A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
A22 18
ABCLW 6
ABCSW 6
abEps Adams-Bashforth-2 stabilizing weight 19
ABLCL1 6
ABLCL2 6
ABLCO2 7
ABLWIN 8
ABLWV1 6
ABLWV2 6
ABSAER 7
ABSCL1 6
ABSCL2 6
ABSDRY 8
ABSLW 8
ABSSW 8
ABSWV1 9
ABSWV2 6
ABWLW 7
ABWSW 7
adjDumpFreq 6
adjMonitorFreq 4
aim_albFile file name for Albedo input file (F.M. surfBC) 6
aim_clrSkyDiag compute clear-sky radiation for diagnostics 10
aim_diagFreq Frequency^-1 for diagnostic output (s) 6
aim_dragStrato stratospheric-drag damping time scale (s) 9
aim_energPrecip account for energy of precipitation (snow & rain temp) 10
aim_LandFile file name for Land fraction (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_lstFile file name for Land.Surf.Temp (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_MMsufx sufix for all Monthly Mean surface forcing files 8
aim_MMsufxLength Length of sufix (Monthly Mean surf. forc. files) 8
aim_oiceFile file name for Sea Ice fraction (F.M. surfBC) 7
AIM_PAR_CNV 4
AIM_PAR_FOR 4
AIM_PAR_LSC 4
AIM_PAR_RAD 4
AIM_PAR_SFL 4
AIM_PAR_VDI 4
AIM_PARAMS 2
aim_snowFile file name for Snow depth (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_splitSIOsFx compute separately Sea-Ice & Ocean surf. Flux 13
aim_sstFile file name for Sea.Surf.Temp (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_surfPotTemp surf.Temp input file is in Pot.Temp (aim_useMMsurfFc) 7
aim_swcFile file name for Soil Water content (F.M. surfBC) 9
aim_tave_mnc write TimeAverage output using MNC 8
aim_taveFreq Frequency^-1 for time-average output (s) 11
aim_tendFreq Frequency^-1 for tendencies output (s) 6
aim_useFMsurfBC select surface B.C. from Franco Molteni 8
aim_useMMsurfFc select Monthly Mean surface forcing (e.g., NCEP) 13
aim_vegFile file name for vegetation fraction (F.M. surfBC) 6
AirHumidityFile 5
AirTempFile 7
ALBCL 12
albColdSnow albedo of cold (=dry) new snow (Tsfc < -10) 14
ALBICE 14
albIceMax max albedo of bare ice (thick ice) 7
albIceMin minimum ice albedo (very thin ice) 6
albOldSnow albedo of old snow (snowAge > 35.d) 14
ALBSEA 12
ALBSN 12
albWarmSnow albedo of warm (=wet) new snow (Tsfc = 0) 12
allowFreezing Allows surface water to freeze and form ice 9
alph_AB Adams-Bashforth-3 primary factor 12
apressureconst 5
apressurefile 8
apressureperiod 6
apressurestartdate1 6
apressurestartdate2 6
aqh_errfile 8
aqhconst 5
aqhfile 8
aqhFile 10
aqhperiod 6
aqhstartdate1 6
aqhstartdate2 6
argosfile 8
argosstartdate1 5
argosstartdate2 4
argotfile 8
argotstartdate1 5
argotstartdate2 6
atemp_errfile 8
atempconst 5
atempfile 8
atempFile 10
atempperiod 6
atempstartdate1 6
atempstartdate2 6
atm_Cp specific heat (Cp) of the (dry) air at constant pressure 29
atm_emissivity 5
atm_Rd gas constant for dry air 11
atm_Rq water vapour specific volume anomaly relative to dry air 6
AtmospFile 11
autodiff_mnc 5
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
baseTime model base time (time origin) = time @ iteration zero 30
bathyFile File containing bathymetry. If not defined bathymetry 19
beta df/dy ( s^-1.m^-1 ) 21
beta_AB Adams-Bashforth-3 secondary factor 11
blk_taveFreq 7
bottomDragLinear Drag coefficient built in to core dynamics 8
bottomDragQuadratic 8
BULKF_CONST 2
BULKF_PARM01 2
BULKF_PARM02 2
buoyancyRelation Flag used to indicate which relation to use to 53
BVSQcon 7
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
cAdjFreq Frequency of convective adjustment 17
CAL_NML 1
calendarDumps When set, approximate months (30-31 days) and years (360-372 days) Target residual for cg2d solver; no unit (RHS normalisation) Target residual for cg2d solver; W unit (No RHS normalisation) Target residual for cg3d solver. 14
CDL 12
cdrag_1 9
cdrag_2 9
cdrag_3 9
CDS 14
cekman 5
CFIX 12
cg2dChkResFreq Frequency with which to check residual 5
cg2dMaxIters Maximum number of iterations in the 7
cg2dpcOffDFac Averaging weight for preconditioner off-diagonal. 8
cg2dPreCondFreq Frequency for updating cg2d preconditioner 7
cg2dTargetResidual 6
cg2dTargetResWunit 7
cg3dChkResFreq Frequency with which to check residual 4
cg3dMaxIters Maximum number of iterations in the 5
cg3dTargetResidual 6
chkPtFreq Frequency of rolling check pointing ( s ). 8
CHL 15
CHS 16
climsaltfile 10
climsaltperiod 8
climsaltstartdate1 6
climsaltstartdate2 6
climsssconst 5
climsssfile 12
climsssperiod 8
climsssstartdate1 6
climsssstartdate2 6
climsstconst 5
climsstfile 12
climsstperiod 8
climsststartdate1 6
climsststartdate2 6
climtempfile 10
climtempfreeze 12
climtempperiod 8
