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by itswx
Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:42 pm
Forum: ROMS Problems
Topic: Roms failing to read from surface forcing file
Replies: 2
Views: 1020

Re: Roms failing to read from surface forcing file

Not 5 minutes later, I tried and yes, it WAS the problem.

To any future users struggling to use era5 data (or any data for that matter), check for the 'stored_direction = "decreasing"' field on latitude or longitude, it will prevent ROMS from being able to regrid the data properly. Reversing the ...
by itswx
Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:27 pm
Forum: ROMS Problems
Topic: Roms failing to read from surface forcing file
Replies: 2
Views: 1020

Roms failing to read from surface forcing file

Hey all,

I'm having some difficulties with my input surface stress forcing file. Ive downloaded some era5 data from my time period of interest for forcing, but when I attempt to use it, ROMS reads it in as all 0s. The data is on a lat lon grid, so I am relying on ROMS' regridding function. Reading ...
by itswx
Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:07 pm
Forum: ROMS Discussion
Topic: Calculate u/vbar
Replies: 0
Views: 1021

Calculate u/vbar

Hey all,

I've been looking to run a ROMS simulation, but I am struggling to get my inital conditions file ready for a run. Mostly I am just unsure what fields I need defined. I'm only looking to simulate ocean currents, so right now I've got the initial u, v, and zeta at each rho point across all s ...