monarchs.physics.lid.surface_melt

monarchs.physics.lid.surface_melt(cell, dt, Q)

Determine the amount of melting that occurs at the surface of the frozen lid when the surface temperature is above freezing. Also track the amount of times that the lid has melted in the variable lid_melt_count.

Called in lid_development.

Parameters:

• cell (numpy structured array) – Element of the model grid we are operating on.

• dt (int) – Number of seconds in the timestep, very likely 3600 (i.e. 1h) [s]

• Q (float) – Surface energy flux, taken from surface_fluxes.sfc_flux. [W m^-2]

Return type:

k_lid - float - thermal conductivity of the lid [W m^-1 K^-1]