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TempestRemap: Highres maps have poor conservation and consistency (1e-6).
MBTempestRemap: NaN’s or too large weights. conservation/consistency errors similar to TR.
ESMF: For PG2 grids, we can rely on ESMF ‘aave’ maps, which are good up to ne512pg2. Unacceptable at ne1024pg2
For NP4 grids, Ben Hillman has been using TR mapping files with similar conservation/consistency errors. These are acceptable for development/testing, but not appropriate for coupled simulations.
Analysis Mapping files
Mapping files are needed for remapping native grid output to lat/lon grids for conventional analysis tools. Often exact conservation is not required making TR’s integrated bilinear a good option: it’s accurate, has built in downscaling and is monotone so it wont introduce spurious oscillations making it good for plotting.
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