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for readying a particular set of data for production simulation runs is to run a very controlled simulation until fluctuations are greatly dampened and bounce about some average, expected value (of total energy, for example). This often entails forcing the temperature, pressure, etc., of the system to a (near) constant until such a condition is reached. Once a steady-state is reached, equilibrium or near-equilibrium dynamics can be run with little expected problems. In the case if ECOMsi, the researchers report that a simulation time of 72 hours (3 days) is required to equilibrate the south Bay waters. As you can see, this is in some cases as long as the production runs themselves.

As can be seen from the above, it turns out that ECOMsi serves as an excellent model to examine to start to understand some of the basics of dynamical simulation studies. Next week, we'll try to gleen even more knowledge as we conclude our trip through the San Diego Bay (Project).

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