SimplePhysics

SimplePhysics(
    simulate_cyclone=False,
    large_scale_condensation=True,
    boundary_layer=True,
    surface_fluxes=True,
    use_external_surface_temperature=True,
    use_external_surface_specific_humidity=False,
    top_of_boundary_layer=85000.0,
    boundary_layer_influence_height=20000.0,
    drag_coefficient_heat_fluxes=0.0011,
    base_momentum_drag_coefficient=0.0007,
    wind_dependent_momentum_drag_coefficient=6.5e-05,
    maximum_momentum_drag_coefficient=0.002,
    **kwargs,
)

Interface to the simple physics package.

Reed and Jablonowski 2012: title = {Idealized tropical cyclone simulations of intermediate complexity: a test case for {AGCMs}} journal = {Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems}

Methods

Name	Description
array_call	Calculate surface and boundary layer tendencies.

array_call

SimplePhysics.array_call(state, timestep)

Calculate surface and boundary layer tendencies.

Args: state (dict): The model state dictionary

timestep (timedelta):
    The model timestep

Returns: state (dict), diagnostics(dict) :

* The updated model state.
* diagnostics for Simple Physics