A map of our "first draft proposed" boxes is attached.  We have boxes at
several latitudes in order to map out dependence of mixing on latitude.  The
boxes are 4 degree by 4 degree, except for one box which is 8 degree by 8
degree.  The latter will be used to compute horizontal wavenumber/frequency
spectra for SWOT purposes (i.e. to look at contributions of high- vs
low-frequencies to the wavenumber spectrum of SSH).  We will start with the
box centered on lats 18-22N, lons 200-204E, and after we get a sense of the
resources needed to do the runs, we may adjust the locations and numbers of
boxes as needed.  We should also add one more box centered on the California
Current SWOT CrossOver point.

There are 7 McLane profiler moorings in the North Pacific that we wish to
compare to.  So some of the boxes are situated so that we can compare to the
McLane data.

We will aim to do the runs over the time period March 16-June 16, with the
idea that the first month will represent spinup and the latter two can be
compared to the IWAP moorings (the northernmost 6 moorings).  The IWAP
moorings span April 25-June 16 2006.  We can't do the model runs in 2006 but
can at least match the time of year.  

The southernmost mooring, from the HOME experiment, is included in the lats
18-22N, lons 200-204E box.  That mooring runs from 14 August to 7 October
2002.  If resources permit, we may want to run that box longer so that we get
to the same period as the mooring.  If we can't do that, we will at least be
computing latitudinally dependent mixing over the same time periods in all the
boxes.

Here are the lats and lons of the boxes, and the lats, lons, and observation
times of the McLane profilers:

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Box 1
lats 0N-4N, lons 196E-200E

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Box 2
lats 6N-10N, lons 196E-200E

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Box 3
lats 12N-16N, lons 196E-200E

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Box 4
lats 18N-22N, lons 200E-204E

Includes data from McLane profiler home02_MP1, obtained from Matthew Alford.
McLane lat: 21.2325 N 
McLane lon: 201.9905 E
McLane record time:  14-Aug-2002 until 07-Oct-2002

NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST BOX WE WILL RUN IN

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Box 5
lats 24N-28N, lons 193E-197E

Includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP1
McLane lat: 25.4891 N
McLane lon: 194.8452 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 04-Jun-2006

Also includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP2
McLane lat: 27.7690 N
McLane lon: 196.0301 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 5-June-2006 

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Box 6
lats 28N-32N, lons 194E-198E

Includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP3
McLane lat: 28.8996 N
McLane lon: 196.5105 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 13-Jun-2006

Also includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP4
McLane lat: 30.1313 N
McLane lon: 197.1155 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 17-May-2006

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Box 7
lats 32N-36N, lons 197E-201E

Also includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP5
McLane lat: 32.9074 N
McLane lon: 198.5968 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 7-Jun-2006

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Box 8
36N-44N, lons 197E-205E

Also includes data from McLane profiler IWAP6_MP6
McLane lat: 37.0691 N
McLane lon: 200.7840 E
McLane record time:  25-Apr-2006 until 8-Jun-2006

NOTE that this box is larger (8 degree by 8 degree) because we want to compute
frequency-horizontal wavenumber spectra from one of the boxes, and we need a
larger
box to do that. This region has strong internal tides so it is a good region
to look at high-frequency contributions to the wavenumber spectrum.  If
resources permit, we might want to run this box longer in order to look at
seasonal changes in both low- and high-frequency motions.

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Box 9
46N-50N, lons 197E-201E