--- manual/s_getstarted/text/customization.tex	2006/04/20 22:09:08	1.6
+++ manual/s_getstarted/text/customization.tex	2009/08/06 19:12:47	1.9
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 for the packages are located in the package descriptions), their meaning, 
 and their default values:
 
-{\footnotesize \begin{verbatim}
-
-\end{verbatim} }
+\input{./part3/main-parms.tex}
 
 In what follows the parameters are grouped into categories related to
 the computational domain, the equations solved in the model, and the
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@
   through the logical variables \textbf{usingCartesianGrid},
   \textbf{usingSphericalPolarGrid}, and \textbf{usingCurvilinearGrid}.
   In the case of spherical and curvilinear grids, the southern
-  boundary is defined through the variable \textbf{phiMin} which
+  boundary is defined through the variable \textbf{ygOrigin} which
   corresponds to the latitude of the southern most cell face (in
   degrees). The resolution along the x and y directions is controlled
   by the 1D arrays \textbf{delx} and \textbf{dely} (in meters in the
@@ -204,9 +202,19 @@
 \begin{description}
 \item[initialization] \ 
   
-  The velocity components are initialized to 0 unless the simulation
-  is starting from a pickup file (see section on simulation control
-  parameters).
+  The initial horizontal velocity components can be specified from 
+  binary files \textbf{uVelInitFile} and \textbf{vVelInitFile}.
+  These files should contain 3D data ordered in an (x,y,r) fashion with 
+  k=1 as the first vertical level (surface level). 
+  If no file names are provided, the velocity is initialised to zero.
+  The initial vertical velocity is always derived from the horizontal velocity
+  using the continuity equation, even in the case of non-hydrostatic simulation 
+  (see, e.g.: {\it tutorial\_deep\_convection/input/data}).
+
+  In the case of a restart (from the end of a previous simulation), 
+  the velocity field is read from a pickup file
+  (see section on simulation control parameters) 
+  and the initial velocity files are ignored.
 
 \item[forcing] \