[MITgcm-support] grid question

[Ping Zhai]

Hi Jody,
Thanks for your reply. I know that U, V and  S, T are calculated at 
different grids. I want to know whether MITgcm keeps these grids in the 
output or they interpolate the output U, V ...... on a normalized grids. 
Do you know that?
Best,
Ping

On 12/4/2012 1:14 PM, Jody Klymak wrote:
> Hi Ping,
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> Sec 2.11 Spatial discretization of the dynamical equations, of my version of the manual explains xc versus xg. I think in general "g" means boundaries (i.e. u in the x-direction), and "c" means centers (i.e. density).
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> Cheers,   Jody
>
> On Dec 4, 2012, at  10:02 AM, Ping Zhai <pingzhai at MIT.EDU> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I have a question about the grids of some variables. The grids: XC, XG, YC, YG, RC and RG.
>> My output files are like: U.0000691200.data and U.0000691200.meta
>> What horizontal and vertical grids do these variables (U, V, Eta, S, T, UUtave, UTtave, ......) use?
>> I searched in MITgcm manual, but could not find the information.
>> Best,
>> Ping
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