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How does CSE deal with low mass surfaces when using forward-difference

I've been reviewing the code for CSE and haven't been able to find an easy answer to the following question -

How does California Simulation Engine avoid numerical instability while using euler forward difference surface models with fixed time steps (usually 2 mins)? Thin exterior layers that see solar are particularly problematic.

Are there adaptive time steps, or are exterior layers treated as massless?

How does CSE deal with low mass surfaces when using forward-difference

I've been reviewing the code for CSE and haven't been able to find an easy answer to the following question -

How does California Simulation Engine avoid numerical instability while using euler forward difference surface models with fixed time steps (usually 2 mins)? Thin exterior layers that see solar are particularly problematic.

Are there adaptive time steps, or are exterior layers treated as massless?