Project:   Biogeochemistry Spin-Up Support
 
Goal: 
   Prepare and run long-term, coarse-resolution coupled ocean-model 
   spinup cases in support of biogeochemistry research. 
 
Motivation: 
  
  The primary motivation for this project is to support biogeochemistry
  research efforts.  Development is needed to create the tools      
  necessary to enable coupled ocean-model spinups forced by
  coupled-model output data.
 
 
Authority:
  BGCWG Co-chair

Project Leads:
  Nancy Norton, SE 
  Keith Lindsay, Science
 
Plan: 
    I)   Complete the multiday-coupling project  (see owg projects)
    II)  Generate new datasets to be used by datm and dlnd
          * define data requirements:
              o cam daily averages bundled in 365-days/file; single prec.
              o cam hourly averages bundled in 24hours/day;  single prec.
              o cpl monthly averaged history files, for dlnd forcing
          * define cam and cpl namelist settings
          * define beginning and ending of 10-year segment
            (03100101 - 03191231, KL)
          * re-run a 10year segment of the T31_gx3v5 control run,
            b30.031yr310, with the appropriate settings to capture the
            output needed to support both "C" and "I" configurations
    III) Complete the ocean-model instability project (see owg projects)
    IV)  Production run: 100-year run to validate choice of ocean time-
         stepping option and to achieve a moderately spun up physical
         state  (L.ny.001)
           * confirm case requirements
           * set up case; review; document
           * bring research-version datasets into "inputdata" directory
           * production runs: monitor runs, process output
    V)   Develop scientific Module OCMIP''  (science project, not CSEG)
    VI)  Ice-model development: allow CSIM output data from Phase II to
         be read by dice and passed to coupler.  
    VII) Spin up OCMIP'' + ocean/eco models with coupled-model output
         forcing from Phases II and VI
        
 
       
SE Resources:
                  I    II    III   IV     V    VI    VII    ~ phase
                 ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
Nancy Norton            60          40    0                 ~ hours
Brian Kauffman           8           8    0  
Jim McCaa                4           0    0
Unknown                  0     0     0    0    TBD   TBD

Start Date:  May    2004
 
Status:  I)  Completed
        II)  Completed
        III) Completed: Oct 2004
        IV)  Start Date: 5 Oct 2004