3x3-deg region south of Southern tip of India, centered at 3.5S, 78.5E extracted from llc_4320 (global simulation on 1/48th-degree lat-lon-cap grid) to a depth of 1 km. 2-D output files are 144x156 Real*4 IEEE big-endian binary 3-D output files are 144x156x52 Real*4 IEEE big-endian binary ============ Grid information is in subdirectory "grid" thk90.mat :: dpt90(1:52) and thk90(1:52) are vertical coordinates in m of cell centers and thicknesses, respectively XC_144x156 :: longitude East of center of grid cell XG_144x156 :: longitude East of southwest corner of grid cell YC_144x156 :: latitude North of center of grid cell YG_144x156 :: latitude North of southwest corner of grid cell DXC_144x156 :: Cell center separation in X across western cell wall (m) DXG_144x156 :: Cell face separation in X along southern cell wall (m) DYC_144x156 :: Cell center separation in Y across southern cell wall (m) DYG_144x156 :: Cell face separation in Y along western cell wall (m) Depth_144x156 :: Model bathymetry (m) AngleCS_144x156 :: cosine(alpha) relative to geographic direction at grid cell center AngleSN_144x156 :: sine(alpha) relative to geographic direction at grid cell center alpha = angle of model uVel direction vs geographical East = angle of model vVel direction vs geographical North (AngleCS*uVelc - AngleSN*vVelc, AngleSN*uVelc + AngleCN*vVelc) rotates model velocity to geographical coordinates, where (uVelc,vVelc) is model velocity vector at center of grid cell U2zonDir_144x156 :: cosine of grid orientation angle at U point location V2zonDir_144x156 :: minus sine of orientation angle at V point location RAC_144x156 :: vertical face area of tracer cell (m^2) RAS_144x156 :: vertical face area of v cell (m^2) RAW_144x156 :: vertical face area of u cell (m^2) RAZ_144x156 :: vertical face area of vorticity points (m^2) hFacC_144x156x52 :: mask of tracer cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) hFacS_144x156x52 :: mask of v cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) hFacW_144x156x52 :: mask of u cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) ============ Available hourly output is: Eta.*.data sea surface height (m) KPPhbl.*.data mixing layer depth (m) PhiBot.*.data bottom pressure SIarea.*.data fractional ice-covered area [0 to 1] SIheff.*.data effective ice thickness (m) SIhsalt.*.data effective salinity (g/m^2) SIhsnow.*.data effective snow thickness (m) SIuice.*.data zonal (relative to grid) ice velocity, >0 from West to East (m/s) SIvice.*.data merid. (relative to grid) ice velocity, >0 from South to North (m/s) Salt.*.data salinity (g/kg) Theta.*.data potential temperature (deg C) U.*.data zonal (relative to grid) velocity, >0 from West to East (m/s) V.*.data merid. (relative to grid) velocity, >0 from South to North (m/s) W.*.data vertical velocity (m/s) oceQnet.*.data net upward surface heat flux (including shortwave), >0 decreases theta (W/m^2) oceQsw.*.data net upward shortwave radiation, >0 decreases theta (W/m^2) oceSflux.*.data net upward salt flux, >0 decreases salinity (g/m^2/s) oceTAUX.*.data zonal (relative to grid) surface wind stress, >0 increases uVel (N/m^2) oceTAUY.*.data meridional (relative to grid) surf. wind stress, >0 increases vVel (N/m^2) Please note that U, V, oceTAUX, oceTAUY, SIuice, and SIvice are aligned relative to model grid, not geographical coordinates, and that they are specified at the SouthWest C-grid velocity points. All other scalar fields are specified at the tracer point, i.e., the center of each grid box. ============