Using (A.2) and the fact that the horizontal scale factors and do not depend on the vertical coordinate, the divergence of the velocity relative to the (,,) coordinate system is transformed as follows in order to obtain its expression in the curvilinear coordinate system:
Here, is the vertical velocity relative to the coordinate system. Introducing the dia-surface velocity component, , defined as the volume flux across the moving -surfaces per unit horizontal area:
As a result, the continuity equation (2.1c) in the coordinates is:
Gurvan Madec and the NEMO Team
NEMO European Consortium2017-02-17