Overview of all the
Parallel Ocean Program (POP)
runs
Michael Kliphuis
Sep 26, 2011
SAMOC
control_mat
Description
Control run for the SAMOC project with the ‘restoring under ice’ term on for TEMP and SALT.
Performed by Mat Maltrud (LANL). The run is forced by a prescribed present day atmospheric state with a
repeating annual cycle and observed river run-off fields.
Period
75-01 -> 85-05 (10 years, only monthly means)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
Encanto (SGI Altix ICE 8200), New Mexico Computing Applications Center, U.S.A
Project
SAMOC (Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation)
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, IDEALAGE, TTD01, TTD02, TTD03, TTD11,
HMXL, MXHML, HBLT,
MXHBLT, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, WVEL, UET, VNT, UES, VNS,
PV, Q, PD
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/control_mat/tavg :
degrees binary data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/control_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/control_mat/msf :
meridional heat transport and MOC
(online for
postprocessing)
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
monthly mean
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/control_mat/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/control_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf /archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/control_mat/msf :
monthly mean meridional heat
transport and MOC
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
run_henk_mixedbc
Description
Control run for the SAMOC project with 'implied flux' instead of 'restoring under ice’ for TEMP and SALT.
This so called ‘mixed boundary conditions’ run is forced by a prescribed present day atmospheric state with a
repeating annual cycle and observed river run-off fields (as in control_mat) but also forced with an
‘implied_flux’ term instead of ‘restoring under ice’. This means that we ran the original control run
‘control_mat’ from year 75 for 5 years with the ‘restoring under ice’ term on for both TEMP and SALT and
then diagnosed the implied flux. We then made a monthly 5-year average of this and used this as an implied
flux term in the TEMP and SALT forcing files.
Period
75-01 -> 150-01 (75 years)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
75-01 -> 96-09 :
96-10 -> 150-01 :
Project
SAMOC (Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation).
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, UET, VNT, PD,
HMXL, XMXL, TMXL
Daily:
UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m,
SALT_15m, SSH
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg :
binary data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg_rectgrid:
netcdf
(online for
CRAY XT6 at EPCC in Edinburgh, Scotland
Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees
postprocessing)
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/transport:
daily mass, heat and salt
transports (141 straits) /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/msf :
monthly
mean meridional heat transport and MOC
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/movie :
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/restart :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees
netcdf
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/transport:
daily mass, heat and salt
transports (141 straits)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/run_henk_mixedbc/msf :
monthly mean meridional heat
transport and MOC
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
prod_run1
Description
THIS RUN WAS FORCED WITH A WRONG (ONLY 80%) INCOMING SHORTWAVE RADIATION.
0.1Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
Run with same forcings as control run ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but in this run 0.1 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by
enhanced run off) around Greenland. It ran from spinup year 75 until year 98.
Period
When we found out about the incorrect incoming shortwave radiation Mat Maltrud of LANL offered to rerun it
on the “Encanto” supercomputer in New Mexico. This is run ‘prod_run2_mat’.
75-01 -> 98-04 (23 years)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project
SAMOC (Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation)
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, DYE, UET, VNT, PD,
HMXL, XMXL, TMXL
Daily:
UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m, SALT_15m,
SSH
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
-
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/tavg :
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/movie :
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/restart :
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/extracted :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/moc :
Indo-pacific)
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary data
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary data
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary data
monthly and daily mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees netcdf
monthly mean MOC (for World, Atlantic and
Note: Unfortunately there are files that got lost
prod_run2_mat
Description
0.1Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
The correct run with same forcings as ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but in this run 0.1 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by
enhanced run off) around Greenland. The run was initially started on ‘Encanto’ by Mat Maltrud (LANL).
Period
I:
II:
III:
IV:
Model Version
75-01 -> 91-07 (16 years, only monthly means)
91-08 -> 101-02 (9 years, only monthly means)
106-02 -> 111-12 (5 years, only monthly means)
115-06 -> 126-01 (10 years, monthly and daily means)
Period I and II are sequential but for some reason Mat Maltrud decided to save different variables for period II.
All daily files until 115-05 and all monthly files for (101-03 until 106-01) and (112-01 until 115-05) got lost.