climtempstartdate1 6
climtempstartdate2 6
CloudFile 7
CMAX 42
cmonob 5
conam 5
conas 5
conc1 7
conc2 5
conc3 5
concm 5
concs 7
concv 5
conservcycle 3
convertFW2Salt salinity, used to convert Fresh-Water Flux to Salt Flux 12
ConvFile 6
coord 2
cosPower Power of cosine of latitude to multiply viscosity 7
cost_ice_flag 10
cost_iprec 48
cost_nml 2
cost_yftype 41
costIceEnd1 5
costIceEnd2 5
costIceStart1 5
costIceStart2 5
costname 12
cpair specific heat of air (J/kg/K) 6
cpice specific heat of fresh ice (J/kg/K) 21
CPL_ATM_PARAM 2
cpl_atmSendFrq Frequency^-1 for sending data to coupler (s) 5
cpl_earlyExpImpCall call coupler early in the time stepping call sequence 18
CPL_OCN_PARAM 2
cpl_oldPickup restart from an old pickup (= until checkpoint 52m_post) 6
cpl_snapshot_mnc 6
cpl_taveFreq Frequency^-1 for time-Aver. output (s) 7
cpl_timeave_mnc 8
cpwater specific heat of water (J/kg/K) 11
cpwv specific heat of water vapour (J/kg/KC) 5
cstar 5
CTDAY 6
ctdsclimfile 5
ctdsfile 7
ctdtclimfile 5
ctdtfile 7
CTRL_NML 1
ctrl_nml 3
CTRL_PACKNAMES 1
ctrl_packnames 3
ctrlname 16
curmtrufile 5
curmtrvfile 5
cvelTimeScale 6
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
data_errfile 10
dB_dz 7
debugLevel debug level selector: higher -> more writing 124
debugMode 73
delP Vertical grid spacing ( Pa ). 5
delR Vertical grid spacing ( units of r ). 89
delRc Vertical grid spacing between cell centers (r unit). 16
deltaT Default timestep ( s ) 118
deltaTClock Timestep used as model clock . This determines the 103
deltaTfreesurf Timestep for free-surface equation ( s ) 26
deltaTmom 69
deltaToffline 4
deltaTtracer Timestep for tracer equations ( s ) 10
delX Separation between cell faces (m) or (deg), depending 74
delXfile 6
delY 94
delYfile 6
delZ Vertical grid spacing ( m ). 14
diag_mnc 13
diag_pickup_read 9
diag_pickup_read_mnc 8
diag_pickup_write 8
diag_pickup_write_mnc 8
DIAG_STATIS_PARMS 2
diagFreq Frequency with which model writes diagnostic output 10
diagnostics_list 2
diagSt_mnc 10
DIFF1 8
diffK4S Biharmonic diffusion coeff. for mixing of 7
diffK4T Biharmonic diffusion coeff. for mixing of 6
diffKhS Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 7
diffKhT Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 6
diffKpS Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 5
diffKpT Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 5
diffKrBL79deep T/S deep diffusivity (m^2/s) Bryan and Lewis, 1979 10
diffKrBL79Ho depth offset for arctan fn (m) Bryan and Lewis, 1979 10
diffKrBL79scl depth scale for arctan fn (m) Bryan and Lewis, 1979 10
diffKrBL79surf T/S surface diffusivity (m^2/s) Bryan and Lewis, 1979 15
diffKrNrS vertical profile of Laplacian diffusion coeff. 19
diffKrNrT vertical profile of Laplacian diffusion coeff. 28
diffKrS 12
diffKrT 12
diffKsnow thermal conductivity of snow (W/m/K) 6
diffKzS Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 5
diffKzT Laplacian diffusion coeff. for mixing of 5
difm0 5
difmcon 5
difs0 6
difscon 6
dift0 4
diftcon 4
dimensions 6
doInitXX 9
doPackDiag 19
doZscalePack 6
doZscaleUnpack 6
dQdTFile 2
DRHLSC 6
DTHETA 20
dTstab 16
dTtracerLev Timestep for tracer equations ( s ), function of level k 77
dumpatlast 8
dumpFreq Frequency with which model state is written to 31
dxSpacing 6
dySpacing 6
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
EBM_PARM01 2
ecco_cost_nml 2
eddyTauxFile File containing zonal Eddy stress data 4
eddyTauyFile File containing meridional Eddy stress data 4
EEPARMS 2
EMISFC 11
EmPFile 5
empmr_off 4
EmPmRfile File containing surface fresh water flux 12
EndingYear 6
endTime Ending time for this integration ( s ). 29
ENTMAX 12
ENTRAINMENT_RATE 8
eosType choose the equation of state: 10
eps 12
epsf 7
epsg 20
epsilon 17
epsln 19
EPSLW 12
EPSSW 13
epsx 23
ersfile 9
ersperiod 6
ersstartdate1 6
ersstartdate2 6
evapconst 5
evapfile 8
evapFile 10
evapperiod 6
evapstartdate1 6
evapstartdate2 6
exactConserv Set to true to conserve exactly the total Volume 27
exf_albedo 6
exf_clim_iprec 16
exf_clim_nml 2
exf_clim_yftype 22
exf_inscal_apressure 5
exf_inscal_aqh 5
exf_inscal_atemp 5
exf_inscal_evap 5
exf_inscal_hflux 5
exf_inscal_lwdown 5
exf_inscal_lwflux 5
exf_inscal_precip 5
exf_inscal_runoff 5
exf_inscal_sflux 5
exf_inscal_sss 5
exf_inscal_sst 5
exf_inscal_swdown 5
exf_inscal_swflux 5
exf_inscal_ustress 6
exf_inscal_uwind 6
exf_inscal_vstress 6
exf_inscal_vwind 6
exf_iprec 22
exf_nml 2
exf_offset_atemp 5
exf_outscal_apressure 5
exf_outscal_hflux 5
exf_outscal_sflux 5
