The model reads an input namelist from stdin at runtime. Following is a list and description of available namelist input parameters. case_name Type: character(len=16) Default: " " Required: no, but highly recommended Description: This is the case name text string that appears in output files to help identify the model run. case_desc Type: character(len=64) Default: " " Required: no, but highly recommended Description: This is a short text string which is included in output files to help identify the model run. rest_type Type: character(len=16) Default: "continue" Required: no (but default is of limited usefulness) Description: This selects the run type. Valid choices are: "startup", "hybrid", "continue", or "branch". Selecting "branch" makes rest_bfile a required input. rest_pfile Type: character(len=256) Default: "./rpointer" Required: no Description: This is the complete path and name of the restart "pointer file." This must include an existing, NFS mounted directory. All run types will update this file (and create it, if necessary), but only a continuation runs requires that this file exists prior to the start of the run. rest_bfile Type: character(len=256) Default: "null" Required: required if rest_type = "branch", ignored otherwise. Description: This is the file name of the "branch file" (the IC data file). Note that a prefix like "mss:" is used to indicate a file archival device, Valid prefix options are: * "cp:" or no-prefix indicates a normal unix file copy from an NFS mounted file system. * "mss:" indicates a file on NCAR's MSS * "null:" indicates no archival -- the file name, stripped of any directory information, indicates a file in the current working directory. rest_date Type: integer Default: 00010101 (year 1, month 1, day 1, encoded yyyymmdd) Required: no (ignored for "continuation" runs, optional for others). Description: This is the restart date. * On startup and hybrid runs, rest_date is the initial date of the simulation. * On branch runs, if rest_date > 0, it will over-ride the date contained in the rest_bfile IC restart file. Otherwise the date from the rest_bfile data file is used. * On continuation runs rest_date is not used (the date contained in the IC file is used). ncpl Type: integer Default: 24 Required: no Description: This specifies how many times per day the model communicates (exchanges data) with the coupler. data_dir Type: character(len=256) Default: "local" Required: no Description: This specifies where input SST data can be found. Currently there is no option here, the data must be found in the local directory, ie. the SST data must be prepositioned into the model's execution directory prior to exectution. flux_acc Type: integer boolean Default: 0 (false/off) Required: no Description: If activated, the dice5 model accumulates ice formed in the ocean component -- this a flux field sent from the ocean to the ice. This accumulated ice can subsequently be melted back into the ocean component if and when there is sufficient melting potential. Melting potential is also a field sent from the ocean to the ice component. flux_swpf Type: real Default: 0.0 Required: no Description: This is the "short-wave penetrating factor". This is the fraction of net solar absorbed by the ice model the penetrates through the ice and ends up being absorbed into the ocean below. mss_dir Type: character(len=256) Default: "null" Required: yes Description: This is a file archival directory name including the specification of an archival device. Restart and history files go into this directory. For continuation runs, the initial condition restart file must also be in this directory. A "prefix" is all the characters up to and including the first occurrence of ":". The prefix of the file indicates a storage device. Valid prefix options are: * "cp:" or no-prefix indicates a normal unix file copy to an NFS mounted file system. * "mss:" indicates archival onto NCAR's MSS * "null:" indicates no archival of any sort. Some of the following mss_xxx options are only meaningful when the archival device is NCAR's MSS. With code modification, more archival devices could be implemented (eg. "hpss:"). mss_rtpd Type: integer Default: 365 Required: no Description: Retention period, in days, for data files sent to the MSS. See the mswrite man pages at NCAR for more details. mss_pass Type: character(len=16) Default: " " (no password) Required: no Description: Mswrite write password string for files sent to the MSS. Read passwords are not an option with the Coupler. See the mswrite man pages at NCAR for more details. info_dbug Type: integer Default: 1 Required: no Description: Debugging information level: 0, 1, 2, or 3. * 0 => write the least amount of debugging information to stdout * 1 => write a small amount of debugging information to stdout * 2 => write a medium amount of debugging information to stdout * 3 => write a large amount of debugging information to stdout