satmedmfvdifq_run()

subroutine satmedmfvdifq::satmedmfvdifq_run	(	integer, intent(in)	im,
		integer, intent(in)	km,
		integer, intent(in)	ntrac,
		integer, intent(in)	ntcw,
		integer, intent(in)	ntrw,
		integer, intent(in)	ntiw,
		integer, intent(in)	ntke,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	grav,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	rd,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	cp,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	rv,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	hvap,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	hfus,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	fv,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	eps,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	epsm1,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(inout)	dv,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(inout)	du,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(inout)	tdt,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:,:), intent(inout)	rtg,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	u1,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	v1,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	t1,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:,:), intent(in)	q1,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	usfco,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	vsfco,
		integer, intent(in)	icplocn2atm,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	swh,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	hlw,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	xmu,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	garea,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	zvfun,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	sigmaf,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	psk,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	rbsoil,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	zorl,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	u10m,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	v10m,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	fm,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	fh,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	tsea,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	heat,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	evap,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	stress,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(in)	spd1,
		integer, dimension(:), intent(out)	kpbl,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	prsi,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	del,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	prsl,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	prslk,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	phii,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(in)	phil,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	delt,
		logical, intent(in)	dspheat,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(out)	dusfc,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(out)	dvsfc,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(out)	dtsfc,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(out)	dqsfc,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:), intent(out)	hpbl,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(out)	dkt,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:), intent(out)	dku,
		integer, dimension(:), intent(in)	kinver,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	xkzm_m,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	xkzm_h,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	xkzm_s,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	dspfac,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	bl_upfr,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	bl_dnfr,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	rlmx,
		real(kind=kind_phys), intent(in)	elmx,
		integer, intent(in)	sfc_rlm,
		integer, intent(in)	tc_pbl,
		integer, intent(in)	ntqv,
		real(kind=kind_phys), dimension(:,:,:), intent(inout), optional	dtend,
		integer, dimension(:,:), intent(in)	dtidx,
		integer, intent(in)	index_of_temperature,
		integer, intent(in)	index_of_x_wind,
		integer, intent(in)	index_of_y_wind,
		integer, intent(in)	index_of_process_pbl,
		logical, intent(in)	gen_tend,
		logical, intent(in)	ldiag3d,
		character(len=*), intent(out)	errmsg,
		integer, intent(out)	errflg )