exf_outscal_sss 5
exf_outscal_sst 5
exf_outscal_swflux 5
exf_outscal_ustress 6
exf_outscal_vstress 6
exf_yftype 18
expMatrixWriteTime 5
expnam 8
externForcingCycle Is the repeat time of the forcing (eg. 1 year) 25
externForcingPeriod Is the period of which forcing varies (eg. 1 month) 27
F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
f0 Reference coriolis parameter ( 1/s ) 27
FHDRAG 6
FHUM0 14
fields List Output Fields 7
fileflags 4
filename List Output Filename 8
fizhi_list 2
fizhi_mnc_read_pickup 5
fizhi_mnc_write_pickup 4
floats 6
flt_file 8
flt_int_prof 6
flt_int_traj 6
flt_nml 1
flt_noise 13
FluxForcingEnd 9
FluxForcingPeriod 12
FluxForcingStart 12
fmin 21
fName 331
forcing_In_AB if False, put forcing (Temp,Salt,Tracers) contribution 13
frac_energy fraction of energy going to melting (=0 for no fract. ice) 8
FRACTIONAL_AREA 8
freeSurfFac 23
frequency Frequency (in s) of Output (ouput every frequency second) 7
FSTAB 11
FTEMP0 14
FWIND0 16
G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
gamma_blk adiabatic lapse rate 9
gBaro Accel. due to gravity used in barotropic equation ( m/s^2 ) 9
GCHEM_PARM01 2
geoid_covariancefile 11
geoid_errfile 6
GGL90_PARM01 2
GGL90alpha 5
GGL90ceps 6
GGL90ck 6
GGL90diffMax 6
GGL90diffTKEh 8
GGL90dumpFreq 5
GGL90m2 5
GGL90mixingLengthMin 6
GGL90mixingMaps 5
GGL90taveFreq 6
GGL90TKEbottom 8
GGL90TKEFile 6
GGL90TKEmin 10
GGL90viscMax 6
GGL90writeState 5
globalFiles Selects between global and tiled files 13
GM_AdvForm 20
GM_AdvSeparate 11
GM_background_K 14
GM_isopycK 17
GM_Kmin_horiz 6
GM_maxSlope 19
GM_PARM01 2
GM_Scrit 10
GM_Sd 10
GM_slopeSqCutoff slope^2 cut-off value 14
GM_Small_Number epsilon used in computing the slope 17
GM_taper_scheme 21
GM_Visbeck_alpha 15
GM_Visbeck_depth 6
GM_Visbeck_length 6
GM_Visbeck_maxval_K 5
GMwxFile 6
GMwyFile 6
GMwzFile 6
gravity Accel. due to gravity ( m/s^2 ) 70
gravitySign 15
grdchk_eps 10
grdchk_nml 2
grdchkvarindex 116
grdchkwhichproc 18
groundAtK1 put the surface(k=1) at the ground (replaced by usingPCoords) 4
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
hAlbIce ice thickness for albedo transition: thin/thick ice albedo 6
hAlbSnow snow thickness for albedo transition: snow/ground 12
hbf 5
HDRAG 6
HeatCapacity_Cp 20
HeffFile 8
hFacInf Threshold (inf and sup) for fraction size of surface cell 12
hFacMin Minimum fraction size of a cell (affects hFacC etc...) 10
hFacMinDp Minimum dimesional size of a cell (affects hFacC etc..., Pa) 6
hFacMinDr Minimum dimesional size of a cell (affects hFacC etc..., units of r) 17
hFacMinDz Minimum dimesional size of a cell (affects hFacC etc..., m) 6
hFacSup 7
hflux_errfile 7
hfluxbarfile 11
hfluxconst 5
hfluxfile 8
HfluxFile 2
hfluxperiod 6
hfluxstartdate1 6
hfluxstartdate2 6
highOrderVorticity use 3rd/4th order interp. of vorticity (V.I., advection) 9
hihig ice height above which freezing only occurs over open ocean 7
hiMax Maximum thickness for ice (m) 7
himin minimum thickness for ice (m) 8
himin0 minimum ice height (=himin for no fractional ice) 9
hMxL_default default value for ocean MixLayer thickness [m] 6
hNewSnowAge new snow thickness that refreshes snow-age (by 1/e) 12
HO 8
horizGridFile File containing horizontal-grid definition 7
hsMax Maximum thickness for snow (m) 8
hSnowWetness snow depth (m) corresponding to maximum wetness 9
humid_fac const. for the evaluation of the virtual temp. 11
hydrogSaltFile File containing initial hydrographic data for salinity. 10
hydrogThetaFile File containing initial hydrographic data for potential 16
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
i0 Loop counters 17
ice_emissivity 7
IceFile 12
iceMaskmax maximum Ice fraction (=1 for no fractional ice) 9
iceMaskmin mimimum Ice fraction (=1 for no fractional ice) 6
iGloPos 6
IMAX_TICE 6
implicDiv2DFlow 10
implicitDiffusion Turns implicit vertical diffusion on 29
implicitFreeSurface Set to true to use implcit free surface 7
implicitViscosity Turns implicit vertical viscosity on 21
implicSurfPress parameter of the Crank-Nickelson time stepping : 14
impMatrixWriteTime 5
inAdExact 5
integr_GeoPot option to select the way we integrate the geopotential 15
iprint 33
IronFile 8
ivdc_kappa 22
J A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
jGloPos 6
K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
kGloPos 5
kice thermal conductivity of pure ice (W/m/K) 18
kpp_dumpFreq 5
kpp_freq 5
KPP_ghatUseTotalDiffus 7
KPP_PARM01 2
kpp_taveFreq 4
KPPmixingMaps 5
KPPwriteState 8
