Key Run Parameters and Gotchas

The param.nml from SCHISM is mostly well-commented and documented. But here are some often-modified parameters.

Runtime settings

Hotstart settings

Nudging settings

To determine which modules receive nudging, the param.nml looks for inu_tr(n), where n is the Module number. The default configuration is:

Table 2 SCHISM Tracer Modules

Module Number	Variable	Module Name
1	Temperature	TEM
2	Salinity	SAL
3	Generic Tracer	GEN
4	Age	AGE
5	Sediment 3D	SED3D
6	EcoSim	ECOSIM
7	ICM	ICM
8	CoSINE	COSINE
9	FIB	FIB
10	TIMOR	TIMOR
11	FABM	FABM

For more details on nudging in SCHISM, see Nudging Files.

Output requests

Settings that have historically gone awry

What happens when SCHISM versions get advanced?