Argument Table

local_name	standard_name	long_name	units	type	dimensions	kind	intent
im	horizontal_loop_extent	horizontal loop extent	count	integer	()		in
km	vertical_layer_dimension	vertical layer dimension	count	integer	()		in
ntrac	number_of_vertical_diffusion_tracers	number of tracers to diffuse vertically	count	integer	()		in
ntcw	index_for_liquid_cloud_condensate_vertical_diffusion_tracer	tracer index for cloud condensate (or liquid water)	index	integer	()		in
ntrw	index_for_rain_water_vertical_diffusion_tracer	tracer index for rain water in the vertically diffused tracer array	index	integer	()		in
ntiw	index_for_ice_cloud_condensate_vertical_diffusion_tracer	tracer index for ice water in the vertically diffused tracer array	index	integer	()		in
ntke	index_for_turbulent_kinetic_energy_vertical_diffusion_tracer	index for turbulent kinetic energy in the vertically diffused tracer array	index	integer	()		in
grav	gravitational_acceleration	gravitational acceleration	m s-2	real	()	kind_phys	in
rd	gas_constant_of_dry_air	ideal gas constant for dry air	J kg-1 K-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
cp	specific_heat_of_dry_air_at_constant_pressure	specific heat of dry air at constant pressure	J kg-1 K-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
rv	gas_constant_water_vapor	ideal gas constant for water vapor	J kg-1 K-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
hvap	latent_heat_of_vaporization_of_water_at_0c	latent heat of evaporation/sublimation	J kg-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
hfus	latent_heat_of_fusion_of_water_at_0c	latent heat of fusion	J kg-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
fv	ratio_of_vapor_to_dry_air_gas_constants_minus_one	(rv/rd) - 1 (rv = ideal gas constant for water vapor)	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
eps	ratio_of_dry_air_to_water_vapor_gas_constants	rd/rv	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
epsm1	ratio_of_dry_air_to_water_vapor_gas_constants_minus_one	(rd/rv) - 1	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
dv	process_split_cumulative_tendency_of_y_wind	updated tendency of the y wind	m s-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	inout
du	process_split_cumulative_tendency_of_x_wind	updated tendency of the x wind	m s-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	inout
tdt	process_split_cumulative_tendency_of_air_temperature	updated tendency of the temperature	K s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	inout
rtg	tendency_of_vertically_diffused_tracer_concentration	updated tendency of the tracers due to vertical diffusion in PBL scheme	kg kg-1 s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension, ccpp_constant_one:number_of_vertical_diffusion_tracers)	kind_phys	inout
u1	x_wind	x component of layer wind	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
v1	y_wind	y component of layer wind	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
usfco	x_ocean_current	zonal current at ocean surface	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
vsfco	y_ocean_current	meridional current at ocean surface	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
icplocn2atm	control_for_air_sea_flux_computation_over_water	air-sea flux option	1	integer	()		in
t1	air_temperature	layer mean air temperature	K	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
q1	vertically_diffused_tracer_concentration	tracer concentration diffused by PBL scheme	kg kg-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension, ccpp_constant_one:number_of_vertical_diffusion_tracers)	kind_phys	in
swh	tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating_on_radiation_timestep	total sky shortwave heating rate	K s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
hlw	tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_longwave_heating_on_radiation_timestep	total sky longwave heating rate	K s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
xmu	zenith_angle_temporal_adjustment_factor_for_shortwave_fluxes	zenith angle temporal adjustment factor for shortwave	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
garea	cell_area	area of the grid cell	m2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
zvfun	function_of_surface_roughness_length_and_green_vegetation_fraction	function of surface roughness length and green vegetation fraction	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
sigmaf	bounded_vegetation_area_fraction	areal fractional cover of green vegetation bounded on the bottom	frac	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
psk	surface_dimensionless_exner_function	dimensionless Exner function at the surface interface	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
rbsoil	bulk_richardson_number_at_lowest_model_level	bulk Richardson number at the surface	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
zorl	surface_roughness_length	surface roughness length in cm	cm	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
u10m	x_wind_at_10m	x component of wind at 10 m	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
v10m	y_wind_at_10m	y component of wind at 10 m	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
fm	monin_obukhov_similarity_function_for_momentum	Monin-Obukhov similarity function for momentum	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
fh	monin_obukhov_similarity_function_for_heat	Monin-Obukhov similarity function for heat	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
tsea	surface_skin_temperature	surface skin temperature	K	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
heat	kinematic_surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux_reduced_by_surface_roughness_and_vegetation	kinematic surface upward sensible heat flux reduced by surface roughness and vegetation	K m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
