Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) Scientific Documentation  Version 2.0
GFS Rayleigh Damping Calculation

Description

This is the Rayleigh friction calculation with total energy conservation.
Role of Rayleigh friction, it attempts to resolve two issues:

  • The top lid model effects, sponge layer to suppress resolved wave reflections and extra-heating
  • The winter-summer zonal wind drag in the strato-mesosphere

Intraphysics Communication

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