Content of Output

The fields described in Table 2.1 are written to q.out and qmean.out in the following manner:

• The timesteps are written out in ascending order.
• At each timestep, the entire spatial grid for each variable is outputted to the file.
• Each spatial grid is written out in conventional FORTRAN array format (with the first index written out in ascending order, then the second index, and so on). Thus, the array for zonal wind (baroclinic mode) is written out in the following order:

  
  
  
  
  

• The order of variable output is that given in the variables list in Table 2.1. A total of 31 variables are output. Note that variables are output as REAL 4, not REAL 8.

  
Table 2.1: Variables outputted into q.out and q.mean.

Note that some of the variable units given in Table 2.1 are ``non-conventional,'' i.e. they are in units different from those in which they are usually found. For instance, precipitation is usually given in mm/day; the model outputs the parameter in . A few conversion factors to more ``conventional'' units are given below: