--- manual/s_algorithm/text/spatial-discrete.tex 2004/10/16 03:40:12 1.17 +++ manual/s_algorithm/text/spatial-discrete.tex 2006/04/05 01:16:27 1.19 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_algorithm/text/spatial-discrete.tex,v 1.17 2004/10/16 03:40:12 edhill Exp $ +% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_algorithm/text/spatial-discrete.tex,v 1.19 2006/04/05 01:16:27 jmc Exp $ % $Name: $ \section{Spatial discretization of the dynamical equations} @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ The model domain is decomposed into tiles and within each tile a quasi-regular grid is used. A tile is the basic unit of domain decomposition for parallelization but may be used whether parallelized -or not; see section \ref{sect:tiles} for more details. Although the -tiles may be patched together in an unstructured manner +or not; see section \ref{sect:domain_decomposition} for more details. +Although the tiles may be patched together in an unstructured manner (i.e. irregular or non-tessilating pattern), the interior of tiles is a structured grid of quadrilateral cells. The horizontal coordinate system is orthogonal curvilinear meaning we can not necessarily treat @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ The above grid (Fig.~\ref{fig:vgrid}a) is known as the cell centered approach because the tracer points are at cell centers; the cell centers are mid-way between the cell interfaces. -This discretisation is selected when the thickness of the +This discretization is selected when the thickness of the levels are provided ({\bf delR}, parameter file {\em data}, namelist {\em PARM04}) An alternative, the vertex or interface centered approach, is shown in