Physics Modules

Here is a list of all modules:

[detail level 12]

GFDL In-Core Fast Saturation Adjustment Module	The subroutine 'fv_sat_adj' implements the fast processes in the GFDL Cloud MP. It is part of the GFDL Cloud MP
GFS Radiation Time Update
GFS Physics Time Update	This module contains GFS physics time vary subroutines including ozone, stratospheric water vapor, aerosol, IN&CCN and surface properties updates
GFS RRTMG Shortwave Module	This module includes NCEP's modifications of the RRTMG-SW radiation code from AER
GFS RRTMG Longwave Module	This module includes NCEP's modifications of the RRTMG-LW radiation code from AER
RRTMG Aerosols Module	This module contains climatological atmospheric aerosol schemes for radiation computations
RRTMG Astronomy Module	This module sets up astronomical quantities for solar radiation calculations
RRTMG Clouds Module	This module computes cloud related quantities for radiation computations
RRTMG Gases Module	This module sets up ozone climatological profiles and other constant gas profiles, such as co2, ch4, n2o, o2, and those of cfc gases. All data are entered as mixing ratio by volume, except ozone which is mass mixing ratio (g/g)
RRTMG Surface Module	This module sets up surface albedo for SW radiation and surface emissivity for LW radiation
RRTMG dcyc2t3 Module	This module contains the CCPP-compliant dcyc2t3 codes that fits radiative fluxes and heating rates from a coarse radiation calculation time interval into model's more frequent time steps
GFS Surface Layer Scheme Module	This subroutine calculates surface roughness length
▼GFS Near-Surface Sea Temperature Scheme Module	This subroutine calls the Thermal Skin-layer and Diurnal Thermocline models to update the NSST profile
GFS NSST Diurnal Thermocline Model	This module contains the diurnal thermocline layer model (DTM) of the GFS NSST scheme
GFS NSST Parameter Module	This module contains constants and parameters used in GFS near surface sea temperature scheme
GFS NSST Water Property	This module contains GFS NSST water property subroutines
GFS Simple Ocean Scheme Module	This subroutine calculates thermodynamical properties over open water
▼GFS Noah LSM Model	This is Noah LSM driver module, with the functionality of preparing variables to run Noah LSM gfssflx(), calling Noah LSM and post-processing variables for return to the parent model suite including unit conversion, as well as diagnotics calculation
GFS sfcsub Module	This module contains grib code for each parameter-used in subroutines sfccycle() and setrmsk()
GFS Three-layer Thermodynomics Sea-Ice Scheme Module	This is three-layer thermodynomics sea-ice model based on Winton (2000) [174]
GFS Hybrid Eddy-Diffusivity Mass-Flux (HEDMF) Scheme Module	This subroutine contains all of logic for the Hybrid EDMF PBL scheme except for the calculation of the updraft properties and mass flux
GFS Scale-aware TKE-based Moist Eddy-Diffusivity Mass-flux (moist TKE-EDMF) Scheme Module	This subroutine contains all of the logic for the scale-aware TKE-based moist eddy-diffusion mass-flux (moist TKE-EDMF) scheme. For local turbulence mixing, a TKE closure model is used. This scheme is an updated version of satmedmfvdif.f (May 2019) to better represent low level inversions, and to address the negative biases of temperature in lower troposphere and of wind speed in the upper troposphere present in GFS v15
CIRES Unified Gravity Wave Physics Module	The physics of NGWs in the UGWP framework (Yudin et al. 2018 [179]) is represented by four GW-solvers, which have been introduced in Lindzen (1981) [108], Hines (1997) [81], Alexander and Dunkerton (1999) [2], and Scinocca (2003) [155]. These GW solvers have been modified by considring the background dissipation of temperature and winds. This feature, which is important in the mesosphere and thermosphere for WAM applications, considers appropriate scale-dependent dissipation of waves near the model top lid providing momentum and energy conservation in the vertical column physics (Shaw and Shepherd 2009 [156]). In the UGWP v0, a modification of Scinocca (2003) [155] scheme for NGWs with non-hydrostatic and rotational effects for GW propagations and background dissipation is represented by the subroutine fv3_ugwp_solv2_v0(). In the next release of UGWP, additional GW-solvers will be implemented along with physics-based triggering of waves and stochastic approaches for selection of GW modes characterized by horizontal phase velocities, azimuthal directions and magnitude of the vertical momentum flux (VMF)
GFS Orographic Gravity Wave Drag and Mountain Blocking Scheme Module	This subroutine includes orographic gravity wave drag and mountain blocking
GFS Rayleigh Damping Module	This is the Rayleigh friction calculation with total energy conservation
GFS Ozone Photochemistry (2015) Scheme	The operational GFS currently parameterizes ozone production and destruction based on monthly mean coefficients ( ozprdlos_2015_new_sbuvO3_tclm15_nuchem.f77) provided by Naval Research Laboratory through CHEM2D chemistry model (McCormack et al. (2006) [119])
