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\subsection{CAL: The calendar package |
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Authors: Christian Eckert and Patrick Heimbach |
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This calendar tool was originally intended to enable the use of |
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absolute dates (Gregorian Calendar dates) in MITgcm. There is, |
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however, a fair number of routines that can be used independently of |
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the main MITgcm executable. After some minor modifications the whole |
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package can be used either as a stand-alone calendar or in connection |
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with any dynamical model that needs calendar dates. Some |
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straightforward extensions are still pending e.g. the availability of |
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the Julian Calendar, to be able to resolve fractions of a second, and |
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to have a time- step that is longer than one day. |
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\subsubsection{Basic assumptions for the calendar tool} |
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It is assumed that the SMALLEST TIME INTERVAL to be resolved is |
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ONE SECOND. |
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Further assumptions are that there is an INTEGER NUMBER OF |
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MODEL STEPS EACH DAY, and that AT LEAST ONE STEP EACH DAY is |
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made. |
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Not each individual routine depends on these assumptions; there |
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are only a few places where they enter. |
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\subsubsection{Format of calendar dates} |
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In this calendar tool a complete date specification is defined |
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as the following integer array: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c integer date(4) |
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c |
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c ( yyyymmdd, hhmmss, leap_year, dayofweek ) |
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c |
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c date(1) = yyyymmdd <-- Year-Month-Day |
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c date(2) = hhmmss <-- Hours-Minutes-Seconds |
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c date(3) = leap_year <-- Leap Year/No Leap Year |
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c date(4) = dayofweek <-- Day of the Week |
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c |
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c leap_year is either equal to 1 (normal year) |
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c or equal to 2 (leap year) |
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c |
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c dayofweek has a range of 1 to 7. |
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\end{verbatim} |
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In case the Gregorian Calendar is used, the first |
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day of the week is Friday, since day of the Gregorian |
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Calendar was Friday, 15 Oct. 1582. As a date array |
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this date would be specified as |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c refdate(1) = 15821015 |
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c refdate(2) = 0 |
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c refdate(3) = 1 |
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c refdate(4) = 1 |
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\end{verbatim} |
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\subsubsection{Calendar dates and time intervals} |
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Subtracting calendar dates yields time intervals. |
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Time intervals have the following format: |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c integer datediff(4) |
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c |
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c datediff(1) = # Days |
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c datediff(2) = hhmmss |
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c datediff(3) = 0 |
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c datediff(4) = -1 |
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\end{verbatim} |
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Such time intervals can be added to or can be subtracted from |
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calendar dates. Time intervals can be added to and be |
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subtracted from each other. |
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\subsubsection{Using the calendar together with MITgcm} |
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Each routine has as an argument the thread number that it is |
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belonging to, even if this number is not used in the routine |
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itself. |
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In order to include the calendar tool into the MITgcm |
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setup the MITgcm subroutine "initialise.F" or the routine |
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"initilise\_fixed.F", depending on the MITgcm release, has |
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to be modified in the following way: |
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{\footnotesize |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c #ifdef ALLOW_CALENDAR |
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c C-- Initialise the calendar package. |
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c #ifdef USE_CAL_NENDITER |
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c CALL cal_Init( |
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c I startTime, |
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c I endTime, |
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c I deltaTclock, |
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c I nIter0, |
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c I nEndIter, |
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c I nTimeSteps, |
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c I myThid |
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c & ) |
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c #else |
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c CALL cal_Init( |
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c I startTime, |
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c I endTime, |
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c I deltaTclock, |
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c I nIter0, |
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c I nTimeSteps, |
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c I myThid |
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c & ) |
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c #endif |
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c _BARRIER |
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c #endif |
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\end{verbatim} |
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} |
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It is useful to have the CPP flag ALLOW\_CALENDAR in |
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order to switch from the usual MITgcm setup to the |
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one that includes the calendar tool. The CPP flag |
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USE\_CAL\_NENDITER has been introduced in order to enable |
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the use of the calendar for MITgcm releases earlier |
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than checkpoint 25 which do not have the global variable |
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*nEndIter*. |
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\subsubsection{The individual calendars} |
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Simple model calendar: |
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This calendar can be used by defining |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c TheCalendar='model' |
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\end{verbatim} |
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in the calendar's data file "data.cal". |
