ESCOMP/atmospheric_physics
Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
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Atmospheric PhysicsClimate ModelingFortran ProgrammingNamelist Configuration
Rich Neale
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Rich Neale
During March 2025, work focused on enhancing the ESCOMP/atmospheric_physics repository by introducing a configurable parameter, zmconv_parcel_hscale, to the ZM deep convection scheme. This update replaced a previously hardcoded value with a namelist-driven approach, allowing users to adjust the parameter at runtime for more flexible climate and forecast experiments. The implementation involved updating both Fortran and XML interfaces to ensure seamless propagation of the new parameter throughout the model. Leveraging skills in atmospheric physics, climate modeling, and Fortran programming, this change improved reproducibility and enabled more efficient parameter studies without requiring code modifications for each experiment.
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March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 — ESCOMP/atmospheric_physics: Delivered the ZM deep convection scheme's first configurable parameter zmconv_parcel_hscale, introducing a namelist-driven knob to replace a hardcoded value. The change updates the XML and Fortran interfaces to wire the parameter through the model, enabling run-time configurability for parameter studies, calibration, and reproducibility across climate/forecast experiments. No major bugs were reported this month; upcoming work focuses on validation, additional documentation, and expanding parameter-driven experimentation. Technologies demonstrated include namelist-driven configuration, Fortran/XML integration, and version-controlled feature delivery (commit 63c8fb6ebba0c951c7128f1f93357ad55feef9c0).
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 — ESCOMP/atmospheric_physics: Delivered the ZM deep convection scheme's first configurable parameter zmconv_parcel_hscale, introducing a namelist-driven knob to replace a hardcoded value. The change updates the XML and Fortran interfaces to wire the parameter through the model, enabling run-time configurability for parameter studies, calibration, and reproducibility across climate/forecast experiments. No major bugs were reported this month; upcoming work focuses on validation, additional documentation, and expanding parameter-driven experimentation. Technologies demonstrated include namelist-driven configuration, Fortran/XML integration, and version-controlled feature delivery (commit 63c8fb6ebba0c951c7128f1f93357ad55feef9c0).
March 2025
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Fortran
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Atmospheric PhysicsClimate ModelingFortran ProgrammingNamelist Configuration
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