GFS Water Vapor Photochemical Production and Loss Module	This subroutine is NRL H2O physics for stratosphere and mesosphere
GFS Scale-Aware Mass-Flux Deep Convection Scheme Module	This subroutine contains the entirety of the SAMF deep convection scheme
GFS Scale-Aware Mass-Flux Shallow Convection Scheme Module	This subroutine contains the entirety of the SAMF shallow convection scheme
GFS Convective Cloud Diagnostics Module	This module contains the calculation of fraction of convective cloud, pressure at bottom of convective cloud and at top of convective cloud
▼GFDL Cloud Microphysics Module	This is cloud microphysics package for GFDL global cloud resolving model. The algorithms are originally derived from Lin et al. (1983) [106]. most of the key elements have been simplified/improved. This code at this stage bears little to no similarity to the original Lin MP in zetac. therefore, it is best to be called GFDL microphysics (GFDL MP)
GFDL Cloud MP modules	This module contains the column GFDL Cloud microphysics scheme
GFS Precipitation Type Diagnostics Module	If dominant precip type is requested (i.e., Zhao-Carr MP scheme), 4 more algorithms in calpreciptype() will be called. the tallies are then summed in calwxt_dominant(). For GFDL cloud MP scheme, determine convective rain/snow by surface temperature; and determine explicit rain/snow by rain/snow coming out directly from MP
GFS Stochastics Physics Module	This module
▼Morrison-Gettelman MP Driver Module	This subroutine is the Morrison-Gettelman MP driver, which computes grid-scale condensation and evaporation of cloud condensate
Morrison-Gettelman MP version 3.0	This module contains MG microphysics version 3.0 - Update of MG microphysics with prognostic hail OR graupel
Morrison-Gettelman MP utils Module	This module contains process rates and utility functions used by the MG microphysics
Morrison-Gettelman MP cldmacro Module	This module contains MG cloud macrophysics scheme
Morrison-Gettelman MP aer_cloud Module	According to the models of Nenes & Seinfeld (2003) [134], Fountoukis and Nenes (2005) [53] and Barahona and Nenes (2008, 2009) [13] [14] . *** Code Developer: Donifan Barahona donif.nosp@m.an.o.nosp@m..bara.nosp@m.hona.nosp@m.@nasa.nosp@m..gov
Morrison-Gettelman MP cldwat2m_micro Module	This module contains CAM interface for MG microphysics
Morrison-Gettelman MP wv_saturation Module	This module contain some utility functions for saturation vapor pressure
CSAW adjustment Module	This module adjusts surface rainrate for conservation
Chikira-Sugiyama Cumulus Scheme Module	The subroutine contains the main driver for Chikira-Sugiyama convective scheme
▼Grell-Freitas Convection Scheme Module	This is the Grell-Freitas scale and aerosol aware scheme
Grell-Freitas Convection Scheme Driver Module	This is the Grell-Freitas convection scheme driver module
Grell-Freitas Deep Convection Module	This is Grell-Freitas deep convection scheme module
Grell-Freitas Shallow Convection Module
▼GSD MYNN-EDMF PBL Scheme Module	The MYNN-EDMF scheme (Olson et al. 2019 [137]) represents the local mixing using an eddy-diffusivity approach tied to turbulent kinetic energy (TKE). The nonlocal mixing, important for convective boundary layers, is represented using a mass-flux approach. The scheme can be run with either a 2.5 or 3.0 closure and includes a partial-condensation scheme, commonly referred to as a cloud PDF or statistical-cloud scheme, to represent the effects of subgrid-scale (SGS) clouds on buoyancy. This module was originally translated from Nakanishi and Niino (2009) [132] and put into the WRF model by Mariusz Pagowski NOAA/GSD and CIRA/CSU in 2008. It was extensively modified by Joseph Olson and Jaymes Kenyon of NOAA/GSD and CU/CIRES
GSD mynnrad_pre_run Module	This interstitial code adds the subgrid clouds to the resolved-scale clouds if there is no resolved-scale clouds in that particular grid box
GSD mynnrad_post_run Module	This interstitial code restores the original resolved-scale clouds (qc and qi)
GSD RUC LSM Model	This module contains the RUC Land Surface Model developed by NOAA/GSD (Smirnova et al. 2016 [162])
Aerosol-Aware Thompson MP Module	This module contains the aerosol-aware Thompson microphysics scheme
GFS Physics Function Module	This module provides API for computing basic thermodynamic physics functions
GFS Physics Parameter Module	Those variables are grouped together in accordance with functionaity and are given brief descriptions and value specifications. There are two types of attributes (parameters vs. save) designated for the control variables. Those with a "parameter" attribute are prescribed with a preferred option value, while the ones with a "save" attribute are given a default value but could be changed at the model's execution-time (usually through an input of name-list file or through run scripts)
GFS Physics Constants Module	This module contains some of the most frequently used math and physics constants for GCM models
GFS RRTMG Constants Module	This module contains some of the most frequently used math and physics constants for RRTMG
Mersenne Twister Module	Module: mersenne_twister Modern random number generator