SORBIT (Sampling along sun-synchronous satellite ORBITs)
Simulated device: arbitrary sun-synchronous orbiters (NADIR)
Contact: Patrick Jöckel (patrick.joeckel @ drl.de)
Output parameter
arbitrary (namelist controlled), dimension (2D or 3D) depends on the variable; output of 2 global fields (2D or 3D) every 24 hours, one for ascending and one for descending branch
Technical specification
Column or 3D? | Column |
Operation on model time step? | yes |
Required libraries | MESSy framework |
Programming language | Fortran95 |
If online, is it modular? | online and modular |
Ground-based or space-borne? | space-borne |
Usage
Minimum set of physical quantities:
Need for a special grid?
Are parameters given via namelist or have to be coded?
- via namelist
Are there special requirements to the input quantities?
- no
Documentation: yes (Section 5.4 in the below mentioned paper)
Models for application: EMAC, COSMO/MESSy, MECO(n)
Suitable for MESSy?: part of MESSy
Format of input data: not applicable
Format of output data: netCDF
Computational costs: depends on the number of orbits and variables