Towards MCDv6.0

[emillour]

In the footsteps of ticket #1 , TODO list of things to setup GCMv6.0 for MCDv6.0

at GCM level

• check/tuned value of Ar/N2 etc. in reference initial conditions at Ls=180, compared to Curiosity data (see newstart)
• call physics more often (iphysiq=5).
• Verify the CO2 cycle
• Check/re-tune He amount
• scavenging of dust & water by CO2 condensation; is it stable over multiple years?
• orographic GW (re-)tuning
• non-orographic GW tuning
• super-cycling of chemistry?
• sub-grid slope winds

related tasks

• re-create climatology/cold/warm scenarios based on MY24->MY34 observations
• what do we do for global dust storms simulations? Impose dust opacity =5 like before (dust injection with a target of tau=5 caused problems for MCDv6.0alpha)?
• Improve the MCD software (make it a module/library)?