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stochastic physics parameters set from user_nl_mom

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by tracing how the &nam_stochy parameters in input.nml are read and how user_nl_mom is processed. Check how SourceMods and stochastic-physics restarts interact. Done means parameters such as OCNSKEB_LSCALE, NTRUNC, and OCNSKEB_TAU can be set through user_nl_mom without manually modifying input.nml, while restart handling remains valid.

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Description

The stochastic physics package has some tunable parameters that are set in the &nam_stochy section of input.nml. For example OCNSKEB_LSCALE, NTRUNC, and OCNSKEB_TAU. It would be nice to be able to set these from within user_nl_mom rather than by modifying input.nml and putting it into the SourceMods directory. Manually modifying input.nml conflicts with the way that restarting the stochastic physics package is currently handled.

This is not urgent.

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Avg merge
1d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
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