MOCHA Original Data Format

Summary of MOCHA files:

The heat transports at RAPID-MOCHA are provided with N_LEVELS, TIME, and variables:

  • Q_eddy

  • Q_ek

  • Q_fc

  • Q_gyre

  • Q_int.

Again, we have a situation where N_PROF isn’t really appropriate. Maybe N_COMPONENT? WE should double check that things called N_COMPONENT then somehow sum to produce a total? Then we would have something like MHT_COMPONENTS (N_COMPONENT, TIME) and MHT (TIME)

But we also have things like:

  • T_basin (TIME, N_LEVELS)

  • T_basin_mean (N_LEVELS)

  • T_fc_fwt (TIME)

  • V_basin (TIME, N_LEVELS) –> is this identical to new RAPID velo sxn?

  • V_basin_mean (N_LEVELS)

  • V_fc (TIME, N_LEVELS)

Potential reformats:

So this might be suggested as a TEMPERATURE (TIME, N_LEVELS) but unclear how to indicate that this is a zonal mean temperature as compared to the ones which are TEMPERATURE (N_PROF, TIME, N_LEVELS) for the full sections.

  • Heat Transport Components:

    • Q_eddy, Q_ek, Q_fc, Q_gyre, Q_int → suggest MHT_COMPONENT (N_COMPONENT, TIME)

    • Total: MHT (TIME)

  • Additional Variables:

    • T_basin, V_basin, T_fc_fwt, etc.

    • These suggest basin-mean properties: TEMPERATURE (TIME, N_LEVELS)

  • Note: N_COMPONENT should indicate summable components if applicable