ksnow thermal conductivity of snow (W/m/K) 7
ksolar bulk solar abs coeff of sea ice (m-1) 6
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
LAD 7
lambdaSaltFile 6
lambdaThetaFile 6
lambdaThetaZonRelax 6
land_calc_alb compute albedo of snow over land 6
land_calc_grT step forward ground Temperature 13
land_calc_grW step forward soil moiture 11
land_calc_snow step forward snow thickness 13
land_CpWater Heat capacity of water (J/kg/K) 14
land_deltaT land model time-step 35
land_diagFreq Frequency^-1 for diagnostic output (s) 7
land_dzF layer thickness 19
land_fractRunOff fraction of water in excess which run-off (1) 6
land_grdLambda Thermal conductivity of the ground (W/m/K) 7
land_grT_iniFile File containing initial ground Temp. 8
land_grW_iniFile File containing initial ground Water. 9
land_heatCs Heat capacity of dry soil (J/m3/K) 11
land_hMaxSnow Maximum snow-thickness (m) 6
land_impl_grT solve ground Temperature implicitly 13
land_Lfreez Latent heat of freezing (J/kg) 20
LAND_MODEL_PAR 2
land_monFreq Frequency^-1 for monitor output (s) 7
land_oldPickup restart from an old pickup (= before checkpoint 52l_pre) 6
LAND_PHYS_PAR 2
land_rhoLiqW density of liquid water (kg/m3) 18
land_rhoSnow density of snow (kg/m3) 14
land_snow_iniFile File containing initial snow thickness. 7
land_taveFreq Frequency^-1 for time-Aver. output (s) 9
land_waterCap field capacity per meter of soil (1) 12
land_wTauDiff soil moisture diffusion time scale (s) 6
lastinterval 13
latBandClimRelax latitude band where Relaxation to Clim. is applied, 11
levels List Output Levels 8
Lfresh latent heat of melting of pure ice (J/kg) 31
LongwaveFile 7
LSR_ERROR 7
Lvap latent heat of vaporizn at 0 C (J/kg) 7
Lvap_ice latent heat from sublimation 5
lwdownconst 5
lwdownfile 10
lwdownFile 10
lwdownperiod 6
lwdownstartdate1 6
lwdownstartdate2 6
lwfluxconst 5
lwfluxfile 10
lwfluxperiod 6
lwfluxstartdate1 6
lwfluxstartdate2 6
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
maskname 5
MATRIX_PARM01 2
MAX_ABE_ITERATIONS 6
MAX_FRACTIONAL_AREA 6
MAX_HEFF 7
MAX_TICE 8
mdsioLocalDir 31
meridWindFile File containing meridional wind data 17
metaname 5
metricTerms Flag which turns metric terms on or off. 9
MIN_ATEMP 8
MIN_LWDOWN 8
MIN_TICE 8
minKPPhbl 6
MNC_01 2
mnc_echo_gvtypes echo type names (fails on many platforms) 4
mnc_indir_str name of the input directory 5
mnc_max_fsize maximum file size 4
mnc_outdir_date use a date string within the output dir name 6
mnc_outdir_num use a seq. number within the output dir name 5
mnc_outdir_str name of the output directory 9
mnc_use_indir use mnc_indir_str as input filename prefix 4
mnc_use_name_ni0 use nIter0 in all the file names 4
mnc_use_outdir use mnc_outdir_str as output filename prefix 5
momAdvection Flag which turns advection of momentum on and off. 24
momForcing Flag which turns external forcing of momentum on 10
momImplVertAdv Turns on implicit vertical advection for Momentum 13
momPressureForcing Flag which turns pressure term in momentum equation 9
momStepping Turns momentum equation time-stepping off 26
momViscosity Flag which turns momentum friction terms on and off. 31
monitor_mnc 12
monitorFreq 27
mu_Tf Tf:brine salinity ratio (C/ppt) 10
mult_ageos 6
mult_aqh 5
mult_argos 6
mult_argot 6
mult_atemp 5
mult_atl 6
mult_ctds 6
mult_ctdsclim 6
mult_ctdt 6
mult_ctdtclim 6
mult_curmtr 5
mult_diffkr 5
mult_drift 6
mult_h 6
mult_hflux 8
mult_hmean 6
mult_ice 5
mult_kapgm 5
mult_obcse 6
mult_obcsn 6
mult_obcss 6
mult_obcsvol 4
mult_obcsw 6
mult_salt 6
mult_salt0 6
mult_scatx 6
mult_scaty 6
mult_sdrift 6
mult_sflux 8
mult_sss 6
mult_sst 6
mult_tauu 7
mult_tauv 7
mult_tdrift 6
mult_temp 6
mult_temp0 6
mult_test 5
mult_tmi 6
mult_tracer 5
mult_uwind 5
mult_vwind 5
mult_wdrift 5
mult_xbt 6
multiDimAdvection Flag that enable multi-dimension advection 15
MY_PARM01 2
MYdiffMax 6
MYdumpFreq 5
MYhblScale 5
MYMixingMaps 2
MYtaveFreq 6
MYviscMax 6
MYwriteState 5
N A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
nbeg 14
nend 10
nEndIter 15
nfunc 20
nh_Am2 6
nhmsbegin 3
nIter0 Start time-step number of for this run 174
nitMaxTsf maximum Nb of iter to find Surface Temp (Trsf) 7
no_slip_bottom Impose no-slip at bottom boundary. 9
no_slip_sides Impose no-slip at lateral boundaries. 13
nondimcontrol 6
nonHydrostatic Using non-hydrostatic terms 33
nonlinFreeSurf option related to non-linear free surface 44
Nr No. points in Z for full process domain. 2843
nShapS 13
nShapT 14
nShapTrPhys 7
nShapUV 25
nShapUVPhys 7
nstep 7
nsubtime 4
