[MITgcm-support] cubed sphere

[Chris Hill]

Great.

There are basic plotting functions at

http://dev.mitgcm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/MITgcm/utils/matlab/

cubelatlon.m and uvcube2latlon.m are useful.

Chris 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mitgcm-support-bounces at mitgcm.org] On Behalf Of Martin Losch
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:30 AM
> To: mitgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> Subject: Re: [MITgcm-support] cubed sphere
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> as I said before, the thing about the cubed sphere grid is 
> that I just don't know what I am doing. I guess the strange 
> features that I observed in the velocitiy fields (BTW, also 
> in the unchange verification experiments) are a result of me 
> not being able to transform VECTORS properly for 
> visualization. (Are there any matlab routines out there that 
> would do that for me?) Scalars are, as usual, simpler.
> 
> Do you agree? The fact that you have been fooled by my 
> ignorance tells me, that you are not that familiar with this 
> problem, either (o:
> 
> Martin
> 
> On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Martin Losch wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was so bold to run one of the cubed sphere experiments:
> > global_ocean.cs32x32x30
> >
> > Because I couldn't find any initial conditions for T and S, 
> I started 
> > from uniform fields (T=4degC and S=35psu), but with ncep forcing. I 
> > also use the seaice package, but that should not matter for the 
> > problem that is visible in the attached plot. The plot shows 
> > velocities and speed (abs(vel)) after 1 month of integration from 
> > rest, for the top layer (thickness 10m). What I find 
> puzzling is the 
> > feature before the coast of Venezuela, particularily 
> because it runs 
> > along the interface between two tiles. What is that?
> >
> > Martin
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