ESCOMP / ESCOMP/atmospheric_physics
Geopotential height should be updated after dme_adjust
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Description
Currently the `dme_adjust` scheme updates the pressure and water species fields, both of which modify the geopotential heights. In CAM this is a non-issue because `dme_adjust` is always called at the end of physics. However, there is no way to really guarantee that in CAM-SIMA, and so a safer option would be to just simply call the `geopotential_temp` scheme after `dme_adjust` in any relevant suite files.
Note that currently `dme_adjust` is not actually needed for the two dycores currently enabled in CAM-SIMA (SE and MPAS), so this is a low-priority issue. However, if we ever bring on a moist pressure-based dycore (e.g. FV3 or the SE-NH dycore) then this will likely need to be resolved to ensure that there are no physical inconsistencies in the model state if a user or developer modifies the suite file.
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