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
75-01 -> 115-05 Encanto (SGI Altix ICE 8200), New Mexico Computing Applications Center, U.S.A
115-06 -> 126-01 Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project
SAMOC
Variables
Saved
Monthly: Period II: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, DYE, PD,
HMXL, XMXL, TMXL
Period IV: period II variables but also:
SWNET, LWNET, LATENT, SENSIBLE, EVAP,
PRECIP, RUNOFF
Period I + III: period IV variables but also: T_STRONG_REST, S_WEAK_REST,
S_STRONG_REST
Daily:
UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m, SALT_15m,
SSH, DYE01_5m,
DYE01_zint
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run2_mat/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run2_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run2_mat/transport:
daily mass, heat and
salt transports (141 straits) /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run2_mat/msf :
monthly
mean Global, Atlantic & Indo-pacific MOC
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/movie :
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/restart :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees netcdf
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/transport :
daily mass, heat and salt transports
(141 straits)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/msf :
monthly mean Global, Atlantic & Indo-pacific
MOC
prod_run3_0.5Sv
Description
0.5Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
Run with same forcings as ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but in this run 0.5 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by enhanced
run off) around Greenland.
Period
75-01 -> 120-01 (45 years)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project
SAMOC
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, PD, HMXL, XMXL,
TMXL
Daily: UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m, SALT_15m,
SSH
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees netcdf
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/transport:
daily mass, heat and salt transports
(141 straits) /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/msf :
monthly mean Global, Atlantic &
Indo-pacific MOC
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/movie :
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/restart :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees netcdf
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/transport :
(141 straits)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/msf :
MOC
daily mass, heat and salt transports
monthly mean Global, Atlantic & Indo-pacific
hosing_0.1Sv
Description
0.1Sv Atlantic hosing run for the SAMOC project.
Run with same forcings as ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but in this run 0.1 Sv enhanced precipitation was dumped in a
broad band over the subpolar North Atlantic (as in traditional ‘hosing’ experiments). This run was initially
performed on Encanto by Mat Maltrud but all data got lost so we performed it again on Huygens.
Period
75-01 -> 126-01 (50 years)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
Performed on
Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project
SAMOC
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SWNET, LWNET, LATENT, SENSIBLE, EVAP,
PRECIP, RUNOFF, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, DYE, UET, VNT, PD, HMXL, XMXL, TMXL
Daily: UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m, SALT_15m,
SSH, DYE01_5m, DYE01_zint
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
(online for
postprocessing)
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg :
data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/transport:
straits) /gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/msf :
transport and MOC
data
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/movie :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/restart :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/transport :
(141 straits)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/msf :
MOC
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
daily mass, heat and salt transports (141
monthly mean meridional heat
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
daily mass, heat and salt transports
monthly mean meridional heat transport and
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
x1_SAMOC_flux
Description
control run with the 1 degree POP version for the SAMOC project with 'implied flux' instead of 'restoring under
ice’ (= equivalent of ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but now for 1 degree case)
Period
00-01 -> 100-01 (101 years, only monthly means)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (1 degree = 320x120x40)
Performed on
Encanto (SGI Altix ICE 8200), New Mexico Computing Applications Center, U.S.A
Project
SAMOC
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, TEMP, SALT, SSH, SWNET, LWNET, LATENT, SENSIBLE, T_STRONG_REST,
EVAP, S_WEAK_REST, S_STRONG_REST, RUNOFF, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, PD, HMXL, XMXL,
TMXL
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg :
data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg_rectgrid :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg :
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg_rectgrid :
netcdf data
monthly mean curvilinear 1 degrees binary
monthly mean rectangular 1 degrees netcdf
monthly mean curvilinear 1
monthly mean rectangular 1 degree
x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv
Description
0.5Sv Greenland run with the 1 degree POP version for the SAMOC project.
Run with same forcings as ‘x1_SAMOC_flux’ but in this run 0.5 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by enhanced run
off) around Greenland.
Period
00-01 -> 100-01 (101 years, only monthly means)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (1 degree = 320x120x40)
Performed on
Encanto (SGI Altix ICE 8200), New Mexico Computing Applications Center, U.S.A
Project
SAMOC
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, TEMP, SALT, SSH, SWNET, LWNET, LATENT, SENSIBLE, T_STRONG_REST,
EVAP, S_WEAK_REST, S_STRONG_REST, RUNOFF, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, DYE, PD, HMXL,
XMXL, TMXL
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg : monthly mean curvilinear 1 degrees binary
data
/gpfs/prj1/tmpprojects/samoc/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 1
degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg :
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf data
ITAMOC
run_clim_closeditf
Description
closed indonesian throughflow run for the ITAMOC project.
monthly mean curvilinear 1
monthly mean rectangular 1
Period
Run with same forcings as ‘run_henk_mixedbc’ but with a closure of the Indonesian Throughflow.
