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add link to WoA grid (#1965)
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asalmgren authored Nov 20, 2024
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When terrain-following coordinates are used, the surface topography at nodes (cell corners)
is specified either analytically or through parsing a text file; all metric terms derive from this quantity.

See `WoA`_ for an example of a terrain-fitted grid; this one follows the Witch of Agnesi profile.

.. _`WoA`: https://github.com/erf-model/validation/blob/main/JAMES_Paper/Flow_Over_Terrain/WoA_mesh.png

As in many atmospheric modeling codes, variable mesh spacing in the vertical direction is allowed with or without terrain.
The heights of each level can be parsed from a text file as ``z levels'' (as in WRF), or calculated at run-time given an
initial mesh spacing at the bottom surface and a specified growth rate. In the presence of non-flat terrain, the mesh is
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