[CIG-LONG] Question on scaling

[laetitia le pourhiet]

Hi Brian,

Since you don't have kg in gale scaling... why not use the fact that 
Watt are
N.m.s-1 which turns into Pa/m/s.

Laetitia

Le 26/01/2011 02:46, Brian Wilson a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some problems with the scaling in GALE, which is causing 
> problems with convergence. The worst problem seems to be the scaling 
> of crustal heat production. Since this quantity involves Watts, 
> seconds^3 appears in the denominator. Thus, scaling seconds up to 
> millions of years creates huge numbers that are something like 10^60, 
> even with a small offset from scaling kg up to a larger denomination. 
> Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
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