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Hi, everyone.</div>
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I try to use<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> </span>tidal forcing in MITgcm through <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">turning</span> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">momTidalForcing <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">on</span></span>,
then I found that geopotential tidal forcing is needed, </div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">C >>> EXF_ALLOW_TIDES <<<</span>
<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">C If defined, 2-D tidal geopotential can be read-in from files</span></div>
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But I'm not sure how to get the data, can I just download it from ERA5 or somewhere else? Or should I calculate it by myself?</div>
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Any suggestions are welcome.</div>
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Best,</div>
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Leming</div>
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