[MITgcm-support] coarser cube-sphere grid

[Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248)]

Alan, I have not generated a global CS grid at ~40-km spacing.
I cc this answer to support list in case someone else has a ~40-km grid readily available.
If not your options are the following:

1. Generate a cube-sphere grid from scratch using scripts in
http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm_contrib/high_res_cube/

2. Adopt the new lat/lon/cap (LLC) grid for which grids are readily available at
4, 2, 1, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, and 1/48 degree grids.

I recommend you go with option 2 as this is where MITgcm/ECCO effort as a whole
is heading.  A description of the LLC grids and how to obtain them is here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40292774/ECCO3/gridsdispo.pdf

Cheers

Dimitris

On Dec 1, 2011, at 6:32 AM, <acondron at geo.umass.edu> <acondron at geo.umass.edu> wrote:

> Hi Dimitris,
> 
> I'm looking to run a coarser resolution integration of the cube-sphere
> grid to conduct some longer climate runs; 1/6d is too high resolution to
> easily integrate for much longer than 10-20 yrs.
> 
> I remember seeing a coarser (210x192) Arctic configuration, which I guess
> would be ~1/3 degree. Is there a global grid at the same resolution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alan