<p><b>ringler@lanl.gov</b> 2013-04-01 20:42:14 -0600 (Mon, 01 Apr 2013)</p><p>fixed a typo. added description of advection.<br>
</p><hr noshade><pre><font color="gray">Modified: trunk/mpas/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml
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--- trunk/mpas/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml        2013-04-01 22:16:47 UTC (rev 2694)
+++ trunk/mpas/src/core_ocean/Registry.xml        2013-04-02 02:42:14 UTC (rev 2695)
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
                />
                <nml_option name="config_Leith_dx" type="real" default_value="15000.0" units="m"
                 description="Characteristic length scale, usually the smallest dx in the mesh"
-                 possible_values=""any positive real
+                 possible_values="any positive real"
                />
                <nml_option name="config_Leith_visc2_max" type="real" default_value="2.5e3" units="m^2 s^{-1}"
                 description="Upper bound on the allowable value of Leith-computed viscosity"
@@ -361,25 +361,25 @@
                />
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="advection">
-                <nml_option name="config_vert_tracer_adv" type="character" default_value="'stencil'" units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_vert_tracer_adv" type="character" default_value="'stencil'" units="unitless"
+                 description="Method for interpolating tracer values from layer centers to layer edges"
+                 possible_values="'spline' and 'stencil'"
                />
-                <nml_option name="config_vert_tracer_adv_order" type="integer" default_value="3" units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_vert_tracer_adv_order" type="integer" default_value="3" units="unitless"
+                 description="Order of polynomial used for tracer reconstruction at layer edges"
+                 possible_values="2, 3 and 4"
                />
-                <nml_option name="config_horiz_tracer_adv_order" type="integer" default_value="3" units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_horiz_tracer_adv_order" type="integer" default_value="3" units="unitless"
+                 description="Order of polynomial used for tracer reconstruction at cell edges"
+                 possible_values="2, 3 and 4"
                />
-                <nml_option name="config_coef_3rd_order" type="real" default_value="0.25" units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_coef_3rd_order" type="real" default_value="0.25" units="non-dimensional"
+                 description="Reconstruction of 3rd-order reconstruction to blend with 4th-order reconstuction"
+                 possible_values="any real between 0 and 1"
                />
-                <nml_option name="config_monotonic" type="logical" default_value=".true." units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_monotonic" type="logical" default_value=".true." units="unitless"
+                 description="If .true. then fluxes are limited to produce a monotonic advection scheme"
+                 possible_values=".true. and .false."
                />
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="bottom_drag">
@@ -399,19 +399,19 @@
                />
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="eos">
-                <nml_option name="config_eos_type" type="character" default_value="'jm'" units=""
-                 description=""
-                 possible_values=""
+                <nml_option name="config_eos_type" type="character" default_value="'jm'" units="unitless"
+                 description="Character string to choose EOS formulation"
+                 possible_values="Jackett McDougall EOS = 'jm' and Linear EOS = 'linear'"
                />
        </nml_record>
        <nml_record name="eos_linear">
                <nml_option name="config_eos_linear_alpha" type="real" default_value="2.55e-1" units="kg m^{-3} C^{-1}"
                 description="Linear thermal expansion coefficient"
-                 possible_values="any real, but typically positive"
+                 possible_values="any positive real"
                />
                <nml_option name="config_eos_linear_beta" type="real" default_value="7.64e-1" units="kg m^{-3} PSU^{-1}"
                 description="Linear haline contraction coefficient"
-                 possible_values="any real, but typically positive"
+                 possible_values="any positive real"
                />
                <nml_option name="config_eos_linear_Tref" type="real" default_value="19.0" units="C"
                 description="Reference temperature"
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