temperature missing from governing equations documentation

[asalmgren]

I don't see any description of temperature in the governing equations:

[hgopalan]

We solve the convection diffusion equation with source terms and the temperature is coupled through the Boussinesq approximation for the incompressible flow.

[asalmgren]

1. It would be good to document that the code solves for temperature and what equation it solves.

2. when using the anelastic constraint, if we start with rho = rho0(z) and theta = constant, do you believe that theta should stay constant?

[hgopalan]

I guess the code updates the initial temperature profile to account for rho=rho0(z). The temperature profile should remain similar to the initial profile.

[marchdf]

Thanks for pointing that documentation miss. We need to copy things out of the paper and into the documentation... Here's a screenshot of the relevant section though:

Though of course the anelastic stuff isn't part of that description since it was written before.

if we start with rho = rho0(z) and theta = constant, do you believe that theta should stay constant?

I would yes. I believe that's what we set up the reg test to do and things don't seem to be moving there. Are you not seeing that?

[asalmgren]

What is the formulation of the theta update equation when doing anelastic?

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