<p><b>mpetersen@lanl.gov</b> 2013-03-21 10:08:51 -0600 (Thu, 21 Mar 2013)</p><p>branch commit: add namelist and variables information.<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        2013-03-21 15:11:11 UTC (rev 2641)
+++ branches/xml_registry/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml        2013-03-21 16:08:51 UTC (rev 2642)
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="hmix_del2">
                <nml_option name="config_use_mom_del2" type="logical" default_value=".false." units="unitless"
-                 description="If true, the Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation."
+                 description="If true, Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation."
                 possible_values=".true. or .false."
                />
                <nml_option name="config_use_tracer_del2" type="logical" default_value=".false." units="unitless"
-                 description="If true, the Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation."
+                 description="If true, Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation."
                 possible_values=".true. or .false."
                />
                <nml_option name="config_mom_del2" type="real" default_value="0.0" units="m^2 s^{-1}"
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="hmix_del4">
                <nml_option name="config_use_mom_del4" type="logical" default_value=".true." units="unitless"
-                 description=""
+                 description="If true, biharmonic horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation."
                 possible_values=".true. or .false."
                />
                <nml_option name="config_use_tracer_del4" type="logical" default_value=".false." units="unitless"
-                 description=""
+                 description="If true, biharmonic horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation."
                 possible_values=".true. or .false."
                />
                <nml_option name="config_mom_del4" type="real" default_value="5.0e13" units="m^4 s^{-1}"
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                 possible_values="any positive real"
                />
                <nml_option name="config_tracer_del4" type="real" default_value="0.0" units="m^4 s^{-1}"
-                 description="Coefficient for horizontal biharmonic operator on momentum."
+                 description="Coefficient for horizontal biharmonic operator on tracers."
                 possible_values="any positive real"
                />
                <nml_option name="config_vorticity_del4_scale" type="real" default_value="1.0" units=""
@@ -702,20 +702,20 @@
                <var name="uSrcReconstructMeridional" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" streams="o" units="N m^{-2}"
                 description="wind stress in the northward direction"
                />
-                <var name="MontPot" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units=""
-                 description=""
+                <var name="MontPot" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units="m^2 s^{-2}"
+                 description="Montgomery potential, may be used as the pressure for isopycnal coordinates."
                />
                <var name="pressure" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units="N m^{-2}"
-                 description="pressure used in the velocity equation"
+                 description="pressure used in the momentum equation"
                />
-                <var name="wTop" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time" units=""
-                 description=""
+                <var name="wTop" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time" units="m s^{-1}"
+                 description="vertical transport through the layer interface at the top of the cell"
                />
                <var name="vertVelocityTop" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time" units="m s^{-1}"
                 description="vertical velocity defined at center (horizonally) and top (vertically) of cell"
                />
-                <var name="rhoDisplaced" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units=""
-                 description=""
+                <var name="rhoDisplaced" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units="kg m^{-3}"
+                 description="potential density displaced to the mid-depth of top layer"
                />
                <var name="BruntVaisalaFreqTop" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" streams="o" units="s^{-2}"
                 description="Brunt Vaisala frequency defined at the center (horizontally) and top (vertically) of cell"
@@ -843,13 +843,13 @@
                 description="Value of density function used to generate a particular mesh at cell centers."
                />
                <var name="meshScalingDel2" type="real" dimensions="nEdges" streams="ro" units="unitless"
-                 description=""
+                 description="Coefficient to Laplacian mixing terms in momentum and tracer equations, so that viscosity and diffusion scale with mesh."
                />
                <var name="meshScalingDel4" type="real" dimensions="nEdges" streams="ro" units="unitless"
-                 description=""
+                 description="Coefficient to biharmonic mixing terms in momentum and tracer equations, so that biharmonic viscosity and diffusion coefficients scale with mesh."
                />
                <var name="meshScaling" type="real" dimensions="nEdges" streams="ro" units="unitless"
-                 description=""
+                 description="Coefficient used for mesh scaling, such as the Leith parameter."
                />
                <var name="cellsOnEdge" type="integer" dimensions="TWO nEdges" streams="iro" units="unitless"
                 description="List of cells that straddle each edge."
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