evap	surface_upward_specific_humidity_flux	kinematic surface upward latent heat flux	kg kg-1 m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
stress	surface_wind_stress	surface wind stress	m2 s-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
spd1	wind_speed_at_lowest_model_layer	wind speed at lowest model level	m s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	in
kpbl	vertical_index_at_top_of_atmosphere_boundary_layer	PBL top model level index	index	integer	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)		out
prsi	air_pressure_at_interface	air pressure at model layer interfaces	Pa	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_interface_dimension)	kind_phys	in
del	air_pressure_difference_between_midlayers	pres(k) - pres(k+1)	Pa	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
prsl	air_pressure	mean layer pressure	Pa	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
prslk	dimensionless_exner_function	Exner function at layers	none	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
phii	geopotential_at_interface	geopotential at model layer interfaces	m2 s-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_interface_dimension)	kind_phys	in
phil	geopotential	geopotential at model layer centers	m2 s-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	in
delt	timestep_for_physics	time step for physics	s	real	()	kind_phys	in
dspheat	flag_tke_dissipation_heating	flag for using TKE dissipation heating	flag	logical	()		in
dusfc	instantaneous_surface_x_momentum_flux	x momentum flux	Pa	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	out
dvsfc	instantaneous_surface_y_momentum_flux	y momentum flux	Pa	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	out
dtsfc	instantaneous_surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux	surface upward sensible heat flux	W m-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	out
dqsfc	instantaneous_surface_upward_latent_heat_flux	surface upward latent heat flux	W m-2	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	out
hpbl	atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness	PBL thickness	m	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)	kind_phys	out
dkt	atmosphere_heat_diffusivity	atmospheric heat diffusivity	m2 s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	out
dku	atmosphere_momentum_diffusivity	atmospheric momentum diffusivity	m2 s-1	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension)	kind_phys	out
kinver	index_of_highest_temperature_inversion	index of highest temperature inversion	index	integer	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent)		in
xkzm_m	atmosphere_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_background	background value of momentum diffusivity	m2 s-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
xkzm_h	atmosphere_heat_diffusivity_due_to_background	background value of heat diffusivity	m2 s-1	real	()	kind_phys	in
xkzm_s	sigma_pressure_threshold_at_upper_extent_of_background_diffusion	sigma level threshold for background diffusivity	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
dspfac	multiplicative_tuning_parameter_for_tke_dissipative_heating	tke dissipative heating factor	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
bl_upfr	updraft_area_fraction_in_scale_aware_tke_moist_edmf_pbl_scheme	updraft fraction in boundary layer mass flux scheme	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
bl_dnfr	downdraft_area_fraction_in_scale_aware_tke_moist_edmf_pbl_scheme	downdraft fraction in boundary layer mass flux scheme	none	real	()	kind_phys	in
rlmx	maximum_allowed_mixing_length_in_boundary_layer_mass_flux_scheme	maximum allowed mixing length in boundary layer mass flux scheme	m	real	()	kind_phys	in
elmx	maximum_allowed_dissipation_mixing_length_in_boundary_layer_mass_flux_scheme	maximum allowed dissipation mixing length in boundary layer mass flux scheme	m	real	()	kind_phys	in
sfc_rlm	choice_of_near_surface_mixing_length_in_boundary_layer_mass_flux_scheme	choice of near surface mixing length in boundary layer mass flux scheme	none	integer	()		in
tc_pbl	control_for_tc_applications_in_the_pbl_scheme	control for TC applications in the PBL scheme	none	integer	()		in
ntqv	index_of_specific_humidity_in_tracer_concentration_array	tracer index for water vapor (specific humidity)	index	integer	()		in
dtend	cumulative_change_of_state_variables	diagnostic tendencies for state variables	mixed	real	(ccpp_constant_one:horizontal_loop_extent, ccpp_constant_one:vertical_layer_dimension, ccpp_constant_one:cumulative_change_of_state_variables_outer_index_max)	kind_phys	inout
dtidx	cumulative_change_of_state_variables_outer_index	index of state-variable and process in last dimension of diagnostic tendencies array AKA cumulative_change_index	index	integer	(ccpp_constant_one:number_of_tracers_plus_one_hundred, ccpp_constant_one:number_of_cumulative_change_processes)		in
index_of_temperature	index_of_temperature_in_cumulative_change_index	index of temperature in first dimension of array cumulative change index	index	integer	()		in
index_of_x_wind	index_of_x_wind_in_cumulative_change_index	index of x-wind in first dimension of array cumulative change index	index	integer	()		in
index_of_y_wind	index_of_y_wind_in_cumulative_change_index	index of x-wind in first dimension of array cumulative change index	index	integer	()		in
index_of_process_pbl	index_of_subgrid_scale_vertical_mixing_process_in_cumulative_change_index	index of subgrid scale vertical mixing process in second dimension of array cumulative change index	index	integer	()		in
gen_tend	flag_for_generic_tendency_due_to_planetary_boundary_layer	true if GFS_PBL_generic should calculate tendencies	flag	logical	()		in
ldiag3d	flag_for_diagnostics_3d	flag for 3d diagnostic fields	flag	logical	()		in
errmsg	ccpp_error_message	error message for error handling in CCPP	none	character	()	len=*	out
errflg	ccpp_error_code	error code for error handling in CCPP	1	integer	()		out