nTimeSteps Number of timesteps to execute 38
nTx 47
nTy 46
num_m_smooth_sh 4
num_v_smooth_BV 4
num_v_smooth_Ri 5
num_z_smooth_sh 4
numiter 9
nupdate 26
nvars 7
nymdbegin 3
O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
OB_Ieast 9
OB_Iwest 6
OB_Jnorth 9
OB_Jsouth 6
OBCS_PARM01 2
OBCS_PARM02 2
OBCS_PARM03 2
obcsEperiod 6
obcsEstartdate1 6
obcsEstartdate2 6
obcsglo 5
obcsNperiod 7
obcsNstartdate1 6
obcsNstartdate2 6
obcsSperiod 6
obcsSstartdate1 6
obcsSstartdate2 6
obcsWperiod 5
obcsWstartdate1 6
obcsWstartdate2 6
OBEsFile 10
OBEtFile 10
OBEuFile 10
OBEvFile 10
OBNsFile 10
OBNtFile 10
OBNuFile 10
OBNvFile 10
OBSsFile 10
OBStFile 10
OBSuFile 10
OBSvFile 10
OBWsFile 10
OBWtFile 10
OBWuFile 10
OBWvFile 10
ocean_deltaT ocean mixed-layer time-step 10
OCEAN_drag 7
ocean_emissivity 7
OFFLINE_PARM01 2
OFFLINE_PARM02 2
offlineForcingCycle 6
offlineForcingPeriod 6
offlineIter0 26
omega Angular velocity ( rad/s ) 13
OPPS_PARM01 2
OPPSdebugLevel 12
OPPSdumpFreq 4
OPPStaveFreq 6
OPPSwriteState 4
OPTIM 1
optim 3
optimcycle 685
outputTypesInclusive 23
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
p0 surface pressure (mb) 32
PACKAGES 2
PARM01 2
PARM02 2
PARM03 2
PARM04 2
PARM05 2
pChkPtFreq Frequency of permanent check pointing ( s ). 6
periodicExternalForcing Set true if forcing is time-dependant 12
phepsi 25
phiMin Latitude of southern most cell face. 9
pickup_read_mnc use mnc to read pickups 10
pickup_write_mnc use mnc to write pickups 11
pickupSuff 17
ploadFile 4
PlumeRadius 8
PP81_PARM01 2
PPalpha 8
PPdiffMin 5
PPdumpFreq 5
PPMixingMaps 2
PPnRi 7
PPnu0 6
PPtaveFreq 6
PPviscMax 7
PPviscMin 5
PPwriteState 5
precipconst 5
precipfile 8
precipFile 10
precipperiod 6
precipstartdate1 6
precipstartdate2 6
printMapIncludesZeros 6
psbarfile 11
PSMIN 8
pSurfInitFile 8
PTRACERS_advScheme 27
PTRACERS_diffK4 6
PTRACERS_diffKh 6
PTRACERS_diffKr 5
PTRACERS_diffKrNr 8
PTRACERS_dumpFreq 8
PTRACERS_ImplVertAdv 10
PTRACERS_initialFile 8
PTRACERS_Iter0 timestep number when tracers are initialized 11
PTRACERS_long_names 8
PTRACERS_monitorFreq 6
PTRACERS_names 15
PTRACERS_numInUse 49
PTRACERS_PARM01 2
PTRACERS_taveFreq Frequency with which time-averaged PTRACERS 7
PTRACERS_units 8
PTRACERS_useGMRedi 9
PTRACERS_useKPP 9
PTRACERS_useRecords 7
PTRACERS_write_mnc 8
Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
QACL 7
QACL1 8
QACL2 8
QBL 6
qnet_off 4
QnetFile 7
QSMAX 6
qsnow snow enthalpy (J/kg) 13
quasiHydrostatic Using non-hydrostatic terms in hydrostatic algorithm 9
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
RainFile 7
RC_maxtime_hr 7
RC_maxtime_mi 8
RC_maxtime_sc 7
rCD CD scheme normalised coupling parameter ( 0-1 ) 12
readBinaryPrec Precision used for reading binary files 193
readgrid_mnc read INI_CURVILINEAR_GRID() info using mnc 5
readsurface 9
readwindstress 11
recglo 5
repeatPeriod 12
Rgas gas constant for dry air 6
RHBL 13
RHCL1 15
RHCL2 12
RHGRAD 8
RHIL 6
RHLSC 12
rhoa density of air (kg/m^3) 10
rhoConst Vertically constant reference density 48
rhoConstFresh Constant reference density for fresh water (rain) 16
rhofw density of fresh water (kg/m^3) 19
rhoi density of ice (kg/m^3) 49
rhonil 14
rhos density of snow (kg/m^3) 33
rhosw density of seawater (kg/m^3) 14
Ricr 7
rigidLid Set to true to use rigid lid 16
Riinfty 6
rkFac removed from namelist ; replaced by -rkSign 4
Ro_SeaLevel standard position of Sea-Level in R coordinate, used as 18
rotationPeriod Rotation period (s) (= 2.pi/omega) 9
rSphere Radius of sphere for a spherical polar grid ( m ). 45
RUNCLOCK 2
runlength 7
runoffconst 4
runofffile 10
runoffFile 10
RunoffFile 13
runoffperiod 6
runoffstartdate1 5
runoffstartdate2 5
Rvap gas constant for H2O vapor (J/kg/K) 5
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
S_winton winton salinity of ice (o/oo) 6
SadournyCoriolis use the enstrophy conserving scheme by Sadourny 9
salt_EvPrRn salinity of Rain & Evap. 7
saltAdvection Flag which turns advection of salinity on 10
saltAdvScheme Salt. Horiz.advection scheme selector 17
saltClimFile File containing salt climataology used 23
saltDiffusion diffusion of salinity on/off (flag not used) 4
salterrfile 8
SaltFile 3
saltFluxFile File containing surface salt flux 9
saltForcing Flag which turns external forcing of salinity on 9
saltice salinity of ice (o/oo) 11
saltImplVertAdv Turns on implicit vertical advection for Salinity 13
saltsat reduction of sat. vapor pressure over salt water 8
saltStepping Turns salinity equation time-stepping off 20