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In this case a year is assumed to have 360 days. The |
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model year is divided into 12 months with 30 days each. |
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Gregorian Calendar: |
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This calendar can be used by defining |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c TheCalendar='gregorian' |
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\end{verbatim} |
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in the calendar's data file "data.cal". |
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\subsubsection{Short routine description} |
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{\footnotesize |
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\begin{verbatim} |
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c o cal_Init - Initialise the calendar. This is the interface |
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c to MITgcm. |
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c |
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c o cal_Set - Sets the calendar according to the user |
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c specifications. |
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c |
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c o cal_GetDate - Given the model's current timestep or the |
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c model's current time return the corresponding |
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c calendar date. |
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c |
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c o cal_FullDate - Complete a date specification (leap year and |
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c day of the week). |
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c |
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c o cal_IsLeap - Determine whether a given year is a leap year. |
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c |
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c o cal_TimePassed - Determine the time passed between two dates. |
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c o cal_AddTime - Add a time interval either to a time interval |
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c or to a date. |
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c |
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c o cal_TimeInterval - Given a time interval return the corresponding |
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c date array. |
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c o cal_SubDates - Determine the time interval between two dates |
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c or between two time intervals. |
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c |
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c o cal_ConvDate - Decompose a date array or a time interval |
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c array into its components. |
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c |
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c o cal_CopyDate - Copy a date array or a time interval array to |
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c another array. |
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c |
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c o cal_CompDates - Compare two calendar dates or time intervals. |
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c o cal_ToSeconds - Given a time interval array return the number |
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c of seconds. |
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c |
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c o cal_WeekDay - Return the weekday as a string given the |
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c calendar date. |
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c |
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c o cal_NumInts - Return the number of time intervals between two |
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c given dates. |
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c |
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c o cal_StepsPerDay - Given an iteration number or the current |
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c integration time return the number of time |
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c steps to integrate in the current calendar day. |
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c o cal_DaysPerMonth - Given an iteration number or the current |
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c integration time return the number of days |
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c to integrate in this calendar month. |
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c o cal_MonthsPerYear - Given an iteration number or the current |
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c integration time return the number of months |
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c to integrate in the current calendar year. |
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c o cal_StepsForDay - Given the integration day return the number |
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c of steps to be integrated, the first step, |
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c and the last step in the day specified. The |
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c first and the last step refer to the total |
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c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntSteps). |
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c o cal_DaysForMonth - Given the integration month return the number |
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c of days to be integrated, the first day, |
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c and the last day in the month specified. The |
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c first and the last day refer to the total |
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c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntDays). |
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c o cal_MonthsForYear - Given the integration year return the number |
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c of months to be integrated, the first month, |
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c and the last month in the year specified. The |
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c first and the last step refer to the total |
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c number of steps (1, ... , cal_IntMonths). |
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c |
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c o cal_Intsteps - Return the number of calendar years that are |
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c affected by the current integration. |
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c |
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c o cal_IntDays - Return the number of calendar days that are |
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c affected by the current integration. |
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c |
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c o cal_IntMonths - Return the number of calendar months that are |
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c affected by the current integration. |
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c |
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c o cal_IntYears - Return the number of calendar years that are |
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c affected by the current integration. |
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c |
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c o cal_nStepDay - Return the number of time steps that can be |
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c performed during one calendar day. |
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c o cal_CheckDate - Do some simple checks on a date array or on a |
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c time interval array. |
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c o cal_PrintError - Print error messages according to the flags |
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c raised by the calendar routines. |
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c |
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c o cal_PrintDate - Print a date array in some format suitable for |
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c MITgcm's protocol output. |
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c o cal_TimeStamp - Given the time and the iteration number return |
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c the date and print all the above numbers. |
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c |
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c o cal_Summary - List all the setttings of the calendar tool. |
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\end{verbatim} |
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