[MITgcm-support] Re: MITgcm-support Digest, Vol 63, Issue 6

[Thomas Haine]

Hi Jean-Michel, 

Thanks for your reply, but I don't follow why pe_b is in m^3/s^2. It
looks like the formula in mon_ke.F is (essentially):

Sum [0.5 * gravity * eta^2 * area] / Total volume

which is m^2/s^2, or J/kg.

What am I missing here?

Thanks, Tom.

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> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Jean-Michel Campin <jmc at ocean.mit.edu>
> > Reply-To: mitgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> > To: mitgcm-support at mitgcm.org
> > Subject: Re: [MITgcm-support] Monitor units
> > Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:00:44 -0400
> > 
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > Those units are not well documented:
> > >From the monitor, ke is in m^2/s^2 , 
> > and since pe_b is for the external mode only, 
> > it's similar but vertically integrated, so that the units are
> > m^3/s^2 
> > (assuming you are not using pressure coordinates).
> > Cheers,
> > Jean-Michel
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Thomas Haine wrote:
> > > Hi, Can anyone tell me what units pe_b_mean and the ke diagnostics
> > in
> > > pkg/monitor are reported in?  I presume J/kg?
> > > Thanks, Tom.
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