<p><b>ringler@lanl.gov</b> 2013-03-19 16:45:53 -0600 (Tue, 19 Mar 2013)</p><p>documented (most) variables from uTransport through gradVor_n and tend<br>
</p><hr noshade><pre><font color="gray">Modified: branches/xml_registry/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml
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--- branches/xml_registry/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml        2013-03-19 21:43:06 UTC (rev 2628)
+++ branches/xml_registry/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml        2013-03-19 22:45:53 UTC (rev 2629)
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@
                 &lt;var name=&quot;v&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uTransport&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uTransport&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;horizontal velocity used to transport mass and tracers&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;uBolusGM&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
@@ -639,101 +639,101 @@
                 &lt;var name=&quot;h_kappa_q&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;divergence&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;divergence&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;divergence of horizonal velocity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;vorticity&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;vorticity&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;curl of horizontal velocity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;vorticity averaged from vertices to edges&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;h_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;h_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m&quot;
+                     description=&quot;layer thickness averaged from cell center to edges&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;h_vertex&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;h_vertex&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;m&quot;
+                     description=&quot;layer thickness averaged from cell center to vertices&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;ke&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;ke&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;kinetic energy of horizonal velocity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;kev&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;kev&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;kinetic energy of horizonal velocity defined at vertices&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;kevc&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;kevc&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;kinetic energy of horizonal velocity defined at vertices&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;ke_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;ke_edge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;kinetic energy of horizonal velocity defined at edges&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_vertex&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_vertex&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;curl of horizontal velocity defined at vertices&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_cell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;Vor_cell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;curl of horizontal velocity defined at cell centers&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructX&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructX&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;component of horizontal velocity in the x-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructY&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructY&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;component of horizontal velocity in the y-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructZ&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructZ&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;component of horizontal velocity in the z-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructZonal&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructZonal&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;component of horizontal velocity in the eastward direction&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructMeridional&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uReconstructMeridional&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;component of horizontal velocity in the northward&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructX&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructX&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;wind stress in the x-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructY&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructY&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;wind stress in the y-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructZ&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructZ&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;wind stress in the z-direction (cartesian)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructZonal&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructZonal&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;wind stress in the eastward direction&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructMeridional&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;uSrcReconstructMeridional&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;wind stress in the northward direction&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;MontPot&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;pressure&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;pressure&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;N m^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;pressure used in the velocity equation&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;wTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;vertVelocityTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;vertVelocityTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;vertical velocity defined at center (horizonally) and top (vertically) of cell&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;rhoDisplaced&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;BruntVaisalaFreqTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;BruntVaisalaFreqTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;Brunt Vaisala frequency defined at the center (horizontally) and top (vertically) of cell&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;viscosity&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;viscosity&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;horizontal viscosity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;vh&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;vh&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;thickness flux in the tangent direction (from vertex1 to vertex2)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;circulation&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;circulation&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nVertices Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;area-integrated vorticity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;gradVor_t&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;gradVor_t&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1} m^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;gradient of vorticity in the tangent direction (from vertex1 to vertex2)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;gradVor_n&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;gradVor_n&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;s^{-1} m^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;gradient of vorticity in the normal direction (from cell1 to cell2)&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;areaCellGlobal&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;Time&quot; streams=&quot;o&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
                      description=&quot;&quot;
@@ -1034,38 +1034,38 @@
         &lt;/var_struct&gt;
         &lt;var_struct name=&quot;tend&quot; time_levs=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
                 &lt;var_array name=&quot;tracers&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot;&gt;
-                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_temperature&quot; array_group=&quot;dynamics&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;temperature&quot;
-                             description=&quot;&quot;
+                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_temperature&quot; array_group=&quot;dynamics&quot; units=&quot;K s^{-1}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;temperature&quot;
+                             description=&quot;time tendency of potential temperature&quot;
                         /&gt;
-                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_salinity&quot; array_group=&quot;dynamics&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;salinity&quot;
-                             description=&quot;&quot;
+                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_salinity&quot; array_group=&quot;dynamics&quot; units=&quot;PSU s^{-1}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;salinity&quot;
+                             description=&quot;time tendency of salinity measured as change in practical salinity units per second&quot;
                         /&gt;
-                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_tracer1&quot; array_group=&quot;testing&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;tracer1&quot;
-                             description=&quot;&quot;
+                        &lt;var name=&quot;tend_tracer1&quot; array_group=&quot;testing&quot; units=&quot;tracer s^{-1}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;tracer1&quot;
+                             description=&quot;time tendency of an arbitary tracer&quot;
                         /&gt;
                 &lt;/var_array&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_u&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;u&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_u&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-2}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;u&quot;
+                     description=&quot;time tendency of normal component of velocity&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_h&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;h&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_h&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;h&quot;
+                     description=&quot;time tendency of layer thickness&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_ssh&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot; name_in_code=&quot;ssh&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;tend_ssh&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot; name_in_code=&quot;ssh&quot;
+                     description=&quot;time tendency of sea-surface height&quot;
                 /&gt;
         &lt;/var_struct&gt;
         &lt;var_struct name=&quot;diagnostics&quot; time_levs=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;RiTopOfCell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;RiTopOfCell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;nondimensional&quot;
+                     description=&quot;gradient Richardson number defined at the center (horizontally) and top (vertically)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;RiTopOfEdge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;RiTopOfEdge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;nondimensional&quot;
+                     description=&quot;gradient Richardson number defined at the edge (horizontally) and top (vertically)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;vertViscTopOfEdge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;vertViscTopOfEdge&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nEdges Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;vertical viscosity defined at the edge (horizontally) and top (vertically)&quot;
                 /&gt;
-                &lt;var name=&quot;vertDiffTopOfCell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;vertDiffTopOfCell&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;vertical diffusion defined at the edge (horizontally) and top (vertically)&quot;
                 /&gt;
         &lt;/var_struct&gt;
 &lt;/registry&gt;

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