Overview of all the
Parallel Ocean Program (POP)
runs
Michael Kliphuis
Aug 10, 2011
SAMOC
control_mat
Description
control run for the SAMOC project with the ‘restoring under ice’ term on for Temperature and Salt.
Performed by Mat Maltrud (LANL).
Period
75-01 -> 85-09 (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/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/control_mat/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
degrees binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/control_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf /gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/control_mat/msf :
monthly mean
meridional heat transport and MOC
(for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
(online for
postprocessing)
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
(for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
run_henk_mixedbc
Description
control run for the SAMOC project with 'implied flux' instead of 'restoring under ice’,
We ran the original control run (control_mat) from year 75 for 5 years with the ‘restoring under ice’ term on
for both T and S and then diagnosed the implied flux. We then made a monthly 5-year average of this and
used this as the implied flux term in the 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/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg : monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/transport:
daily mass, heat and salt
(online for
postprocessing)
CRAY XT6 at EPCC in Edinburgh, Scotland
Huygens (IBM X6) at SARA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
transports (141 straits) /gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/run_henk_mixedbc/msf : monthly mean
meridional heat transport and MOC
(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
(for World, Atlantic and Indo-pacific)
/msfdata
prod_run1
Description
THIS RUN WAS FORCED WITH A WRONG (ONLY 80%) INCOMING SHORTWAVE RADIATION.
0.1Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
Period
Run under climatological present day forcing in which 0.1 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by enhanced run
off) around Greenland. It ran from spinup year 75 until year 98. 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 :
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run1/moc :
and 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 mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees netcdf data
monthly mean MOC (for World, Atlantic
Note: Unfortunately there are files that got lost
prod_run2_mat
Description
0.1Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
The correct run under climatological present day forcing in which 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
Model Version
Performed on
75-01 -> 95-12 (20 years, only monthly means)
115-06 -> 126-01 (10 years, monthly and daily means)
All other files got lost.
POP 2.0.1 (0.1 degrees = 3600x2400x42)
75-01 -> 95-12 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: UVEL, VVEL, KE, TEMP, SALT, SSH, H2, SWNET, LWNET, LATENT, SENSIBLE, EVAP,
PRECIP, RUNOFF, SHF, SFWF,
TAUX, TAUY, DYE, 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)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/prod_run2_mat/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/prod_run2_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/tavg :
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/movie :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/restart :
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/tavg_rectgrid :
netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run2_mat/msf :
pacific
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees
monthly mean Global, Atlantic and IndoMOC on 2 degree grid
prod_run3_0.5Sv
Description
0.5Sv Greenland run for the SAMOC project.
Run under climatological present day forcing in which 0.5 Sv of freshwater was dumped (by enhanced run
off) around Greenland.
Period
75-01 -> 119-12 (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, 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/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg : monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
degrees netcdf data
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg :
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_3_0.5Sv/movie :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/restart :
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/prod_run3_0.5Sv/msf :
pacific
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
monthly mean rectangular 0.4 degrees
monthly mean Global, Atlantic and IndoMOC on 2 degree grid
Notes
hosing_0.1Sv
Description
0.1Sv Atlantic hosing run for the SAMOC project.
Run under climatological present day forcing in which 0.1 Sv of freshwater was dumped in the atlantic in a
region below Greenland. 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 -> 93-01 (18 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)
Archive path
on Huygens
(backup on
tape)
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg :
degrees binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg :
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/movie :
data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/restart :
binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/hosing_0.1Sv/msf :
pacific
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees binary
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
monthly mean Global, Atlantic and IndoMOC on 2 degree grid
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’ for 0.1 degree case)
A control run was run from a spinup year for 5 years with the ‘restoring under ice’ term on for both T and S.
After that the implied flux was diagnosed and we made a monthly 5-year average of it. This average was used
as the implied flux term in the forcing files.
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/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg : monthly mean curvilinear 1 degrees binary
data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean rectangular 1
degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_flux/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 1 degrees
netcdf data
x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv
Description
0.5Sv Greenland run with the 1 degree POP version for the SAMOC project.
Run under climatological present day forcing in which 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/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 1
degrees binary data
/gpfs/mcn1/tmpprojects/klipdccp/samoc/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid :
monthly mean
rectangular 1 degrees netcdf data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg :
monthly mean curvilinear 1
degrees binary data
/archive/klipdccp/samoc/output/x1_SAMOC_greenland0.5Sv/tavg_rectgrid : monthly mean rectangular 1
degrees netcdf data
ITAMOC
run_clim_closeditf
Description
closed indonesian throughflow run for the ITAMOC project.
Period
Run under climatological present day forcing 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 data
(online for
postprocessing)
Archive path
on Huygens
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/tavg:
degrees binary data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/movie :
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1
dailly mean curvilinear 0.1
(backup on
tape)
degrees binary data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/restart :
binary data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/tavg_rectgrid :
degrees netcdf data
/archive/itamoc/output/run_clim_closeditf/msf :
and Indo-pacific
grid
monthly mean curvilinear 0.1 degrees
monthly mean rectangular 0.4
monthly mean Global, Atlantic
MOC on 2 degree
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
Name
SHF
2110
SFWF
2110
2220
2220
2110
2110
2110
SSH
TAUX
TAUY
HMXL
MXHML
XMXL
Description
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
Units
W/m2
kg/m2/s
cm
dyne/cm2
dyne/cm2
cm
cm
cm
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
2110
HBLT
MXHBLT
XBLT
TMXL
TBLT
H2
3111
IDEALAGE
3111
3111
3111
3111
3221
3221
3112
3111
3111
3111
3211
3121
TTD01
TTD02
TTD03
TTD11
UVEL
VVEL
WVEL
TEMP
SALT
PD
UET
VNT
3221
KE
3211
3121
3111
3111
UES
VNS
PV
Q
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
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