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Coordinates of the grid and associated information
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vcoord.nc
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The actual longitudes and latitudes are read in vcoord.nc by subroutine :bash:`dynstate1` (in :bash:`dyn3d/dynstate0.F90`).

The format of vcoord.nc is as follows, with NLON the number of cells in longitude, NLAT the number of cells in latitude, NLEV the number of vertical layers e.g. for a grid defined as :bash:`96x95x39` in :bash:`compile_dispersion`, NLON = 96, NLAT = 95, NLEV=39.

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     :language: text


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Other variables can be found in vcoord.nc if the file is also to serve for :doc:`initial conditions<ci>`.