saltVertAdvScheme Salt. Vert. Advection scheme selector 9
sbarfile 40
sBeta Linear EOS haline contraction coefficient. 10
SBO_PARM01 2
sbo_taveFreq 6
scale_runoff 5
scalname 6
scatperiod 4
scatstartdate1 8
scatstartdate2 8
scatx_errfile 6
scatxdatfile 7
scaty_errfile 6
scatydatfile 7
SDALB 13
sdatfile 7
SEAICE_deltaTdyn 13
SEAICE_deltaTtherm 24
SEAICE_drag 6
SEAICE_dryIceAlb 6
SEAICE_drySnowAlb 6
SEAICE_dumpFreq 6
SEAICE_emissivity 6
SEAICE_EPS 13
SEAICE_EPS_SQ 12
SEAICE_freeze 6
SEAICE_iceConduct 6
SEAICE_initialHEFF 6
SEAICE_latentIce 6
SEAICE_latentWater 6
SEAICE_PARM01 2
SEAICE_sensHeat 6
SEAICE_shortwave 6
SEAICE_snowConduct 6
SEAICE_snowThick 6
SEAICE_strength 6
SEAICE_tave_mnc write TimeAverage output using MNC 8
SEAICE_taveFreq 14
SEAICE_waterAlbedo 6
SEAICE_waterDrag 9
SEAICE_wetIceAlb 6
SEAICE_wetSnowAlb 6
SEAICEuseDYNAMICS 10
SEAICEwriteState 6
SEGRAD 5
select_rStar option related to r* vertical coordinate 37
selectFindRoSurf select the way surf. ref. pressure (=Ro_surf) is 14
sflux_errfile 7
sfluxbarfile 11
sfluxconst 5
sfluxfile 8
SfluxFile 2
sfluxperiod 6
sfluxstartdate1 6
sfluxstartdate2 6
Shap_diagFreq Frequency^-1 for diagnostic output (s) 8
shap_filt_TrStagg if using a Stager time-step, filter T,S before 4
shap_filt_uvStar filter applied to u*,v* (before SOLVE_FOR_P) 8
Shap_funct define which Shapiro Filter function is used 38
Shap_noSlip No-slip parameter (=0 free sleep ; =1 No-slip) 8
SHAP_PARM01 2
Shap_TrLength Length scale for tracer filter 12
Shap_Trtau Time scale for tracer filter 13
Shap_uvLength Length scale for momentum filter 14
Shap_uvtau Time scale for momentum filter 27
SilicaFile 12
SMF 6
sMxL_default default value for salinity in MixLayer [psu] 9
snapshot_mnc 16
snow_emissivity 7
SolarFile 7
SOLC 18
spongeThickness 100
sRef reference vertical profile for salinity/specific humidity 28
ssh_errfile 6
sssdatfile 7
SSSForcingEnd 6
SSSForcingPeriod 6
SSSForcingStart 6
sssstartdate1 6
sssstartdate2 6
sstdatfile 7
SSTForcingEnd 6
SSTForcingPeriod 6
SSTForcingStart 6
sststartdate1 6
sststartdate2 6
STABILITY_THRESHOLD 8
staggerTimeStep enable a Stagger time stepping T,S Rho then U,V 27
startDate 8
startDate_1 1
startDate_2 1
startFromPickupAB2 with AB-3 code, start from an AB-2 pickup 8
startIceModel =1 : start ice model at nIter0 ; =0 : use pickup files -1 : start from a small pickup (without Mix.Layer) 7
StartingYear 5
startTime Starting time for this integration ( s ). 98
stat_fields List of statistics output Fields 7
stat_fname List of statistics output Filename 8
stat_freq Frequency (in s) of statistics output 7
stat_phase phase (in s) to write statistics output 5
stat_region List of statistics output Regions 4
stefan Stefan-Boltzmann constant (W/m^2 K^4) 11
stepFwd_oceMxL step forward mixed-layer T & S (slab-ocean) 18
stressReduction reduction factor for wind-stress under sea-ice [0-1] 15
surfQfile File containing surface heat flux, excluding SW 4
surfQnetFile File containing surface net heat flux 12
surfQswFile File containing surface shortwave radiation 12
SWCAP 13
swdownconst 5
swdownfile 10
swdownFile 10
swdownperiod 6
swdownstartdate1 6
swdownstartdate2 6
swfluxconst 5
swfluxfile 10
swfluxperiod 6
swfluxstartdate1 6
swfluxstartdate2 6
SWMAX 3
SWWIL 11
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
tAlpha Linear EOS thermal expansion coefficient ( 1/degree ). 12
tauCD CD scheme coupling timescale ( 1/s ) 10
tauRelax_MxL Relaxation time scale for MixLayer T & S [s] 8
tauSaltClimRelax Relaxation to climatology time scale ( s ). 8
tauThetaClimRelax Relaxation to climatology time scale ( s ). 8
tauThetaZonRelax 6
tauTr1ClimRelax 6
tauu_errfile 7
tauv_errfile 7
tauxbarfile 11
tauybarfile 11
tave_lastIter (for state variable only) fraction of the last time 8
taveFreq Frequency with which time-averaged model state 56
tbarfile 44
tCylIn Temperature of the inner boundary of the cylinder 5
tCylOut Temperature of the outer boundary cylinder 5
tdatfile 7
temp_EvPrRn temperature of Rain & Evap. 7
tempAdvection Flag which turns advection of temperature on 10
tempAdvScheme Temp. Horiz.Advection scheme selector 16
tempDiffusion diffusion of temperature on/off (flag not used) 4
temperrfile 8
tempForcing Flag which turns external forcing of temperature on 9
tempImplVertAdv Turns on implicit vertical advection for Temperature 13
tempStepping Turns temperature equation time-stepping off 20
tempVertAdvScheme Temp. Vert. Advection scheme selector 9
Terrmax temperature convergence precision (C) 6
