[CIG-MC] Impose density structure to Citcoms

[Thorsten Becker]

I was under the impression that the period boundary conditions in CitcomCU may 
perhaps be broken, or not fully implemented (again), but I have never tried 
myself. 


On Wednesday, December 14, 2011 09:15:56 tannistha maiti wrote:
> Dear Eh ,
> 
> Could you please let me know how the plate velocities were given to the
> plates in Cookbook5 problem . I am asking for the equations.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tannistha
> 
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Eh Tan <tan2 at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, CitcomS doesn't have periodic boundary condition, but
> > CitcomCU does. You can switch to CitcomCU if you really need periodic BC.
> > 
> > Eh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/25/11 8:30 PM, tannistha maiti wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Eh ,
> > 
> >  Thanks for your reply . I was wondering if I want to impose a periodic
> > 
> > boundary condition where do I need to look for in which part of the code.
> > 
> >  Thanks,
> > 
> > Tannistha
> > 
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Eh Tan <tan2 at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >>  Dear Tannistha,
> >> 
> >> You don't need to do anything. The default is to use reflective sidewall
> >> BCs for the regional model.
> >> 
> >> Eh
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 11/22/11 6:26 PM, tannistha maiti wrote:
> >> 
> >> Dear Eh ,
> >> 
> >>  I would like to impose reflective sidewall boundary condition to my
> >> 
> >> model . Could you please let  me know what is the citcoms command or if
> >> need to modify the code for that purpose.
> >> 
> >>  Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Tannistha
> >> 
> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Eh Tan <tan2 at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >>> The density field is computed from temperature (E->T) and composition
> >>> (E->composition.comp_node) fields. The composition field is, in turn,
> >>> computed from the tracer distribution. You can change the input
> >>> temperature from your input files (see Cookbook5 for example), and the
> >>> composition field from other input files (tracer_ic_method=1 or 2).
> >>> 
> >>> If you need something more complicated, you can take a look at the
> >>> function get_buoyancy() in lib/Pan_problem_misc_functions.c. This
> >>> function is called at the beginning of every time step, not just of
> >>> the 0th step.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Eh
> >>> 
> >>> On 10/19/2011 12:10 AM, tannistha maiti wrote:
> >>>> Dear Eh ,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Could you please direct me to the code where I can modify the density
> >>>> structure to be used as a condition for my initial model .
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Tannistha
> >>  
> >>  --
> >> 
> >> Eh Tan
> >> -------
> >> Postdoctoral Fellow
> >> Institute for Geophysics
> >> University of Texas, Austin
> >> J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC)
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> > 
> > --
> > Eh Tan
> > -------
> > Postdoctoral Fellow
> > Institute for Geophysics
> > University of Texas, Austin
> > J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC)
> > 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200),
> > Austin, TX 78758-4445(512) 475-9568

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Thorsten Becker  - University of Southern California
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