[MITgcm-support] Partial horizontal cells?

[Martha Buckley]

Hi Christopher,
As far as I know the answer is no, but if you find any answers, I'd  
definitely be curious about what they are as well.
thanks,
Martha

On Jun 8, 2010, at 7:29 PM, Christopher L. Wolfe wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know if there a way to use partial horizontal cells  
> (like partial bottom cells in the vertical, but in the horizontal)  
> to represent thin land-masses? I'm trying to compare a coarse- 
> resolution simulation to an eddy-resolving simulation. They both  
> have flat bottoms, but the eddy-resolving model has wall-like land- 
> masses which are much thinner than the horizontal cells in the  
> coarse resolution model. This makes it difficult to transform  
> between the two grids while preserving things like total tracer  
> content.
>
> Any help would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher
>
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> Dr. Christopher L. Wolfe              	   858-534-4560
> Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography
> Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD  clwolfe at ucsd.edu
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