Tf0kel Freezing temp of fresh ice in Kelvin = 273.15 12
the_run_name string identifying the name of the model run 5
TheCalendar 4
thetaClimFile File containing theta climataology used 23
thetaMin Longitude of western most cell face (this 26
ThetFile 4
THSICE_CONST 2
thSIce_deltaT ice model time-step 37
thSIce_diagFreq Frequency^-1 for diagnostic output [s] 7
thSIce_mon_mnc write monitor to netcdf file 7
thSIce_monFreq Frequency^-1 for monitor output [s] 7
THSICE_PARM01 2
thSIce_pickup_read_mnc pickup read w/ MNC 5
thSIce_pickup_write_mnc pickup write w/ MNC 9
thSIce_snapshot_mnc write snap-shot output using MNC 7
thSIce_tave_mnc write TimeAverage output using MNC 7
thSIce_taveFreq Frequency^-1 for time-Aver. output [s] 7
thSIceEnthp_InitFile File name for initial ice enthalpy 7
thSIceFract_InitFile File name for initial ice fraction 6
thSIceSnowA_InitFile File name for initial snow Age 6
thSIceSnowH_InitFile File name for initial snow thickness 6
thSIceThick_InitFile File name for initial ice thickness 6
thSIceTsurf_InitFile File name for initial surf. temp 6
timeave_mnc 12
timePhase phase (in s) within the frequency period to write output 5
timeSnowAge snow aging time scale (s) 6
tIter0 retired parameter 4
tmidatfile 7
tmistartdate1 6
tmistartdate2 6
topexfile 9
topexmeanfile 7
topexperiod 6
topexstartdate1 6
topexstartdate2 6
topoFile File containing the topography of the surface (unit=m) 14
trac_EvPrRn tracer conc. in Rain & Evap (old passive tracer code) 4
tracerAdvScheme tracer advection scheme (old passive tracer code) 4
transcoef transfer coef between ice and water (unitless) 6
TRCNV 12
tRef reference vertical profile for potential temperature 43
TRLSC 12
TRSHC 12
TRVDI 13
TRVDS 6
twoDigitYear when set, use 2-digit year extension YR 10
U A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
ubarfile 27
udrifterrfile 5
udriftfile 5
umax 5
umin 15
uniformLin_PhiSurf Set to true to use a uniform Bo_surf in the 7
upwindShear use 1rst order upwind interp. (V.I., vertical advection) 9
upwindVorticity bias interpolation of vorticity in the Coriolis term 13
Urelaxobcsbound 12
Urelaxobcsinner 12
useAbsVorticity work with f+zeta in Coriolis terms 12
useAIM 27
useAnisotropicViscAGridMax Set to true to use Alistair's latest 11
useBulkForce 9
useCDscheme use CD-scheme to calculate Coriolis terms. 23
useCentralDiff 6
useConstantF Coriolis parameter set to f0 5
useCoriolis Flag which turns the coriolis terms on and off. 10
useCoupler 30
useCubedSphereExchange 68
usediagnostics 12
useEBM 9
useECCO 4
useEnergyConservingCoriolis 6
useExfCheckRange 5
useExfYearlyFields when set, automatically add extension 10
useFixedCEast 9
useFixedCWest 9
usefizhi 8
useFLT 11
useFullLeith Set to true to use full Leith viscosity (may be unstable 7
useGCHEM 17
useGCMwVel 5
useGGL90 19
useGMRedi 31
useGrdchk 6
usegridalt 4
useImportFW True => use the Imported Fresh Water flux fr cpl 10
useImportHFlx True => use the Imported HeatFlux from couler 8
useImportMxlD True => use Imported Mix.Layer Detph from coupler 6
useImportSIce True => use the Imported Sea-Ice mass as ice-loading 12
useImportSLP True => use the Imported Sea-level Pressure as 12
useImportSSS True => use the Imported SSS from coupler 6
useImportSST True => use the Imported SST from coupler 7
useImportTau True => use the Imported Wind-Stress from couler 7
useImportVsq True => use the Imported Surf. velocity^2 6
useJamartMomAdv Use wet-point method for V.I. non-linear term 7
useJamartWetPoints Use wet-point method for Coriolis (Jamart and Ozer, 1986) 9
useKPP 30
useLand 15
useMATRIX 16
useMNC 67
useMY82 18
useNHMTerms If TRUE use non-hydrostatic metric terms. 10
useOBCS 50
useOBCSbalance 5
useOBCSprescribe 8
useOBCSsponge 9
useOldFreezing use the old version (before checkpoint52a_pre, 2003-11-12) 6
useOPPS 9
useOrlanskiEast 14
useOrlanskiNorth 14
useOrlanskiSouth 14
useOrlanskiWest 14
usePickupBeforeC35 5
usePickupBeforeC54 9
usePP81 19
usePTRACERS 29
useRealFreshWaterFlux if True (=Natural BCS), treats P+R-E flux 28
useRunClock 9
useSBO 8
useSEAICE 19
useSHAP_FILT 11
useSingleCpuIO On SGI platforms, option globalFiles is either 14
useThSIce 27
useZONAL_FILT 14
using_ers 5
using_topex 6
usingCartesianGrid If TRUE grid generation will be in a cartesian 13
usingCurvilinearGrid 12
usingCylindricalGrid If TRUE grid generation will be Cylindrical 10
usingMPI 30
usingSphericalPolarGrid If TRUE grid generation will be in a 37
ustressconst 5
ustressfile 9
ustressperiod 7
ustressstartdate1 8
ustressstartdate2 8
UvelFile 4
