[MITgcm-support] what's the difference between U, V, W, salt in data.diagnostic and the output result

[Chun-Yan Zhou]

Hi all,
 I just test the case of global_ocean.90x40x15 and noticed that there is 'UVEL    ' 'VVEL    ' 'WVEL    ' 'Salt   ' in the data.Diagnostics included in a filename 'dynDiag', but when I compared the UVEL of the 'dynDiag' file with the U output file at the same iteration, they are not equal. I don't know what's the difference. 
 Any suggestion is much appreciated.
 
the data.diagnostics file as follows
&diagnostics_list
# diag_mnc     = .FALSE.,
# frequency(1) = 311040000.,
  frequency(1) = 864000.,
   filename(1) = 'surfDiag',
   fields(1,1) = 'ETAN    ','ETANSQ  ','DETADT2 ',
                 'PHIBOT  ','PHIBOTSQ',
#                'DSLPuFlw','DSLPvFlw',
# frequency(2) = 311040000.,
  frequency(2) = 864000.,
   filename(2) = 'dynDiag',
# do not specify levels => all levels are selected
   fields(1,2) = 'UVELMASS','VVELMASS','WVEL    ',
#                'UVEL    ','VVEL    ','PHIHYD  ',
                 'THETA   ','SALT    ','WVELSQ  ',
 
 
Chunyan Zhou
Division of Civil Engineering
School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics
College of Art, Science and Engineering
Fulton Building
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
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