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--- manual/s_examples/barotropic_gyre/baro.tex	2001/10/22 11:55:47	1.3
+++ manual/s_examples/barotropic_gyre/baro.tex	2001/10/25 18:36:54	1.4
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 \section{Example: Barotropic Ocean Gyre In Cartesian Coordinates}
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 
 This is the first in a series of sections describing
 example MITgcm numerical experiments. The example experiments 
-include both straightforward examples of idealised geophysical 
+include both straightforward examples of idealized geophysical 
 fluid simulations and more involved cases encompassing
 large scale modeling and
 automatic differentiation. Both hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic 
 experiments are presented, as well as experiments employing
-cartesian, spherical-polar and cube-sphere coordinate systems.
+Cartesian, spherical-polar and cube-sphere coordinate systems.
 These ``case study'' documents include information describing
 the experimental configuration and detailed information on how to
 configure the MITgcm code and input files for each experiment.
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 \subsection{Experiment Overview}
 
 This example experiment demonstrates using the MITgcm to simulate
-a barotropic, wind-forced, ocean gyre circulation. The experiment 
-is a numerical rendition of the gyre circulation problem simliar
+a Barotropic, wind-forced, ocean gyre circulation. The experiment 
+is a numerical rendition of the gyre circulation problem similar
 to the problems described analytically by Stommel in 1966 
 \cite{Stommel66} and numerically in Holland et. al \cite{Holland75}.
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 is configured to represent a rectangular enclosed box of fluid,
 $1200 \times 1200 $~km in lateral extent. The fluid is $5$~km deep and is forced
 by a constant in time zonal wind stress, $\tau_x$, that varies sinusoidally
-in the ``north-south'' direction. Topologically the grid is cartesian and 
+in the ``north-south'' direction. Topologically the grid is Cartesian and 
 the coriolis parameter $f$ is defined according to a mid-latitude beta-plane 
 equation
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 \\
 \\
 Figure \ref{FIG:simulation_config}
-summarises the configuration simulated.
+summarizes the configuration simulated.
 
 \begin{figure}
 \begin{center}
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
 The model is configured in hydrostatic form. The implicit free surface form of the
 pressure equation described in Marshall et. al \cite{Marshall97a} is
 employed.
-A horizontal laplacian operator $\nabla_{h}^2$ provides viscous
+A horizontal Laplacian operator $\nabla_{h}^2$ provides viscous
 dissipation. The wind-stress momentum input is added to the momentum equation
 for the ``zonal flow'', $u$. Other terms in the model
-are explicitly switched off for this experiement configuration (see section
+are explicitly switched off for this experiment configuration (see section
 \ref{SEC:code_config} ), yielding an active set of equations solved in this
 configuration as follows 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 \subsubsection{Numerical Stability Criteria}
 
-The laplacian dissipation coefficient, $A_{h}$, is set to $400 m s^{-1}$.
+The Laplacian dissipation coefficient, $A_{h}$, is set to $400 m s^{-1}$.
 This value is chosen to yield a Munk layer width \cite{Adcroft_thesis},
 
 \begin{eqnarray}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 \noindent The model is stepped forward with a 
 time step $\delta t=1200$secs. With this time step the stability 
-parameter to the horizontal laplacian friction \cite{Adcroft_thesis}
+parameter to the horizontal Laplacian friction \cite{Adcroft_thesis}
 
 
 
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@
 \item {\it code/CPP\_OPTIONS.h},
 \item {\it code/SIZE.h}. 
 \end{itemize}
-contain the code customisations and parameter settings for this 
-experiements. Below we describe the customisations
+contain the code customizations and parameter settings for this 
+experiments. Below we describe the customizations
 to these files associated with this experiment.
 
 \subsubsection{File {\it input/data}}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 
 \item Line 7, \begin{verbatim} viscAh=4.E2, \end{verbatim} this line sets
-the laplacian friction coefficient to $400 m^2s^{-1}$
+the Laplacian friction coefficient to $400 m^2s^{-1}$
 \item Line 10, \begin{verbatim} beta=1.E-11, \end{verbatim} this line sets
 $\beta$ (the gradient of the coriolis parameter, $f$) to $10^{-11} s^{-1}m^{-1}$
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 startTime=0,
 \end{verbatim}
 this line indicates that the experiment should start from $t=0$
-and implicitly supresses searching for checkpoint files associated
+and implicitly suppresses searching for checkpoint files associated
 with restarting an numerical integration from a previously saved state.
 
 \item Line 29,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 usingCartesianGrid=.TRUE.,
 \end{verbatim}
 This line requests that the simulation be performed in a 
-cartesian coordinate system.
+Cartesian coordinate system.
 
 \item Line 41,
 \begin{verbatim}
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@
 \subsubsection{File {\it input/data.pkg}}
 
 This file uses standard default values and does not contain
-customisations for this experiment.
+customizations for this experiment.
 
 \subsubsection{File {\it input/eedata}}
 
 This file uses standard default values and does not contain
-customisations for this experiment.
+customizations for this experiment.
 
 \subsubsection{File {\it input/windx.sin\_y}}
 
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@
 \subsubsection{File {\it code/CPP\_OPTIONS.h}}
 
 This file uses standard default values and does not contain
-customisations for this experiment.
+customizations for this experiment.
 
 
 \subsubsection{File {\it code/CPP\_EEOPTIONS.h}}
 
 This file uses standard default values and does not contain
-customisations for this experiment.
+customizations for this experiment.