Fort.37: Temperature Boundary Condition Input File

The Temperature Boundary Condition Input File (fort.37) is used when the RES_BC_FLAG parameter is set to -3, 3, -4, or 4 in the fort.15 file. This file specifies temperature 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, (TEMPBC(k,m), m=1, NFEN)
    end k loop
end i loop

Notes

  • This file is only required when running simulations with RES_BC_FLAG = -3, 3, -4, or 4

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

  • Each dataset should include a comment line with the date

  • TEMPBC(k,m) represents the temperature value at node k and vertical level m

  • NFEN is the number of vertical levels in the model