--- manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex 2006/04/05 02:27:33 1.32 +++ manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex 2006/04/08 15:29:05 1.34 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex,v 1.32 2006/04/05 02:27:33 edhill Exp $ +% $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/manual/s_getstarted/text/getting_started.tex,v 1.34 2006/04/08 15:29:05 edhill Exp $ % $Name: $ %\section{Getting started} @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ code and CVS. It also contains a web interface to our CVS archive so that one may easily view the state of files, revisions, and other development milestones: -\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} +\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \begin{verbatim} http://mitgcm.org/source_code.html \end{verbatim} @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ the files in \texttt{CVS}! You can also use CVS to download code updates. More extensive information on using CVS for maintaining MITgcm code can be found -\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} +\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} here \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} . @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ us if you should need to send us your copy of the code. If a recent tar file does not exist, then please contact the developers through the -\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} +\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} mailing list. @@ -404,15 +404,14 @@ \item \texttt{aim.5l\_LatLon} - Intermediate Atmospheric physics. Global configuration, on latitude longitude grid with 128x64x5 grid - points ($2.8^\circ{\rm degree}$ resolution). + points ($2.8^\circ$ resolution). \item \texttt{adjustment.128x64x1} Barotropic adjustment problem on - latitude longitude grid with 128x64 grid points ($2.8^\circ{\rm - degree}$ resolution). + latitude longitude grid with 128x64 grid points ($2.8^\circ$ resolution). \item \texttt{adjustment.cs-32x32x1} Barotropic adjustment problem on - cube sphere grid with 32x32 points per face ( roughly $2.8^\circ{\rm - degree}$ resolution). + cube sphere grid with 32x32 points per face (roughly $2.8^\circ$ + resolution). \item \texttt{advect\_cs} Two-dimensional passive advection test on cube sphere grid. @@ -550,7 +549,7 @@ provide help writing or modifing ``optfiles''. And we encourage users to post new ``optfiles'' (particularly ones for new machines or architectures) to the -\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} +\begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} MITgcm-support@mitgcm.org \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} list. @@ -658,29 +657,29 @@ written out, which is made of the following files: \begin{itemize} -\item \texttt{U.00000nIter} - zonal component of velocity field (m/s and $> -0 $ eastward). +\item \texttt{U.00000nIter} - zonal component of velocity field (m/s + and positive eastward). -\item \texttt{V.00000nIter} - meridional component of velocity field (m/s -and $> 0$ northward). +\item \texttt{V.00000nIter} - meridional component of velocity field + (m/s and positive northward). -\item \texttt{W.00000nIter} - vertical component of velocity field (ocean: -m/s and $> 0$ upward, atmosphere: Pa/s and $> 0$ towards increasing pressure -i.e. downward). +\item \texttt{W.00000nIter} - vertical component of velocity field + (ocean: m/s and positive upward, atmosphere: Pa/s and positive + towards increasing pressure i.e. downward). -\item \texttt{T.00000nIter} - potential temperature (ocean: $^{0}$C, -atmosphere: $^{0}$K). +\item \texttt{T.00000nIter} - potential temperature (ocean: + $^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$, atmosphere: $^{\circ}\mathrm{K}$). -\item \texttt{S.00000nIter} - ocean: salinity (psu), atmosphere: water vapor -(g/kg). +\item \texttt{S.00000nIter} - ocean: salinity (psu), atmosphere: water + vapor (g/kg). -\item \texttt{Eta.00000nIter} - ocean: surface elevation (m), atmosphere: -surface pressure anomaly (Pa). +\item \texttt{Eta.00000nIter} - ocean: surface elevation (m), + atmosphere: surface pressure anomaly (Pa). \end{itemize} The chain \texttt{00000nIter} consists of ten figures that specify the -iteration number at which the output is written out. For example, \texttt{% -U.0000000300} is the zonal velocity at iteration 300. +iteration number at which the output is written out. For example, +\texttt{U.0000000300} is the zonal velocity at iteration 300. In addition, a ``pickup'' or ``checkpoint'' file called: @@ -717,7 +716,7 @@ with every netCDF install: \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \begin{verbatim} - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/ +http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/ \end{verbatim} \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} and it converts the netCDF binaries into formatted ASCII text files. @@ -726,12 +725,17 @@ to plot netCDF data and it runs on most OSes: \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \begin{verbatim} - http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html +http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html \end{verbatim} \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \item MatLAB(c) and other common post-processing environments provide various netCDF interfaces including: + \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} +\begin{verbatim} +http://mexcdf.sourceforge.net/ +\end{verbatim} + \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \begin{rawhtml} \end{rawhtml} \begin{verbatim} http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/staffpages/cdenham/public_html/MexCDF/nc4ml5.html