how to output SST ?

[Joeailvyou]

Dear,
How to output SST from ROMS ?
I am confused with SST from ROMS, because I didn't see the option to output SST in the roms.in. The only option I see is Aout(idTvar) == T T ! temp, salt temperature and salinity. If I have output temp(lon,lat,vertical_level) with vertical_level=35, is temp(:,:,35) SST ?

Looking forward from you soon!
Best wishes.

[wilkin]

If you just want SST, use the "quicksave" file outputs and in roms.in set to TRUE the temp_sur option ...

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Qout(idsurT) == T F     ! temp_sur, salt_sur surface temperature and salinity

which is explained in the GLOSSARY at the end of every roms.in ...

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!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Logical switches (T/F) to activate writing of instantaneous fields into
! QUICKSAVE file.
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
! Qout(idTvar)   Write out active (NAT) tracers: temperature and salinity.

[arango]

Yes, we call that field surface potential temperature representing the finite volume integral of the top model-level grid cube. ROMS has no formal governing equation for the actual SST or skin SST. It requires the physics of the ocean-atmosphere turbulent boundary layer. In the past, we have considered adding such computation diagnostically, but it is a matter of selecting the proper formulation and spending some time coding and testing it.