Write out MPAS mesh (and reference vertical coordinate) data to a standard filename and location

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Write out MPAS mesh (and reference vertical coordinate) data to a standard filename and location #5370

Open xylar opened 1 year ago

xylar commented 1 year ago

There has been a request from the e3sm_to_cmip team to consider writing out a standard MPAS mesh file from each simulation separate from restart files. This would make automation easier and would reduce the size of the file needed to provide mesh data with data publications on the native MPAS mesh.

rljacob commented 1 year ago

It would be good if that file followed the UGRID convention. https://ugrid-conventions.github.io/ugrid-conventions/

xylar commented 1 year ago

@rljacob, that would be nice but that's a huge amount of work compared to just adding a new output stream with the current variable names and metadata. I don't think that is realistic until OMEGA.