ecco_monthly_harmonics.py

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

Source code

Calling Sequence

usage: ecco_monthly_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]
                                 {kf080i,dr080i,Cube92,V4r3,V4r4} [{kf080i,dr080i,Cube92,V4r3,V4r4} ...]

Positional Arguments

model

Possible choices: kf080i, dr080i, Cube92, V4r3, V4r4

ECCO Model

  • 'kf080i': ECCO Near Real-Time Kalman filter analysis

  • 'dr080i': ECCO Near Real-Time RTS smoother analysis

  • 'Cube92': ECCO2 Cube92 models

  • 'V4r3': ECCO Version 4, Revision 3 models

  • 'V4r4': ECCO Version 4, Revision 4 models

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

Input and output data format

--verbose, -V

Verbose output of processing run

--mode, -M

Permission mode of directories and files