GFS satmedmfvdifq General Algorithm

satmedmfvdifq_run() computes subgrid vertical turbulence mixing using the scale-aware TKE-based moist eddy-diffusion mass-flux (EDMF) parameterization of Han and Bretherton (2019) [76] .

1. The local turbulent mixing is represented by an eddy-diffusivity scheme which is a function of a prognostic TKE.
2. For the convective boundary layer, nonlocal transport by large eddies (mfpbltq.f), is represented using a mass flux approach (Siebesma et al.(2007) [180] ).
3. A mass-flux approach is also used to represent the stratocumulus-top-induced turbulence (mfscuq.f).

GFS satmedmfvdifq Detailed Algorithm

Compute preliminary variables from input arguments

• Compute physical height of the layer centers and interfaces from the geopotential height (zi and zl)

• Compute horizontal grid size (gdx)

• Initialize tke value at vertical layer centers and interfaces from tracer (tke and tkeh)

• Compute reciprocal of \( \Delta z \) (rdzt)

• Compute reciprocal of pressure (tx1, tx2)

• Compute minimum turbulent mixing length (rlmnz)

• Compute background vertical diffusivities for scalars and momentum (xkzo and xkzmo)

• set background diffusivities with xkzm_h & xkzm_m for gdx >= xkgdx and as a function of horizontal grid size for gdx < xkgdx
  xkzm_hx = xkzm_h * (gdx / xkgdx)
  xkzm_mx = xkzm_m * (gdx / xkgdx)

• Some output variables and logical flags are initialized

• Compute a function for green vegetation fraction and surface roughness. Entrainment rate in updraft is a function of vegetation fraction and surface roughness length

• Compute \(\theta\)(theta), and \(q_l\)(qlx), \(\theta_e\)(thetae), \(\theta_v\)(thvx), \(\theta_{l,v}\) (thlvx) including ice water

• Compute an empirical cloud fraction based on Xu and Randall (1996) [200]

• Compute buoyancy modified by clouds

• Initialize diffusion coefficients to 0 and calculate the total radiative heating rate (dku, dkt, radx)

• Compute stable/unstable PBL flag (pblflg) based on the total surface energy flux (false if the total surface energy flux is into the surface)

Calculate the PBL height

The calculation of the boundary layer height follows Troen and Mahrt (1986) [193] section 3. The approach is to find the level in the column where a modified bulk Richardson number exceeds a critical value.

• Compute critical bulk Richardson number ( \(Rb_{cr}\)) (crb)
• For the unstable PBL, crb is a constant (0.25)
• For the stable boundary layer (SBL), \(Rb_{cr}\) varies with the surface Rossby number, \(R_{0}\), as given by Vickers and Mahrt (2004) [195]

  \[ Rb_{cr}=0.16(10^{-7}R_{0})^{-0.18} \]

  \[ R_{0}=\frac{U_{10}}{f_{0}z_{0}} \]

  where \(U_{10}\) is the wind speed at 10m above the ground surface, \(f_0\) the Coriolis parameter, and \(z_{0}\) the surface roughness length. To avoid too much variation, we restrict \(Rb_{cr}\) to vary within the range of 0.15~0.35

• Compute \(\frac{\Delta t}{\Delta z}\) , \(u_*\)

• Compute buoyancy \(\frac{\partial \theta_v}{\partial z}\) (bf) and the wind shear squared (shr2)

• Given the thermal's properties and the critical Richardson number, a loop is executed to find the first level above the surface (kpblx) where the modified Richardson number is greater than the critical Richardson number, using equation 10a from Troen and Mahrt (1996) [193] (also equation 8 from Hong and Pan (1996) [93]):

• Once the level is found, some linear interpolation is performed to find the exact height of the boundary layer top (where \(R_{i} > Rb_{cr}\)) and the PBL height (hpbl and kpbl) and the PBL top index are saved.

• Compute mean tke within pbl

• Compute wind shear term as a sink term for updraft and downdraft velocity

Compute Monin-Obukhov similarity parameters

• Calculate the Monin-Obukhov nondimensional stability paramter, commonly referred to as \(\zeta\) using the following equation from Businger et al.(1971) [28] (eqn 28):

  \[ \zeta = Ri_{sfc}\frac{F_m^2}{F_h} = \frac{z}{L} \]

  where \(F_m\) and \(F_h\) are surface Monin-Obukhov stability functions calculated in sfc_diff.f and \(L\) is the Obukhov length.

