This directory contains the original llc2160 bathymetry and mask files, which includes several land lakes that have not been filled. RC.data :: vertical coordinate of center of cell (m) RF.data :: vertical coordinate of face of cell (m) DRC.data :: Cell center separation along Z axis (m) DRF.data :: Cell face separation along Z axis (m) RhoRef.data :: vertical profile of reference density PHrefC.data :: reference potential density at cell centers PHrefF.data :: reference potential density at cell faces XC.data :: longitude East of center of grid cell XG.data :: longitude East of southwest corner of grid cell YC.data :: latitude North of center of grid cell YG.data :: latitude North of southwest corner of grid cell DXC.data :: Cell center separation in X across western cell wall (m) DXG.data :: Cell face separation in X along southern cell wall (m) DYC.data :: Cell center separation in Y across southern cell wall (m) DYG.data :: Cell face separation in Y along western cell wall (m) Depth.data :: Model bathymetry (m) AngleCS.data :: cosine(alpha) relative to geographic direction at grid cell center AngleSN.data :: 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.data:: cosine of grid orientation angle at U point location V2zonDir.data:: minus sine of orientation angle at V point location RAC.data :: vertical face area of tracer cell (m^2) RAS.data :: vertical face area of v cell (m^2) RAW.data :: vertical face area of u cell (m^2) RAZ.data :: vertical face area of vorticity points (m^2) hFacC.data :: mask of tracer cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) length(hFacC(:,:,:,1)) = 35159453 length(hFacC(:)) = 2493334940 hFacS.data :: mask of v cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) length(hFacS(:,:,:,1)) = 35085831 length(hFacS(:)) = 2486126499 hFacW.data :: mask of u cell (0 is land, >0 is wet) length(hFacW(:,:,:,1)) = 35090587 length(hFacW(:)) = 2486440609 Also look at ~dmenemen/MITgcm/model/inc/GRID.h for more details The grid is lat/lon from 70S to 57N (jx=1441:5760;)