[MITgcm-support] mask_values

[Martin Losch]

Letizia,

there is no code (that I know of) that reads "masks" per se. The  
model generates masks from the topography file. These are then  
written as hFacC, hFacS, hFacW (actually the fractional cell  
thickness for theta, u, and v-points, anything >0 is ocean,  
anything==0 is "dry"). If your input fields (e.g. theta) has non  
zeros values over land, they are simply ignored. if your input theta  
has zero values in the ocean (where hfacc turns out to be >0) then  
the model stops assuming that this is incorrect (ini_theta.F). So you  
have to make sure beforehand that your bathymetry file and our  
initial conditions match up.
Maybe it's a good idea to study one of the tutorial examples closely  
to see how it works, e.g. tutorial_global_oce_latlon.

Martin
On 7 Oct 2008, at 14:44, Letizia Congedi wrote:

>
> Dear All,
> I am using the input data (for mitgcm) containing the masks (-999999).
>
> Do you know where to incorporate the reading of the masks values in  
> the mitgcm?
> which rows in the code read mask values?
>
>
> thank you
>
>
> letizia
>
>
>
>
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> Dt. Letizia Congedi
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