Merge branch 'mark-petersen/ocean/redi-flux-limiter' into next (PR #5945

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A quasi-monotone flux limiter for isopycnal diffusion (Redi)

This PR addresses a range of issues concerning the isopycnal diffusion
operator (Redi):
* Updating the use of the triad slopes in one of the Redi fluxes.
* Correcting the implementation of the Redi fluxes.
* Adding a new new quasi-monotone flux limiting strategy that attempts
  to prevent the development of non-monotone tracer values.

[non-BFB]
[CC]

components/mpas-ocean/bld/build-namelist

@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_use_surface_taper');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_enable');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_min');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_limit_term1');
+add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter');
+add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_horizontal_taper');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_horizontal_ramp_min');

components/mpas-ocean/bld/build-namelist-section

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_use_surface_taper');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_enable');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_min');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_N2_based_taper_limit_term1');
+add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter');
+add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_horizontal_taper');
 add_default($nl, 'config_Redi_horizontal_ramp_min');

components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml

@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
 <config_Redi_N2_based_taper_enable>.true.</config_Redi_N2_based_taper_enable>
 <config_Redi_N2_based_taper_min>0.1</config_Redi_N2_based_taper_min>
 <config_Redi_N2_based_taper_limit_term1>.true.</config_Redi_N2_based_taper_limit_term1>
+<config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter>.true.</config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter>
+<config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor>0.9</config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor>
 <config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms>6</config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms>
 <config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms ocn_grid="ARRM10to60E2r1">15</config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms>
 <config_Redi_horizontal_taper>'ramp'</config_Redi_horizontal_taper>

components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_definition_mpaso.xml

@@ -447,6 +447,22 @@ Valid values: .true. or .false.
 Default: Defined in namelist_defaults.xml
 </entry>
 
+<entry id="config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter" type="logical"
+	category="Redi_isopycnal_mixing" group="Redi_isopycnal_mixing">
+If true, fluxes are reduced to prevent tracers from violating monotonicity. Cross-term fluxes are scaled toward zero to prevent tracers from under/overshooting the min/max values in adjacent cells and layers
+
+Valid values: .true. or .false.
+Default: Defined in namelist_defaults.xml
+</entry>
+
+<entry id="config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor" type="real"
+	category="Redi_isopycnal_mixing" group="Redi_isopycnal_mixing">
+A safety factor applied to flux scaling when monotonicity is violated. Smaller values scale fluxes toward zero more aggressively.
+
+Valid values: A value between 0 and 1
+Default: Defined in namelist_defaults.xml
+</entry>
+
 <entry id="config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms" type="integer"
 	category="Redi_isopycnal_mixing" group="Redi_isopycnal_mixing">
 Redi diagonal terms (2 and 3) are turned off from layer 1 through config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms-1, and on from config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms to nVertLevels. The Redi diagonal terms are not guaranteed to produce bounded tracer fields, and in practice produce growing temperatures in a few columns with fewer than 5 vertical cells. Redi is meant for isopycnal mixing in the deep ocean, so not applying Redi diagonal terms in very shallow regions is an acceptable solution.

components/mpas-ocean/src/Registry.xml

@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@
 					description="If true, the N2 limiting is applied to the horizontal diffusion term"
 					possible_values=".true. or .false."
 		/>
+		<nml_option name="config_Redi_use_quasi_monotone_limiter" type="logical" default_value=".true."
+					description="If true, fluxes are reduced to prevent tracers from violating monotonicity. Cross-term fluxes are scaled toward zero to prevent tracers from under/overshooting the min/max values in adjacent cells and layers"
+					possible_values=".true. or .false."
+		/>
+		<nml_option name="config_Redi_quasi_monotone_safety_factor" type="real" default_value="0.9"
+					description="A safety factor applied to flux scaling when monotonicity is violated. Smaller values scale fluxes toward zero more aggressively."
+					possible_values="A value between 0 and 1"
+		/>
 		<nml_option name="config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms" type="integer" default_value="6"
 					description="Redi diagonal terms (2 and 3) are turned off from layer 1 through config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms-1, and on from config_Redi_min_layers_diag_terms to nVertLevels. The Redi diagonal terms are not guaranteed to produce bounded tracer fields, and in practice produce growing temperatures in a few columns with fewer than 5 vertical cells. Redi is meant for isopycnal mixing in the deep ocean, so not applying Redi diagonal terms in very shallow regions is an acceptable solution."
 					possible_values="any integer between 0 (all layers on) and nVertLevels (all layers off)"