# Open-boundaries
 &OBCS_PARM01
# This flag turns off checking and fixing problematic topography across 
# open boundaries.
 OBCSfixTopo=.FALSE.,
 OB_Jnorth= 50*-1,
 useOBCSprescribe = .TRUE.,
# not prescribing any velocity defaults to zero flow
#OBNuFile = ' ',
 OBCS_monitorFreq= 1800.,
 OBCS_monSelect = 1,
 useOBCSbalance = .TRUE.,
# this flag tests balancing the surface flux
 OBCSbalanceSurf = .TRUE.,
# all adjustments are made through the northern boundary
 OBCS_balanceFacN = 1.,
 &

