Fort.36: Salinity Boundary Condition Input File

The Salinity Boundary Condition Input File (fort.36) is used when the RES_BC_FLAG parameter is set to -2, 2, -4, or 4 in the fort.15 file. This file specifies salinity values for ocean boundary nodes at different vertical levels.

File Structure

The file format is as follows:

for i=1 to numberOfDataSets
    comment line (date)
    for k=1 to number_of_ocean_boundary_nodes
        k, (SALBC(k,m), m=1, NFEN)
    end k loop
end i loop

Notes

• This file is only required when running simulations with RES_BC_FLAG = -2, 2, -4, or 4

• The salinity values should be specified for all ocean boundary nodes

• Each dataset should include a comment line with the date

• SALBC(k,m) represents the salinity value at node k and vertical level m

• NFEN is the number of vertical levels in the model