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coupling.dat definitions

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Hi,

I am little bit confused about units of the fields that are imported into ROMS. In mct_roms_wrf.h file the heat fluxes are converted from Watts/m2 to Celsius m/s by multiplying -1.0_r8/(rho0*Cp) ratio but in bulk_flux.F file the flux variables are multiplying with Hscale again. Why? What is the effect of the minus sign in scale variable. Is it necessary? Are these files are consistent? I think that the bulk_flux.F is correct but in this case what is the correct units for coupling fields. I try to send the as W/m2 but in this case model is crashed. There is no updated information about it in ROMS wiki and forum and any suggesting will be helpful.

Thanks,

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