diff --git a/physics/docs/pdftxt/GFS_OCEAN.txt b/physics/docs/pdftxt/GFS_OCEAN.txt index 813adf71c..b384aec84 100644 --- a/physics/docs/pdftxt/GFS_OCEAN.txt +++ b/physics/docs/pdftxt/GFS_OCEAN.txt @@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ \page GFS_OCEAN GFS Simple Ocean Scheme \section des_sfcocean Description -The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is a required filed in Numerical Weather Prediciton (NWP) systems because it -functions as the lower foundary condition for the calculation of air-sea heat fluxes. When the GFS Simple Ocean -Scheme is evoked, the SST is kept constant throughout the forecast. +The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is a required field in Numerical Weather Prediciton (NWP) systems because it +functions as the lower boundary condition for the calculation of air-sea heat fluxes. The GFS Simple Ocean Scheme +does not change the SST. Therefore, the SST stays constant throughout the forecast unless it is updated by other processes. +In some models, such as the UFS atmosphere, the SST can change if forcing towards the climatology is turned on. \section intra_sfcocean Intraphysics Communication \ref arg_table_sfc_ocean_run diff --git a/physics/docs/pdftxt/all_shemes_list.txt b/physics/docs/pdftxt/all_shemes_list.txt index ef693e3d0..554a006bf 100644 --- a/physics/docs/pdftxt/all_shemes_list.txt +++ b/physics/docs/pdftxt/all_shemes_list.txt @@ -85,18 +85,25 @@ at multiple research centers and universities, including Colorado State, Utah, N uses the convection, microphysics, and boundary layer schemes employed in the Rapid Refresh (RAP) and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR \cite Benjamin_2016 ) operational models and was assembled by NOAA/GSD. An assessment of an earlier version of these suites can be found in the UFS portal -and in the DTC website . +and in the DTC website . Two variant suites labelled as \a no_nsst are simplification of GFS_v15p2 and GFS_v16beta. +This simplification is needed when the UFS is initialized with files in GRIdded Binary Edition 2 (GRIB2) format instead of files in NOAA Environmental Modeling +System (NEMS) Input/Output (NEMSIO) format because the fields necesary to predict (SST) are not available in the GRIB2 files. Table 1. Physics suites option included in this documentation. \tableofcontents -| Phys suites | GFS_v15p2 | GFS_v16beta | csawmg | GSD_v1 | -|------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| -| Deep Cu | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | \ref CSAW_scheme | \ref GSD_CU_GF | -| Shallow Cu | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GSD_MYNNEDMF and \ref cu_gf_sh_group | -| Microphysics | \ref GFDL_cloud | \ref GFDL_cloud | \ref CPT_MG3 | \ref GSD_THOMPSON | -| PBL/TURB | \ref GFS_HEDMF | \ref GFS_SATMEDMFVDIFQ | \ref GFS_HEDMF | \ref GSD_MYNNEDMF | -| Land | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GSD_RUCLSM | -| Gravity Wave Drag| \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | +| Physics suites | GFS_v15p2 | GFS_v16beta | csawmg | GSD_v1 | GFS_v15p2_no_nsst | GFS_v16beta_no_nsst | +|------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------| +| Deep Cu | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | \ref CSAW_scheme | \ref GSD_CU_GF | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | \ref GFS_SAMFdeep | +| Shallow Cu | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GSD_MYNNEDMF and \ref cu_gf_sh_group | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | \ref GFS_SAMFshal | +| Microphysics | \ref GFDL_cloud | \ref GFDL_cloud | \ref CPT_MG3 | \ref GSD_THOMPSON | \ref GFDL_cloud | \ref GFDL_cloud | +| PBL/TURB | \ref GFS_HEDMF | \ref GFS_SATMEDMFVDIFQ | \ref GFS_HEDMF | \ref GSD_MYNNEDMF | \ref GFS_HEDMF | \ref GFS_SATMEDMFVDIFQ | +| Radiation | \ref GFS_RRTMG | \ref GFS_RRTMG | \ref GFS_RRTMG | \ref GFS_RRTMG | \ref GFS_RRTMG | \ref GFS_RRTMG | +| Surface Layer | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | \ref GFS_SFCLYR | +| Land | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GSD_RUCLSM | \ref GFS_NOAH | \ref GFS_NOAH | +| Gravity Wave Drag| \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | \ref GFS_UGWP_v0 | +| Ocean | \ref GFS_NSST | \ref GFS_NSST | \ref GFS_NSST | \ref GFS_NSST | \ref GFS_OCEAN | \ref GFS_OCEAN | +| Ozone | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | \ref GFS_OZPHYS | +| Water Vapor | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \ref GFS_H2OPHYS | \tableofcontents diff --git a/physics/docs/pdftxt/mainpage.txt b/physics/docs/pdftxt/mainpage.txt index 69f92e0ba..f6a5f4967 100644 --- a/physics/docs/pdftxt/mainpage.txt +++ b/physics/docs/pdftxt/mainpage.txt @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ operational implementations. This version contains all parameterizations of the plus additional developmental schemes. There are four suites supported for use with the Single Column Model (SCM) developed by the Development Testbed Center (GFS_v15p2, GFS_v16beta, GSD_v1, and csawmg), and four suites supported for use with the atmospheric component of the UFS (i.e., GFS_v15p2, GFS_v15p2_no_nsst, GFS_v16beta and -GFS_v16beta_no_nsst). The variants labelled as \a no_nsst are a simplification that uses constant sea surface -temperature (SST). This simplification is needed when the UFS is initialized with files in GRIdded Binary Edition 2 (GRIB2) +GFS_v16beta_no_nsst). The variants labelled as \a no_nsst are a simplification of GFS_v15p2 and GFS_v16beta suites +. This simplification is needed when the UFS is initialized with files in GRIdded Binary Edition 2 (GRIB2) format instead of files in NOAA Environmental Modeling System (NEMS) Input/Output (NEMSIO) format because the fields necessary to predict (SST) are not available in the GRIB2 files. diff --git a/physics/docs/pdftxt/suite_input.nml.txt b/physics/docs/pdftxt/suite_input.nml.txt index 6785fcbb2..2565c58eb 100644 --- a/physics/docs/pdftxt/suite_input.nml.txt +++ b/physics/docs/pdftxt/suite_input.nml.txt @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ and how stochastic perturbations are used in the Noah Land Surface Model.