• Calculate the nondimensional gradients of momentum and temperature ( \(\phi_m\) (phim) and \(\phi_h\)(phih)) are calculated using eqns 5 and 6 from Hong and Pan (1996) [93] depending on the surface layer stability:
  • For the unstable and neutral conditions:

    \[ \phi_m=(1-16\frac{0.1h}{L})^{-1/4} \phi_h=(1-16\frac{0.1h}{L})^{-1/2} \]

  • For the stable regime

    \[ \phi_m=\phi_t=(1+5\frac{0.1h}{L}) \]

• The \(z/L\) (zol) is used as the stability criterion for the PBL.Currently, strong unstable (convective) PBL for \(z/L < -0.02\) and weakly and moderately unstable PBL for \(0>z/L>-0.02\)
• Compute the velocity scale \(w_s\) (wscale) (eqn 22 of Han et al. 2019). It is represented by the value scaled at the top of the surface layer:

  \[ w_s=(u_*^3+7\alpha\kappa w_*^3)^{1/3} \]

  where \(u_*\) (ustar) is the surface friction velocity, \(\alpha\) is the ratio of the surface layer height to the PBL height (specified as sfcfrac =0.1), \(\kappa =0.4\) is the von Karman constant, and \(w_*\) is the convective velocity scale defined as eqn23 of Han et al.(2019):

  \[ w_{*}=[(g/T)\overline{(w'\theta_v^{'})}_0h]^{1/3} \]

The counter-gradient terms for temperature and humidity are calculated.

• Equation 4 of Hong and Pan (1996) [93] and are used to calculate the "scaled virtual temperature excess near the surface" (equation 9 in Hong and Pan (1996) [93]) for use in the mass-flux algorithm.

Determine whether stratocumulus layers exist and compute quantities

• Starting at the PBL top and going downward, if the level is less than 2.5 km and \(q_l\geq q_{lcr}\) then set kcld = k (find the cloud top index in the PBL. If no cloud water above the threshold is hound, scuflg is set to F.

• Starting at the PBL top and going downward, if the level is less than the cloud top, find the level of the minimum radiative heating rate wihin the cloud. If the level of the minimum is the lowest model level or the minimum radiative heating rate is positive, then set scuflg to F.

Compute components for mass flux mixing by large thermals

• If the PBL is convective, the updraft properties are initialized to be the same as the state variables.

• Call mfpbltq(), which is an EDMF parameterization (Siebesma et al.(2007) [180]) to take into account nonlocal transport by large eddies. For details of the mfpbltq subroutine, step into its documentation mfpbltq

• Call mfscuq(), which is a new mass-flux parameterization for stratocumulus-top-induced turbulence mixing. For details of the mfscuq subroutine, step into its documentation mfscuq

• unify mass fluxes with Cu

• taper off MF in high-wind conditions

Compute Prandtl number \(P_r\) (prn) and exchange coefficient varying with height

Compute an asymtotic mixing length

• Following Bougeault and Lacarrere(1989), the characteristic length scale ( \(l_2\)) (eqn 10 in Han et al.(2019) [76]) is given by:

  \[ l_2=min(l_{up},l_{down}) \]

  and dissipation length scale \(l_d\) is given by:

  \[ l_d=(l_{up}l_{down})^{1/2} \]

  where \(l_{up}\) and \(l_{down}\) are the distances that a parcel having an initial TKE can travel upward and downward before being stopped by buoyancy effects.

• Compute the surface layer length scale ( \(l_1\)) following Nakanishi (2001) [144] (eqn 9 of Han et al.(2019) [76])

• If sfc_rlm=1, use zk for elm within surface layer

Compute eddy diffusivities

Compute TKE.

• Compute a minimum TKE deduced from background diffusivity for momentum.

• Compute buoyancy and shear productions of TKE

• First predict tke due to tke production & dissipation(diss)
  

• Compute updraft & downdraft properties for TKE

• Compute tridiagonal matrix elements for turbulent kinetic energy

• Call tridit() to solve tridiagonal problem for TKE

• Recover the tendency of tke

Compute tridiagonal matrix elements for heat and moisture

• Call tridin() to solve tridiagonal problem for heat and moisture

• Recover the tendencies of heat and moisture

Add TKE dissipative heating to temperature tendency

Compute tridiagonal matrix elements for momentum

• Call tridi2() to solve tridiagonal problem for momentum

• Recover the tendencies of momentum

Save PBL height for diagnostic purpose

Definition at line 76 of file satmedmfvdifq.F.

References mfpbltq_mod::mfpbltq(), mfscuq_mod::mfscuq(), tridi_mod::tridi2(), tridi_mod::tridin(), and tridi_mod::tridit().

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