[RegCNET] removing central point

[BI XUNQIANG]

Dear Svetlana:

You can avoid this kind of problem if you use iotyp=1 in regcm.in,

GrADS pdef function only supports direct access binary (iotyp=1) format,
not with the sequential binary format.

On Fri, 19 May 2006, [koi8-r] äÏÌÇÉÈ wrote:

> Dear all,
> I've run RegCM  with different domain sizes (150WEx105SN, 100WEx70SN,  75WEx50SN, and 50WEx25SN grid points) and with the same central point of Kazakhstan (48 N and 68 E).
> When I look at outputs, for example, ATM (see attached CTL files), central point is moved by 14 degree southward in the case of bigger domain (34 N and 68 E).
> Thus northern latitude is about of 56 N (northern boundary of Kazakhstan), while southern latitude of domain is about of 12 N (southern boundary of Kazakhstan is about 41 N).
> We use Lambert Conformal projection.
> Why does the central point move southward?
>
> Svetlana Dolgikh

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