# Options of the 1D-simulation pour FIRE: 14-7-1987 8:00
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The simulation is defined in the EUROCS model-intercomparison project (Duynkerke
et al. 2004), and is based on measurements during the FIRE I stratocumulus experiment
performed off the coast of California in July 1987 (Albrecht et al. 1988). The case
consists of a 37-hour simulation, starting at 0800 UTC (= 00 LT) on 14 July 1987 with
idealized initial profiles and large-scale forcings. The initial and boundary conditions are
based on observations described in Blascovic et al. (1991), Betts (1990), Hignett (1991)
and Duynkerke and Teixera (2001).

Initial profiles and forcings are in the file fire.nc

forcing_type=50
similar to forcing_radconv but iflag_radia=1
time_ini=8.         
rlat=33.2            ! latitude
rlon =-119.5         ! longitude
nat_surf=0.          ! 0=ocean
tsurf=289.           ! SST (not used if type_ts_forcing=1 in lmdz1d.F)
psurf=101250.        ! surface pressure

Numerical simulation of the diurnal cycle of marine stratocumulus during FIRE—An LES and SCM modelling study 
Chlond et al., QJRMS 2004

Observations and numerical simulations of the diurnal cycle of the EUROCS stratocumulus case, 
Duynkerke QJRMS 2004