Esben Almqvist wrote: > Dear Metro members, > > I am planning to test the sensitivity of the METRo model to radiation. > I would like to use input of measured radiation instead of predicted > cloudiness as input for the radiation part of the model. Thereby I > will be able to see how the model will perform with a "perfect" > radiation component. Can that be done without too much change of the code? > Thank you in advance! > > > Best Regards, > Esben > > Hi Esben,
Here what I suggest to test your sensitivity. 1- Put your solar flux in W/m^2 in the cloud cover field (<cc>) in the atmospheric forecast file. 2- In the file metro_preprocess_fsint.py, go in the function __set_theoretical_flux. It is a big function that compute the solar and infra-red fluxes based on the cloud cover. If you look at the end of the function, this is where both fluxes are written in the METRo matrix to perform the forecast. Put everything you need in comments and manage to put exactly what was in the CC field instead of all the computation. 3- Look at the road forecast. This is a quick and dirty way to perform your test. I did not try it, but I think it is a good starting point. I suspect there could be a problem in the coupling phase. If you need to implement it for real in METRo, not only for testing purpose, we will manage to do it in a more elegant way. Keep us inform of your results, Miguel -- Miguel Tremblay Physicien - Physicist Centre météorologique canadien - Canadian meteorological centre (CMC) Environnement Canada - Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/ 2121 Trans-Canada N. Suite 228 Téléphone/Phone: 514-421-4729 Dorval, Québec Fax: 514-421-4679 CANADA H9P 1J3 courriel/email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ METRo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/metro-developers
