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+Add RESCALE_STRONG_DRAG#962

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+Add RESCALE_STRONG_DRAG#962
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Added the new runtime option RESCALE_STRONG_DRAG, that can be set to true to reduce the barotropic contribution to the layer accelerations to account for the difference between the forces that can be counteracted by the stronger drag with BT_STRONG_DRAG and the average of the layer viscous remnants after a baroclinic timestep. In testing, this new capability eliminates some of the growing instabilities that can occur with an ice shelf and BT_STRONG_DRAG set to true. This commit also adds new diagnostics of the barotropic step viscous remnants and the eta anomalies contributing to barotropic pressure forces, either averaged over the barotropic step or at each barotropic step. By default all answers are bitwise identical, but there is a new runtime parameter and 4 new diagnostics.

@Hallberg-NOAA Hallberg-NOAA added bug Something isn't working enhancement New feature or request Parameter change Input parameter changes (addition, removal, or description) labels Aug 25, 2025
  Added the new runtime option RESCALE_STRONG_DRAG, that can be set to true to
reduce the barotropic contribution to the layer accelerations to account for the
difference between the forces that can be counteracted by the stronger drag with
BT_STRONG_DRAG and the average of the layer viscous remnants after a baroclinic
timestep.  In testing, this new capability eliminates some of the growing
instabilities that can occur with an ice shelf and BT_STRONG_DRAG set to true.
This commit also adds new diagnostics of the barotropic step viscous
remnants and the eta anomalies contributing to barotropic pressure forces,
either averaged over the barotropic step or at each barotropic step.  By
default all answers are bitwise identical, but there is a new runtime parameter
and 4 new diagnostics.
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This PR has passed pipeline testing at https://gitlab.gfdl.noaa.gov/ogrp/mom6ci/MOM6/-/pipelines/28774 with the expected warnings about new runtime parameters and diagnostics.

@Hallberg-NOAA Hallberg-NOAA merged commit e06aeb5 into NOAA-GFDL:dev/gfdl Sep 9, 2025
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