latitude: latitude (-90 to 90) (test=80.)

Surface characteristics:

  • :surface_pressure: Surface pressure in mb (test=1008 mb)
  • :co2_volume_mixing_ratio: CO2 volume mixing ratio (test 3.7e-04)
  • :surface_air_temperature: Surface air temperature (K) (test=273.16 K)
  • :ground_temperature: Surface skin temperature (K) (test=273.17 K)
  • :snow_depth: Physical snow depth in meters (test=0 m)
  • :snow_density: Snow density (kg/m3) (test=330 kg/m3)
  • :snow_grain_radius: Snow grain radius in microns (um) (test=50. um) -:pond_depth: Physical pond depth in meters (test=0.5 m)
  • :pond_tuning_parameter: Pond tuning parameter in standard deviations (test=-1.)
  • :sea_ice_thickness: Physical ice thickness in meters (test=1.5 m)
  • :sea_ice_tuning_parameter: Sea ice tuning parameter in standard deviations (test=0.)

Atmospheric Profile - 18 element array-like objects

  • :level: number id of level 1..18
  • :pressure: Pressure in mb
  • :air_temperature: air temperature in Kelvin
  • :water_vapor_mixing_ratio: Water vapour mixing ration (g/g)
  • :ozone_mixing_ratio: Ozone mixing ration (g/g)
  • :cloud_cover: Cloud cover - non-dimension 0.-1.
  • :cloud_liquid_water_path: Cloud liquid water path (g/m2)

Sensitivity Analysis

A sensitivity analsysis of selected parameters can be found here

Maintaining and Contributing

If you need to add new packages:

  • hand-edit the environment.yml file.
  • conda env update to update the current environment with the new entry.
  • conda env export > environment-lock.yml to save the working version of the environment.
  • finally commit these changes.

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