[MITgcm-devel] seeking algo for globally unique per-tile file names

[Chris Hill]

Ed,

 The array W2_myTileList (W2_EXCH2_PARAMS.h) has for each bi=1:nsx,bj=1 a
unique global tile number

Chris 

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> [mailto:mitgcm-devel-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of Ed Hill
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:44 PM
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> Subject: [MITgcm-devel] seeking algo for globally unique 
> per-tile file names
> 
> 
> Hi Andy & Chris,
> 
> I'm trying to come up with a simple method for generating 
> globally unique per-tile file names for mnc.  I understand 
> that the "iG,jG"
> method as used in mdsio is not valid for W2/exch2.  And I've 
> noticed the comment in pkg/exch2/W2_EXCH2_PARAMS.h that says:
> 
> C     W2 tile id variables (tile ids are no longer a function of
> C     process and subgrid indicies).
> 
> But in spite of that comment, could we somehow determine 
> global tile indices using only the three variables: [myThid, 
> bi, bj]?  Perhaps we could add a common block with a 
> myTileIDs(bi,bj) variable that gets initialized by the 
> wrapper at thread start-up?
> 
> Or is there a better way?
> 
> Ed
> 
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