Changeset 13913 for NEMO/branches/2019/dev_r13813_ENHANCE-12_SimonM-Tides_doc/doc/latex/NEMO/subfiles/chap_SBC.tex

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2020-11-30T11:27:08+01:00 (3 years ago)

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smueller

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Minor adjustments of the documentation update associated with action ENHANCE-12_SimonM-Tides (2019 WP, ticket #2194)

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@@ -1025 +1025 @@
 \subsection{Tidal constituents}
 Ocean model component TDE provides the common functionality for tidal forcing
-and tidal analysis in the model framework. This includes the gravitational
-surface forcing, as well as supports lateral forcing at open boundaries (see
+and tidal analysis in the model framework. This includes the computation of the gravitational
+surface forcing, as well as support for lateral forcing at open boundaries (see
 \autoref{subsec:LBC_bdy_tides}) and tidal harmonic analysis (see
 \autoref{subsec:DIA_diamlr} and \autoref{subsec:DIA_diadetide}). The module is
@@ -1040 +1040 @@
   K2, K1, O1, Q1, P1, M4, Mf, Mm, Msqm, Mtm, S1, MU2, NU2, L2, and T2; see file
   \hf{tide}) and associated parameters that have been available in NEMO version
-  4.0 and earlier are available}. Constituents to be included in tidal forcing
+  4.0 and earlier are available}. Constituents to be included in the tidal forcing
 (surface and lateral boundaries) are selected by enumerating their respective
 names in namelist array \np{sn_tide_cnames}{sn\_tide\_cnames}.\par
@@ -1051 +1051 @@
   \Pi_{eq} + \Pi_{sal})
 \]
-where $\Pi_{eq}$ stands for the equilibrium tidal forcing scaled by a spatially
-uniform tilt factor $\gamma$, and, if selected, $\Pi_{sal}$ is an optional
+where $\gamma \Pi_{eq}$ stands for the equilibrium tidal forcing scaled by a spatially
+uniform tilt factor $\gamma$, and $\Pi_{sal}$ is an optional
 self-attraction and loading term (SAL). These additional terms are enabled when,
 in addition to \np[=.true.]{ln_tide}{ln\_tide}),
@@ -1068 +1068 @@
 to select the four tidal constituents of strongest equilibrium tidal
 potential). The tidal tilt factor $\gamma = 1 + k - h$ includes the
-Love numbers $k$ and $h$ \citep{love_prsla1909}; this value is
+Love numbers $k$ and $h$ \citep{love_prsla1909}; this factor is
 configurable using \np{rn_tide_gamma} (default value 0.7). Optionally,
 when \np[=.true.]{ln_tide_ramp}{ln\_tide\_ramp}, the equilibrium tidal
@@ -1078 +1078 @@
 discussion about the practical implementation of this term). The complex
 calculations involved in such computations, however, are computationally very
-expensive. Here, two mutually exclusive simpler variants are available: an
-oscillatory $\Pi_{sal}$ field for each of the selected tidal constituents
-generated by an external model can be read in
+expensive. Here, two mutually exclusive simpler variants are available:
+amplitudes generated by an external model for oscillatory $\Pi_{sal}$
+contributions from each of the selected tidal constituents can be read in
 (\np[=.true.]{ln_read_load}{ln\_read\_load}) from the file specified in
 \np{cn_tide_load}{cn\_tide\_load} (the variable names are comprised of the
-tidal-constituent name and suffixes \forcode{_z1} and \forcode{_z2} for two
-orthogonal oscillatory conponents, respectively); alternatively, a ``scalar
-approximation'' can be used (\np[=.true.]{ln_scal_load}{ln\_scal\_load}), where
+tidal-constituent name and suffixes \forcode{_z1} and \forcode{_z2} for the two
+orthogonal components, respectively); alternatively, a ``scalar approximation''
+can be used (\np[=.true.]{ln_scal_load}{ln\_scal\_load}), where
 \[
   \Pi_{sal} = \beta \eta,