uVelInitFile 14
uwind_errfile 8
uwindconst 5
uwindfile 9
uwindFile 10
UWindFile 6
uwindperiod 7
uwindstartdate1 7
uwindstartdate2 7
V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
vbarfile 25
vdrifterrfile 5
vdriftfile 5
vectorInvariantMomentum 14
velerrfile 4
VERTICAL_VELOCITY 7
VGUST 14
viscA4 Biharmonic viscosity coeff. for mixing of 27
viscA4D Biharmonic viscosity coeff. for mixing of momentum laterally 16
viscA4Grid non-dimensional grid-size dependent bi-harmonic viscosity 13
viscA4GridMax maximum and minimum biharmonic viscosity coefficients ... 12
viscA4GridMin in terms of non-dimensional grid-size dependent viscosity 7
viscA4Max Maximum biharmonic viscosity coeff. for mixing of 9
viscA4W Biharmonic viscosity coeff. for mixing of vertical 9
viscA4Z Biharmonic viscosity coeff. for mixing of momentum laterally 16
viscAh Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of 17
viscAhD Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of momentum laterally 14
viscAhGrid non-dimensional grid-size dependent viscosity 11
viscAhGridMax maximum and minimum harmonic viscosity coefficients ... 10
viscAhGridMin in terms of non-dimensional grid-size dependent viscosity 6
viscAhMax Maximum eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of 11
viscAhW Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of vertical 8
viscAhZ Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of momentum laterally 14
viscAp Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of 5
viscAr Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of 35
viscAstrain 7
viscAtension 7
viscAz Eddy viscosity coeff. for mixing of 5
viscC2leith Leith non-dimensional viscosity factor (grad(vort)) 14
viscC2leithD Modified Leith non-dimensional viscosity factor (grad(div)) 13
viscC2Smag 1
viscC4leith Leith non-dimensional viscosity factor (grad(vort)) 16
viscC4leithD Modified Leith non-dimensional viscosity factor (grad(div)) 14
vMxL_default default value for ocean current velocity in MxL [m/s] 7
vonk 15
Vrelaxobcsbound 12
Vrelaxobcsinner 12
vstressconst 5
vstressfile 9
vstressperiod 7
vstressstartdate1 6
vstressstartdate2 6
VvelFile 4
vVelInitFile 14
vwind_errfile 8
vwindconst 5
vwindfile 9
vwindFile 10
VWindFile 6
vwindperiod 7
vwindstartdate1 7
vwindstartdate2 7
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
wbarfile 11
WindFile 11
WindForcingEnd 7
WindForcingPeriod 10
WindForcingStart 10
windstressmax 12
writeBinaryPrec Precision used for writing binary files 79
writeStatePrec Precision used for writing model state. 6
WSpeedFile 6
WvelFile 4
X A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
xbtfile 7
xkar Von Karman constant QQ units? 9
xx_aqh_file 19
xx_aqhperiod 9
xx_aqhstartdate1 6
xx_aqhstartdate2 6
xx_atemp_file 19
xx_atempperiod 9
xx_atempstartdate1 6
xx_atempstartdate2 6
xx_bottomdrag_file 10
xx_diffkr_file 10
xx_edtaux_file 11
xx_edtauy_file 11
xx_efluxp_file 18
xx_efluxy_file 18
xx_etan_file 17
xx_hfacc_file 19
xx_hflux_file 24
xx_hfluxperiod 10
xx_hfluxstartdate1 6
xx_hfluxstartdate2 6
xx_kapgm_file 12
xx_obcse_file 24
xx_obcseperiod 9
xx_obcsestartdate1 6
xx_obcsestartdate2 6
xx_obcsn_file 24
xx_obcsnperiod 9
xx_obcsnstartdate1 6
xx_obcsnstartdate2 6
xx_obcss_file 24
xx_obcssperiod 9
xx_obcssstartdate1 6
xx_obcssstartdate2 6
xx_obcsw_file 24
xx_obcswperiod 9
xx_obcswstartdate1 6
xx_obcswstartdate2 6
xx_salt_file 28
xx_sflux_file 24
xx_sfluxperiod 10
xx_sfluxstartdate1 6
xx_sfluxstartdate2 6
xx_sss_file 24
xx_sst_file 24
xx_tauu_file 28
xx_tauuperiod 10
xx_tauustartdate1 6
xx_tauustartdate2 6
xx_tauv_file 28
xx_tauvperiod 10
xx_tauvstartdate1 6
xx_tauvstartdate2 6
xx_theta_file 28
xx_tr1_file 18
xx_uvel_file 17
xx_uwind_file 19
xx_uwindperiod 9
xx_uwindstartdate1 6
xx_uwindstartdate2 6
xx_vvel_file 17
xx_vwind_file 19
xx_vwindperiod 9
xx_vwindstartdate1 6
xx_vwindstartdate2 6
Y A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
yadmark 67
yctrlid 12
yctrlpospack 7
yctrlposunpack 7
Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbol Description Uses
zetam 5
zetas 5
zmax 6
zmin 7
zonal_filt_cospow Latitude dependance of the damping function 5
zonal_filt_lat Moved to package zonal_filt 11
zonal_filt_mode2dx to specify how to treat the 2.dx mode : 6
zonal_filt_sinpow zonal mode dependance of the damping function 5
zonal_filt_TrStagg if using a Stager time-step, filter T,S before 4
zonal_filt_uvStar filter applied to u*,v* (before SOLVE_FOR_P) 8
zonalWindFile File containing zonal wind data 17
ZONFILT_PARM01 2