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Added gravity-wave parameters
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src/parameters.toml

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value = 1e-3
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type = "float"
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description = "Parameter controlling exponential scale of favoring cloud top for cloud top calculations (unitless)."
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# Non-rographic gravity wave placeholder
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[placeholder]
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value = 0.0
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type = "float"
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description = "placeholder"
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# Orographic gravity wave (OGW)
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[ogw_mountain_height_width_exponent]
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value = 0.4
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type = "float"
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description = "Mountain height width exponent (γ), L ∝ h^γ (equation 14, paper suggests γ ≈ 0.4)"
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[ogw_number_density_exponent]
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value = 0.0
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type = "float"
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description = "Number density exponent (ϵ), where number density of orography in a grid cell is n(h) ∝ h^(-ε)"
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[ogw_mountain_shape_parameter]
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value = 0.5
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type = "float"
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description = "Mountain shape parameter (β), L(z) = L_b(1 - z/h)^β (equation 12), β=1 for triangular mountains and β<1 for blunt mounrains, β>1 for pointy mountains."
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[ogw_critical_height_threshold]
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value = 0.1
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type = "float"
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description = "h_crit = h_frac * (V / N), demarcating the split between propagating and non-propagating orographic gravity waves"
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[ogw_density_scale_factor]
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value = 1.2
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type = "float"
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description = "Density scale factor (ρscale)"
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[ogw_reference_mountain_width]
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value = 80000.0
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type = "float"
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description = "Reference mountain width (L0) in meters"
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[ogw_linear_drag_coefficient]
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value = 0.9
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type = "float"
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description = "Linear drag coefficient (a0); (equation 13)"
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[ogw_nonlinear_drag_coefficient]
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value = 3.0
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type = "float"
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description = "Nonlinear drag coefficient (a1); equation (13)"
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[ogw_critical_froude_number]
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value = 0.7
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type = "float"
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description = "Critical Froude number (Fr_crit) computed from the critical height threshold"

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