[MITgcm-support] stretched grid

[Chris Hill]

Its fully possible and extremely easy as follows:

 1 either Alistair checks in some code or 
 2 you write/edit about ten lines of code or
 3 Alistair gives you the code he has, you try it and then check it in.

all three are very doable I think! 

Chris 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org 
> [mailto:mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of 
> Patrick Heimbach
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:05 AM
> To: mitgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> Subject: RE: [MITgcm-support] stretched grid
> 
> Does that mean that,
> yes it's possible, but strictly,
> it's not fully implemented?
> -p.
> 
> Quoting Alistair Adcroft <adcroft at MIT.EDU>:
> 
> > Yes it is quite possible. The only thing the model does 
> wrong is that 
> > it assumes we're on a cube grid when reading the 
> curvilinear grid data 
> > - I have fixed this in my own version but need to check/rectify it 
> > with the latest cube stuff.
> > 
> > The grid generation needs to give point-to-point distances 
> and surface 
> > areas for the four grids of model variables (T,U,V,Zeta) as 
> defined in GRID.h .
> > 
> > A.
> > --
> > Dr Alistair Adcroft            http://www.mit.edu/~adcroft
> > MIT Climate Modeling Initiative        tel: (617) 253-5938
> > EAPS 54-1523,  77 Massachusetts Ave,  Cambridge,  MA,  USA
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org 
> > [mailto:mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of Patrick 
> > Heimbach
> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:52 PM
> > To: adcroft at MIT.EDU
> > Cc: mitgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> > Subject: [MITgcm-support] stretched grid
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Alistair,
> > 
> > is it possible to run the model on a stretched orthogonal grid?
> > 
> > I reckon, it should be (fairly easy) as long as it is orthogonal, 
> > right?
> > All that needs to be done should be to generate correct face cells 
> > that are then read by the model.
> > Is there any documentation of what input the model needs (and which 
> > secret flags need to be set)?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > -Patrick
> > 
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