2.15.6 Horizontal divergence

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2.15.6 Horizontal divergence

The horizontal divergence, a complimentary quantity to relative vorticity, is used in parameterizing the Reynolds stresses and is discretized:

$\displaystyle D = \frac{1}{{\cal A}_c h_c} ( \delta_i \Delta y_g h_w u + \delta_j \Delta x_g h_s v )$

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$\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.75in} {\em S/R MOM\_VI\_CALC\_HDIV} ({\em mom\_vi\_calc\_hdiv.F}) \par $D$: {\bf hDiv} (local to {\em mom\_vecinv.F}) \end{minipage} }$

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