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Hi Martin,</div>
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Many thanks for this clarification about the RBCS and other forcing schemes. </div>
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All the best,</div>
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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 78, 121)">Dr Paul Burns MInstP FRMetS</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 25 February 2022 06:36<br>
<b>To:</b> MITgcm Support <mitgcm-support@mitgcm.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MITgcm-support] RBCS scheme query</font>
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Hi Paul,<br>
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yes, that’s what it is meant to do, linear interpolation between records in the forcing files. This is true for any forcing file in the MITgcm, exf, rbcs, obcs, default as soon as the “ForcingPeriod” (or time interval between forcing records) is set to values
> 0).<br>
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Martin<br>
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> On 24. Feb 2022, at 12:26, Burns, Paul <P.Burns2@exeter.ac.uk> wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> I wish to check a detail about the operation of the RBCS scheme. This is probably a very basic question, but I wish to be certain how the scheme operates.<br>
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> I am supplying the RBCS scheme with a single file that contains my forcing data that varies over time. The time interval between my force fields (i.e. rbcsForcingPeriod) is greater than the model timestep, which isn't ideal, but I implemented it to keep
the forcing file size practical.<br>
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> So I wish to check if the RBCS scheme will simply interpolate my force data to the model timestep, so that my force is applied at every model timestep?<br>
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> Many thanks,<br>
> Paul<br>
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> Dr Paul Burns MInstP FRMetS<br>
> Research Fellow<br>
> Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Group<br>
> Department of Mathematics<br>
> Harrison Building<br>
> University of Exeter<br>
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