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EMMANUEL

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I would like to know which file to be used while (post-processing )? Is it grid.nc file or init. nc?

Kindly suggest on this thanking you
 
When you say post-processing, can you describe what you mean? Do you mean calculating offline diagnostics? Or creating graphical plots of output? The title of this post seems to be in regard to convert_mpas, are you curious about how convert_mpas works?
 
Yes my query was related to convert_MPAS. I could convert to lon-lat using the converter using grid.nc file or init.nc. But I would like to know what is the difference using either of the two.
mcurry said:
When you say post-processing, can you describe what you mean? Do you mean calculating offline diagnostics? Or creating graphical plots of output? The title of this post seems to be in regard to convert_mpas, are you curious about how convert_mpas works?
 
For this question I would consult the convert_mpas README.md, specifically, the running section. The first mesh file given in convert_mpas only needs to contain the MPAS mesh information. If your grid.nc and init.nc file have the same MPAS mesh information, then no difference occurs (except the init.nc might have more fields that are interpolated to the lat/lon grid).
 
Thank you for the information


mcurry said:
For this question I would consult the convert_mpas README.md, specifically, the running section. The first mesh file given in convert_mpas only needs to contain the MPAS mesh information. If your grid.nc and init.nc file have the same MPAS mesh information, then no difference occurs (except the init.nc might have more fields that are interpolated to the lat/lon grid).
 
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