[MITgcm-support] help: u and v open boudary

[Matthew Mazloff]

Hi Xiaohui

Some help is below

Matt

On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Maxiaohui wrote:

> Dar all,
>   I have downloaded u and v datas from ecco group ( http://www.ecco- 
> group.org/eccolas/servlets/dataset?catitem=132) to prepare open  
> boudary for my experiment .Is this data ok if I aplly it as the  
> open boudary condition?

Yes

> I want to use the results from the large scale in my concerned area  
> and  interpolate the results to high resolution ,then use them as  
> the open boudary conditions. Is this feasible to do in this way?

yes...i would be careful to conserve transport into (out of) the region

>   Now I am confused, do I need to download the 12 months datas from  
> surface to bottom or I only need to download one month data?

this is up to you, the model can do either

> So what's the format of u and v for the open boudary? Is it u 
> (x,z,t) or just u(x,z) or other formats?

this depends on your answer to the last question

>   Thank you  very much for your help!
> Sincerely,
> Xiaohui Ma
>
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