ecco_llc_tile_harmonics.py

Reads monthly ECCO ocean bottom pressure anomalies from LLC tiles and converts to spherical harmonic coefficients [2]

Calling Sequence

usage: ecco_llc_tile_harmonics.py [-h] [--directory DIRECTORY]
                                  [--year YEAR [YEAR ...]] [--lmax LMAX]
                                  [--mmax MMAX] [--love {0,1,2,3,4}]
                                  [--reference {CF,CM,CE}]
                                  [--format {ascii,netCDF4,HDF5}] [--verbose]
                                  [--mode MODE]
                                  {V4r4,V5alpha} [{V4r4,V5alpha} ...]

Positional Arguments

model

Possible choices: V4r4, V5alpha

ECCO Version 4 or 5 Model

'V4r4': Version 4, Revision 4
'V5alpha': ECCO Version 5, Alpha release

Named Arguments

--directory, -D

Working data directory

--year, -Y

Years of model outputs to run

--lmax, -l

Maximum spherical harmonic degree

--mmax, -m

Maximum spherical harmonic order

--love, -n

Possible choices: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Treatment of the Load Love numbers

0: Han and Wahr (1995) values from PREM [8]
1: Gegout (2005) values from PREM [6]
2: Wang et al. (2012) values from PREM [30]
3: Wang et al. (2012) values from PREM with hard sediment [30]
4: Wang et al. (2012) values from PREM with soft sediment [30]

--reference

Possible choices: CF, CM, CE

Reference frame for load Love numbers

'CF': Center of Surface Figure
'CM': Center of Mass of Earth System
'CE': Center of Mass of Solid Earth

--format, -F

Possible choices: ascii, netCDF4, HDF5

Output data format

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of processing run

--mode, -M

Permission mode of directories and files