dam_break

The dam_break test group (compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.DamBreak) implements variants of the dam break test case. Here, we describe the shared framework for this test group and the 1 test case.

framework

The shared config options for the dam_break test group are described in dam_break in the User’s Guide.

Additionally, the test group has shared namelist.init and namelist.forward files with a few common namelist options related to the dam geometry, run duration, viscosity and wetting-and-drying options, as well as shared streams.init and streams.forward files that defines mesh, input, and output streams.

initial_state

The class compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.initial_state.InitialState defines a step for setting up the initial state for each test case.

First, a mesh appropriate for the resolution is generated using mpas_tools.planar_hex.make_planar_hex_mesh(). Then, the mesh is culled to remove periodicity in the x and y directions. MPAS-Ocean is then run in init mode. During this init mode run, ssh is initialized and cullCell is defined to remove cells around the dammed region so that there is one spillway to the floodplain. The mesh is then culled in python and init mode is run once more to generate the initial condition on the culled mesh.

forward

The class compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.forward.Forward defines a step for running MPAS-Ocean from the initial condition produced in the initial_state step. The time step is updated depending on the resolution and MPAS-Ocean is run in run().

viz

The class compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.viz.Viz defines a visualization step which serves the purpose of validation. This validation is tailored for the default config options. A multipanel plot compares the time evolution of ssh at different sites in the domain between MPAS-Ocean, ROMS, and experimental data. One subplot shows the geometry of the domain in plan view.

default

The compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.default.Default test performs one 10-minute run on 40 cores. It doesn’t contain any Validation. This class accepts resolution as an argument. The domain is configured to have a 1 m by 1 m dammed region matching the experimental setup and a ~12 m by ~12 m flood plain to minimize reflections off the boundaries.

ramp

The compass.ocean.tests.dam_break.ramp.Ramp is identical to the default class except it sets ramp to True for the forward step to enable the ramp feature for wetting and drying.