75-01 -> 150-01 (75 years)
Model Version
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees)
Performed on
75-01 -> 122-09 CRAY XT6 at EPCC in Edinburgh, Scotland
122-10 -> 150-01 Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project
ITAMOC (Impact of the Indonesian Throughflow on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)
Variables
Saved
Monthly: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SHF, SFWF, TAUX, TAUY, UET, VNT, PD, HMXL,
XMXL, TMXL
Daily: UVEL_5m, VVEL_5m, TEMP_5m, SALT_5m, UVEL_15m, VVEL_15m, TEMP_15m, SALT_15m,
SSH
(for meaning see Appendix)
Scratch path on
Huygens
/gpfs/shscr1/tmpprojects/itamoc/run_clim_closeditf/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/gpfs/shscr1/tmpprojects/itamoc/run_clim_closeditf/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees netcdf
/gpfs/shscr1/tmpprojects/itamoc/run_clim_closeditf/transport:
daily mass, heat and salt transports
(141 straits) /gpfs/shscr1/tmpprojects/itamoc/run_clim_closeditf/msf :
monthly mean
meridional heat transport and MOC
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
data
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/tavg:
degrees binary data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/movie :
binary data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/restart :
data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/transport :
straits)
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/msf :
transport and MOC
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
daily mass, heat and salt transports (141
monthly mean meridional heat
(both for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
APPENDIX
The following tables contain a list of all the saved monthly and daily POP fields.
The grid descriptor, DIJK, consists of four integers. The first indicates the dimensionality ("D") of the
field (2-D or 3-D). The three integers which follow identify the i,j,k-grid upon which the field resides,
where a value of "1" specifies the tracer grid and a value of "2" specifies the staggered velocity grid.
Monthly fields
DIJK
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2220
2220
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
Name
TMTG
TMTA
TMTIP
SHF
SFWF
SSH
TAUX
TAUY
HMXL
MXHML
XMXL
HBLT
MXHBLT
XBLT
TMXL
TBLT
H2
3111
IDEALAGE
3111
3111
3111
3111
3221
3221
3112
3111
3111
3111
3211
3121
3221
3211
3121
3111
3111
TTD01
TTD02
TTD03
TTD11
UVEL
VVEL
WVEL
TEMP
SALT
PD
UET
VNT
KE
UES
VNS
PV
Q
Description
Meridional Overturning Streamfunction Global
Meridional Overturning Streamfunction Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Streamfunction Indo-Pacific
Total Surface Heat Flux, Including SW
Virtual Salt Flux in FW Flux formulation
Sea Surface Height
Zonal Windstress
Meridional Windstress
Mixed-Layer Depth
Maximum Mixed-Layer Depth
Maximum Mixed-Layer Depth
Boundary-Layer Depth
Maximum Boundary-Layer Depth
Maximum Boundary-Layer Depth
Minimum Mixed-Layer Depth
Minimum Boundary-Layer Depth
SSH**2
The age of a water parcel (time since it was last at the
surface)
Transit Time Distribution Region 01
Transit Time Distribution Region 02
Transit Time Distribution Region 03
Transit Time Distribution Region 11
Zonal Velocity
Meridional Velocity
Vertical Velocity
Potential Temperature
Salinity
Potential Density Ref to Surface
East Flux of Heat
North Flux of Heat
Horizontal Kinetic Energy (U**2+V**2)/2
East Flux of Salt
North Flux of Salt
Potential Vorticity
z-derivative of potential density
Units
Sv
Sv
Sv
W/m2
kg/m2/s
cm
dyne/cm2
dyne/cm2
cm
cm
cm
cm
cm
cm
cm
cm
cm2
years
years
years
years
years
cm/s
cm/s
cm/s
degC
g/g
g/cm3
degC/s
degC/s
cm2/s2
g/g/s
g/g/s
1/cm/s
g/cm4
Daily fields
DIJK
2220
2220
2110
2110
2220
2220
2110
2110
2110
Name
UVEL_5m
VVEL_5m
TEMP_5m
SALT_5m
UVEL_15m
VVEL_15m
TEMP_15m
SALT_15m
SSH
Description
Zonal Velocity at 5 meters depth
Meridional Velocity at 5 meters depth
Potential Temperature at 5 meters depth
Salinity at 5 meters depth
Zonal Velocity at 15 meters depth
Meridional Velocity at 15 meters depth
Potential Temperature at 15 meters depth
Salinity at 15 meters depth
Sea Surface Height
Units
cm/s
cm/s
degC
psu
cm/s
cm/s
degC
psu
cm