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title: Explore scan() for implementation of ICON graupel()
tags: [functional cycle 10]

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# Explore scan() for implementation of ICON graupel()

###### tags: `functional cycle 10`

Explore new `scan()` functionality for writing single column solvers with ICON graupel() routine. 

Developers: David, Nikki, Linus

Appetite: 3 weeks

## Idea
Write a toy implementation of the primary algorithmic motif of graupel(): vector multiply + implicit sedimentation in functional GT4Py. Continuously implement special cases on that toy.

## Goals
 1. Test scan 
 2. Gather and implement missing features, specifically of scan but also in general, for this scheme

## Not (yet) goals:
 - Performance, code beauty
 - Completeness, scientific usefullness (wont implement a real scheme)
 - Full single column abstraction

## Potential Issues
 - Handling of lower boundary conditions
 - Explicit indices
 - offsets on IF statements

## Required Featrues:
### For [satad](https://github.com/C2SM/icon4py/tree/satad):
- [x] Docstings in field_operator (Nikki)
- [ ] Discuss/shape fixed-size for loop or recursion (Linus)
- [ ] Shape multiple returns form where (Nikki)
- [ ] local, global, compile-time constants (Peter)

### For [graupel_stub](https://github.com/leuty/graupel_standalone/tree/graupel_stub)
- [x] ternary in scan_operator (Till, fast track)
- [ ] Shape local IF statement in scan_operator (Till)
- [ ] think about optimized returning CellDim field. Maybe hotfix possible? (Till)
