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  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq1" href="#faq1_2">How do I set up a vertical grid?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq12" href="#faq12_2">My results show platform/compiler/CPU dependency.
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq13" href="#faq13_2">Run crashed with a fort.11 error message"QUICKSEARCH: no intersecting edge....".
 
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  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq10"  href="#faq10_2">How to do a tidal simulation with SELFE?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq5"  href="#faq5_2">How do I make GOTM libraries?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq2"  href="#faq2_2">How do I choose the flags in lqk.gr3?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq3"  href="#faq3_2">My river and plume are too fresh.</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq4"  href="#faq4_2">I'd like to add some passive tracer transport to SELFE. How can I interface my own code to it?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq6"  href="#faq6_2">How to impose river discharge if the depth is negative there?</A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq8"  href="#faq8_2"> How do I set up sflux/ using NARR (North America only) files in the
 
        Utility Library for atmospheric model (nws=2)? </A>
 
  <LI>  <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq7"  href="#faq7_2"> How do I prepare my own netcdf files for atmospheric model (nws=2)? </A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq9"  href="#faq9_2">  My non-hydrostatic run blows up. </A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq14"  href="#faq14_2"> I have large velocity at open boundary </A>
 
  <LI> <A "#anchorA" NAME="faq15"  href="#faq15_2"> My run crashed; how can I find out
 
    why?</A>
 
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<p> <b><font color="#FF0000"><a name="faq1_2">How do I set up a vertical grid? </a></font></b></p>
 
    <p> </p> You should set it up according to your application. The first question to ask is whether a "pure S" model is
 
sufficient for your problem. We found it's adequate for most problems (99.9%) except when strong stratification encounters
 
steep bottom slope (e.g., strongly stratified Columbia River plume flows over a shelf break
 
  with slope in excess of 1/20). In the S part of vgrid.in, adjust the constants h_c, theta_b, theta_f to resolve appropriate
 
boundary layers. Note that h_c also determines the boundary between S-zone and sigma-zone (where traditional sigma-coordinates
 
are used becasue S-transformation is invalid when h &lt h_c).
 
 
If (in the unlikely case that) a SZ model is needed, h_s may be chosen as the max. depth of the shelf, and make sure there is
 
a smooth transition between S and Z coordinates. You can get a preview of some sample z-coordinates at various depths
 
by running the code with the pre-processor flag (ipre in param.in) turned on.
 
 
<p> <a href="#faq1">go back</a></p>
 

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