[MITgcm-support] Write diagnostics with different vertical levels in same file

[Martin Losch]

quick answer: no, 2D and 3D fields cannot be mixed. You’ll get only the first level of UVEL (in my experience).

Martin

> On 18. Aug 2018, at 07:43, Bertrand Louis Rene Delorme <bdelorme at stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
>  
> I have a very quick question : using the diagnostics package, is it possible to write a single-level variable (e.g. ETAN) in the same file as a multi-level variable (e.g. UVEL)?
>  
> So far, I tried:
> &DIAGNOSTICS_LIST
> dumpAtLast = .FALSE.,
> diag_mnc = .TRUE.,
> fields(1:2,1) = 'UVEL    ', 'ETAN    ',
> fileName(1) = 'test',
> frequency(1) = 86400.0,
> timePhase(1) = 0.,
> &
> But this is giving UVEL at the surface only, where ETAN is defined. I would like to get UVEL in 3D and ETAN in 2D.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Bertrand
>  
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