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Dycore:wet mmr - The dycore needs interface is currently written for wet mixing ratios because ???internally, the dycore’s prognostic mass variable is total mass (not dry mass). Working with wet mixing ratios allows the dycore to simply compute tracer mass, without ever computing “dry mass”. Dry mass is an unusual quantity which would not normally be used within the dycore.
Atmosphere Driver:wet mmr - Because many variables passed to the AD are advected by the dycore, we decided to insist that all variables handled by the AD are wet.
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