[MITgcm-support] input files for regional model

[Jonny Williams]

Super! Thanks a lot for that, I'll give it a go!

Jonny


On 5 December 2013 18:32, Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248) <
Dimitris.Menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>  For lat/lon gid, you don't need any grid information files.
> You specify everything in runtime parameter file "data"
> See, for example, MITgcm/verification/lab_sea/input/data
>
>   &PARM04
>  usingSphericalPolarGrid=.TRUE.,
>  delX=20*2.E0,
>  delY=16*2.E0,
>  delZ= 10., 10., 15., 20., 20., 25., 35., 50., 75.,
>        100., 150., 200., 275., 350., 415., 450.,
>        500., 500., 500., 500., 500., 500., 500.,
>  ygOrigin=46.,
>  xgOrigin=280.,
>  rSphere = 6371.D3,
>  &
>
>   On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Jonny Williams wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
>  I'm attempting to modify the Arctic regional model described here...
>
>  http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm_contrib/arctic/cs_36km/readme.txt
>  http://ecco2.jpl.nasa.gov/data1/arctic/run_template2/README_arctic2.txt
>
>  My question is regarding the coordinate system. The Arctic model uses
> "usingCurvilinearGrid=.TRUE.," in the data input file but I want to use a
> regular latitude-longitude grid ("usingCartesianGrid=.TRUE.").
>
>  When I do this, do I also need all of the many other input files needed
> (LATC.bin, LONC.bin, RA.bin, RAW.bin etc etc)?
>
>  If I don't need these files, then whereabouts do I specify information
> regarding the grid system?
>
>  Many thanks :)
>
>  Jonny
>
>
>
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