1-
21# Connectivity files
32
4- ::: tip "Tip: Connecitivity File Download"
3+ ::: tip Connecitivity File Download
54
65A collection of connectivity files can
76be found on [ Zenodo] ( https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16908566 ) . The archive is
8- continually updated as more users inform us about the grids their data files
9- use.
7+ continually updated as more users inform us about the grids use.
108:::
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12- The horizontal grids used by EAM are cubed spheres. Since these are unstructed
13- grids, QuickView needs to know how to map data to the globe. Therefore, for each
14- simulation data file, a "connectivity file" needs to be provided.
10+ The horizontal grids used by E3SM's atmosphere component EAM, and sometimes the
11+ land component ELM as well, are cubed spheres. Since these are unstructed
12+ grids from ParaView's perspective, QuickView needs to know how to map data to the globe.
13+ Therefore, for each simulation data file, a "connectivity file" needs to be provided.
1514
1615In EAMv2, v3, and v4, most of the variables (physical quantities) are written
1716out on a "physics grid" (also referred to as "physgrid", "FV grid", or "control
18- volume mesh") described in
19- [ Hannah et al. (2021)] ( https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002419 ) . The naming
20- convention for such grids is ` ne*pg2 ` , with ` * ` being a number, e.g., 4, 30,
21- 120, 256. Further details about EAM's cubed-sphere grids can be found in EAM's
17+ volume mesh") described in [ Hannah et al. (2021)] ( https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002419 ) .
18+ The naming convention for such grids is ` ne*pg2 ` , with ` * ` being a number, e.g., 4, 30,
19+ 120, 256, 1024. Further details about EAM's cubed-sphere grids can be found in EAM's
2220documentation, for example in
2321[ this overview] ( https://e3sm.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOC/pages/34113147/SE+Atmosphere+Grid+Overview+EAM+CAM )
2422and
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ Future versions of QuickView will also support the cubed-sphere meshes used by
2826EAM's dynamical core, i.e., the ` ne*np4 ` grids (also referred to as "native
2927grids" or "GLL grids").
3028
31- ## Generate connectivity files
29+ ## Generating connectivity files
3230
3331Users can generate connectivity files with
3432[ ` TempestRemap ` ] ( https://github.com/ClimateGlobalChange/tempestremap )
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