<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 @@
         &lt;/nml_record&gt;
         &lt;nml_record name=&quot;hmix_del2&quot;&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_use_mom_del2&quot; type=&quot;logical&quot; default_value=&quot;.false.&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                            description=&quot;If true, the Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation.&quot;
+                            description=&quot;If true, Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation.&quot;
                             possible_values=&quot;.true. or .false.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_use_tracer_del2&quot; type=&quot;logical&quot; default_value=&quot;.false.&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                            description=&quot;If true, the Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation.&quot;
+                            description=&quot;If true, Laplacian horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation.&quot;
                             possible_values=&quot;.true. or .false.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_mom_del2&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; default_value=&quot;0.0&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-1}&quot;
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@
         &lt;/nml_record&gt;
         &lt;nml_record name=&quot;hmix_del4&quot;&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_use_mom_del4&quot; type=&quot;logical&quot; default_value=&quot;.true.&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                            description=&quot;&quot;
+                            description=&quot;If true, biharmonic horizontal mixing is used on the momentum equation.&quot;
                             possible_values=&quot;.true. or .false.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_use_tracer_del4&quot; type=&quot;logical&quot; default_value=&quot;.false.&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                            description=&quot;&quot;
+                            description=&quot;If true, biharmonic horizontal mixing is used on the tracer equation.&quot;
                             possible_values=&quot;.true. or .false.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_mom_del4&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; default_value=&quot;5.0e13&quot; units=&quot;m^4 s^{-1}&quot;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                             possible_values=&quot;any positive real&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_tracer_del4&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; default_value=&quot;0.0&quot; units=&quot;m^4 s^{-1}&quot;
-                            description=&quot;Coefficient for horizontal biharmonic operator on momentum.&quot;
+                            description=&quot;Coefficient for horizontal biharmonic operator on tracers.&quot;
                             possible_values=&quot;any positive real&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;nml_option name=&quot;config_vorticity_del4_scale&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; default_value=&quot;1.0&quot; units=&quot;&quot;
@@ -702,20 +702,20 @@
                 &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;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;MontPot&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m^2 s^{-2}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;Montgomery potential, may be used as the pressure for isopycnal coordinates.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &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;
+                     description=&quot;pressure used in the momentum 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;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;wTop&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevelsP1 nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;m s^{-1}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;vertical transport through the layer interface at the top of the cell&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &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;
+                &lt;var name=&quot;rhoDisplaced&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nVertLevels nCells Time&quot; units=&quot;kg m^{-3}&quot;
+                     description=&quot;potential density displaced to the mid-depth of top layer&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &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;
@@ -843,13 +843,13 @@
                      description=&quot;Value of density function used to generate a particular mesh at cell centers.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;meshScalingDel2&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nEdges&quot; streams=&quot;ro&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                     description=&quot;Coefficient to Laplacian mixing terms in momentum and tracer equations, so that viscosity and diffusion scale with mesh.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;meshScalingDel4&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nEdges&quot; streams=&quot;ro&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                     description=&quot;Coefficient to biharmonic mixing terms in momentum and tracer equations, so that biharmonic viscosity and diffusion coefficients scale with mesh.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;meshScaling&quot; type=&quot;real&quot; dimensions=&quot;nEdges&quot; streams=&quot;ro&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
-                     description=&quot;&quot;
+                     description=&quot;Coefficient used for mesh scaling, such as the Leith parameter.&quot;
                 /&gt;
                 &lt;var name=&quot;cellsOnEdge&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; dimensions=&quot;TWO nEdges&quot; streams=&quot;iro&quot; units=&quot;unitless&quot;
                      description=&quot;List of cells that straddle each edge.&quot;

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