Force

Domain-independent source code for interpolation of NRL (Naval Research Laboratory) format wind/flux files on "native" grid to HYCOM model grid.

HYCOM-tools/force/src

All programs read regional.grid.b at run-time to get idm and jdm for the particular region being processed. They may also read regional.grid.a to find the grid location.

The Makefile is configured to key on ../../config/$(ARCH)_setup for machine-dependent definitions, see the Config Setup wiki page. When running on (say) a Linux PC, ARCH is "intel*" and an individual make command for gfortran might be:
make zero ARCH=intelGF >& Make_zero.log

Typically all executables are created just once by editing Make_all.src for the correct ARCH and then issuing the command csh Make_all.csh.

Executables that use the netCDF library (version 4.X) are created just once by editing HYCOM-tools/Make_ncdf.src for the correct root directory and then issuing the command csh Make_ncdf.csh. The netCDF library is at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/ These are optional, ignore Make_ncdf.csh if you don't want to use NetCDF.

The wind/flux data sets are input on their native grid, from standard NRL format wind/flux files (a Fortran unformatted sequential file with a single header record identifying wind dates, followed by the wind/flux data). There is also a wind "offset" input file, that is often zero but allows the annual mean wind to be from a different wind data set. The offset can also be a different field for each sample time. This allows combining a climatology with an anomaly field.

The output data sets are atmospheric forcing in MKS (except temperature is in degrees C), with heat flux positive into the ocean. They also include any bias or minimum wind speed constraints.