Generate an ESMF mesh#

About#

TODO: why this is needed?

Steps#

  1. Uses the supergrid, ocean mask, and topography to create a netCDF file with the nominal grid of the model:

python gen_nc_grid.py

  1. Convert grid to a SCRIP convention file

module load ncl
ncl gen_scrip.ncl

  1. Create an ESMF mesh

qsub create__mesh

If these scripts run successfully, you should see file “mesh.nc” in your directory.

  1. Convert the mesh file to CDF5

nccopy -k cdf5 tx1_4_mesh_YYMMDD.nc tx1_4_mesh_YYMMDD_cdf5.nc