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{\bf \LARGE 
Documentation for LMDZ, Planets version

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How to modify the initial state: the newstart tool
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S\'ebastien Lebonnois

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Latest version: \today
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\section{First step: \textsf{start\_archive.nc}}

The initial state of a simulation is read by the GCM in the files \textsf{start.nc} and \textsf{startphy.nc}.
A first step to change these files is first to change them into a  \textsf{start\_archive.nc} file. This is coming from the Mars GCM, where this file can include all the \textsf{start*.nc} files for the 12 months of one complete Martian Year.

To do this conversion, you need to use the \textsf{start2archive} tool.
Currently, this tool is well adapted for Venus and Titan, so the corresponding routine is called \textsf{start2archive-VT.F}
It is located in the \textsf{dyn3d} directory, and compiled the same way as the GCM. As inputs, it will need the same \textsf{*.def} files as those used during the simulation that created the \textsf{start*.nc} files. It then creates the \textsf{start\_archive.nc} file from \textsf{start.nc} and \textsf{startphy.nc}.

\section{Second step: the \textsf{newstart} tool}

This tool allows many changes in the initial state:
\begin{itemize}
\item change in resolution
\item change in zoom characteristics
\item change in surface characteristics (topography, albedo)
\item change in planetary constants
\end{itemize}

Currently, this tool is well adapted for Venus and Titan, so the corresponding routine is called \textsf{newstart-VT.F}, located in the \textsf{dyn3d} directory. As for the \textsf{start2archive} tool, it is compiled the same way as the GCM (in sequential only). 

As inputs, it takes the \textsf{start\_archive.nc} file with the initial state to be modified, and the \textsf{traceur.def} and \textsf{z2sig.def} files.
It also needs a specific \textsf{run.def} file, taylored to include only the needed changes.

To change the resolution, compile \textsf{newstart-VT} in the new resolution.
For the topography, the default behaviour will be to use the previous one (from \textsf{start\_archive.nc}) and to interpolate it to the new resolution. 
You may want to use the highest resolution topography file you have to get a finer topography when increasing the resolution. In that case, you can add the line

\textsf{topoflag=y}

in the taylored \textsf{run.def} file. Your topography file should be called \textsf{Relief.nc}. This file must include the variable \textsf{RELIEF}, which is the topography in meters. It will be read by \textsf{newstart} and the new surface geopotential will be computed. 
This may also be used to modify the topography the way you want.

One point concerning Venus topography: it should be reversed in the \textsf{Relief.nc} file, so that the GCM runs as if it was looking at Venus with the South pole upward.

\section{Specific \textsf{run.def} file}
 
{\bf Zoom}

To make a simulation with a zoom, the grid has to be altered. This needs to be done through \textsf{newstart}, using zoom parameters that will be read from the
\textsf{run.def} file. 
These parameters include (see specific zoom documentation ?):
\begin{itemize}
\item {\it clon,clat}: coordinates of the zoom center (in degrees)
\item {\it grossismx,grossismy}: resolution increase factor within the zoom area
\item {\it fxyhypb}: logical. If "y" (True) then hyperbolic function for the transition.
\item {\it dzoomx,dzoomy}: fraction of the total domain used in the zoom area (used only if {\it fxyhypb}=y)
\item {\it taux,tauy}: zoom stiffness (in the transition area ?) (used only if {\it fxyhypb}=y)
\item ysinus: logical (used only if {\it fxyhypb}=n). Use sinus of latitude instead of latitude for the transition.
\end{itemize}

For Venus, the topography being reversed, {\it clat} and {\it clon} must take this into account when targeting a specific feature !

{\bf Albedo}

If you want to change the value of the albedo, you can add the lines

\textsf{albedoflag=y}

\textsf{albedo=$<$value$>$}

in \textsf{run.def} to input the new value.

For the albedo, we may want to use a map. This is not yet implemented. When it will be, the file containing this map can be used to change the albedo (as for the topography).
 
{\bf Other parameters}

It could be possible to include other parameters in the change (, just by adding optional lines in \textsf{run.def}. The reading has to be hardcoded in \textsf{newstart-VT.F} first, but it's easy. 

The specific heat is already implemented ({\it cpp}).

\section{Technical aspects}

The subroutines used for the \textsf{start\_archive.nc} and \textsf{newstart} tools are located in the \textsf{phy$<$planet$>$} directory, since they may slightly vary from one planet to the other.

For \textsf{start\_archive.nc}, these routines are:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textsf{ini\_archive.F}
\item \textsf{readstart.F}
\item \textsf{readstartphy.F}
\item \textsf{write\_archive.F}
\end{itemize}

For \textsf{newstart}, they are:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textsf{interp\_vert.F}
\item \textsf{scal\_wind.F}
\item \textsf{wind\_scal.F}
\item \textsf{writerestart.F}
\item \textsf{writerestartphy.F}
\item \textsf{startvar.F90} and \textsf{grid\_noro.F}, which are used to read the \textsf{Relief.nc} file and compute the surface geopotential and the parameters needed for the orographic gravity wave drag.
\end{itemize}

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