Conservation Checks

If the model is a physically closed system (e.g., in the slabplanet configuration with free slip conditions), it should conserve mass (including water), energy and momentum. The conservation checker logs global conservation.

Only energy and water are currently implemented.

Note that kinetic energy is not included in the calculation of the global energy, reflecting the formulation on ClimaAtmos, which assumes that kinetic energy is negligible in comparison with the moist static energy components.

ConservationChecker API

ClimaCoupler.ConservationChecker.EnergyConservationCheck — Type

EnergyConservationCheck{A} <: AbstractConservationCheck

Struct of type AbstractConservationCheck containing global energy conservation logs.

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ClimaCoupler.ConservationChecker.WaterConservationCheck — Type

WaterConservationCheck{A} <: AbstractConservationCheck

Struct of type AbstractConservationCheck containing global water mass conservation logs.

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ClimaCoupler.ConservationChecker.check_conservation! — Function

check_conservation!(coupler_sim::Interfacer.CoupledSimulation; runtime_check = false)

itertes over all specified conservation checks.

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    check_conservation!(
    cc::EnergyConservationCheck,
    coupler_sim::Interfacer.CoupledSimulation,
    runtime_check = false,
    )

computes the total energy, ∫ ρe dV, of the model components of the coupled simulations and the TOA radiation, and updates cc with these values.

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check_conservation!(
cc::WaterConservationCheck,
coupler_sim::Interfacer.CoupledSimulation,
runtime_check = false,
)

computes the total water, ∫ ρq_tot dV, of the various components of the coupled simulations, and updates cc with the values.

Note: in the future this should not use push!.

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ConservationChecker Internal Functions

ClimaCoupler.ConservationChecker.surface_water_gain_from_rates — Function

surface_water_gain_from_rates(cs::Interfacer.CoupledSimulation)

Determines the total water content gain/loss of a surface from the begining of the simulation based on evaporation and precipitation rates.

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