--- manual/s_examples/rotating_tank/tank.tex 2004/07/26 16:21:15 1.3 +++ manual/s_examples/rotating_tank/tank.tex 2004/07/26 17:52:43 1.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_examples/rotating_tank/tank.tex,v 1.3 2004/07/26 16:21:15 afe Exp $ +% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_examples/rotating_tank/tank.tex,v 1.4 2004/07/26 17:52:43 afe Exp $ % $Name: $ \bodytext{bgcolor="#FFFFFFFF"} @@ -13,22 +13,28 @@ %{\large May 2001} %\end{center} -This is the first in a series of tutorials describing -example MITgcm numerical experiments. The example experiments -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. -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. - \section{A Rotating Tank in Cylindrical Coordinates} \label{sect:eg-tank} \label{www:tutorials} +This section illustrates an example of MITgcm simulating a laboratory +experiment on much smaller scales than those common to geophysical +fluid dynamics. + +\subsection{Overview} +\label{www:tutorials} + + +This example experiment demonstrates using the MITgcm to simulate +a laboratory experiment with a rotating tank of water with an ice +bucket in the center. The simulation is configured for a laboratory +scale on a +$3^{\circ}$ $\times$ 20cm +cyclindrical grid with twenty-nine vertical +levels. +\\ + + This example experiment demonstrates using the MITgcm to simulate a Barotropic, wind-forced, ocean gyre circulation. The experiment