[MITgcm-support] vertical grid points and velocities

[Martin Losch]

Hi Michael,

W is defined at the point defined by the coordinate arrays XC, YC, RF 
(1:end-1) (defined in the grid.*.nc files). The attributes of W in  
the "state*" files are not correct, unfortunately.

Martin

On 20 Feb 2007, at 20:12, Michael Beck wrote:

> good afternoon everyone
>
> I am looking at the vertical velocity fields in the model and when  
> i load then into matlab it is loading at points xc,yc,zc, iter  
> (according to attributes.W) but when i look at the manual it looks  
> like the vertical components should be on the top/bottom of the  
> continuity cells and not in the centre, http://mitgcm.org/ 
> r2_web_testing/latest/online_documents/node48.html . Can anyone  
> tell me where these points are?
>
> thanks
>
> michael beck
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Michael Beck
>
> Dept. of Oceanography
> Florida State University
> Tallahassee
> Florida
>
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