[RegCNET] Zheng & Lake Model

[Richard Anyah]

Neil,

I had asked this question before, and I hope Bi or Jeremy or any other
RegCMer may advise how to tweak the code to allow both zheng and bats flux
options to be  applied at the same time.

My other thinking would be to cheat zheng that the lake is part of ocean(
change landuse type). I think this is like what they do with the black
sea, which however is having characteristics closer to an open ocean
basin.
This may however have draw backs since we are dealing with a freshwater
lake!!!!!

Richard

> I am working on running the RegCM over an East African Domain with
> emphasis on the impact of Lake Victoria on the climate.  I have been
> using the 1D lake model, with the bats ocean flux scheme, as this is
> required to run the lake model.  Recent research by one of my colleagues
> has shown that the Zheng ocean flux considerably improves the forecast
> over the Indian Ocean and therefore the circulation over the African
> Domain.
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to run the Zheng ocean flux over the
> Indian Ocean, but still run bats over the lake so that I can have the
> benefit of the lake model, as well as the improved circulation generated
> by the Zheng scheme.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Neil Davis
> NCSU Climate Modeling Lab
>
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