<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear ECCO team,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for developing the Python package ecco_v4_py!</div><div>I'm using your Python package tutorial to analyze the ECCO estimate Version 4. I find some regions in the global map of the advective flux of the potential temperature are not connected (For example, the eastern and western Atlantic Oceans are disconnected). Could you please provide me with some hints to address the problem?</div><div>The figure is as follows:</div><div><img src="cid:ii_lqefyp661" alt="image.png" width="543" height="263"><br></div><div>The code I used is as follows:</div><div>import xarray as xr<br>import glob<br>from os.path import join<br>import ecco_v4_py as ecco<br>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt<br>## =================================================================<br>ECCO_dir = ('D:\eccov4r4\python\Downloads')<br>ecco_grid = xr.open_dataset(glob.glob(join(ECCO_dir,'*GEOMETRY*.nc'))[0])<br>vol = (ecco_grid.rA*ecco_grid.drF*ecco_grid.hFacC).transpose('tile','k','j','i')<br># year_start = 1993<br># year_end = 2016<br>ecco_vars_int = xr.open_mfdataset(join(ECCO_dir,'*tem_flux*','*.nc'),\<br>                                       data_vars='minimal',coords='minimal',compat='override')<br>curr_t_ind = 0<br>tmp = str(ecco_vars_int.time.values[curr_t_ind])<br>plt.figure(figsize=(15,5));<br>ecco.plot_proj_to_latlon_grid(ecco_grid.XC, ecco_grid.YC, ecco_vars_int['ADVx_TH'].isel(time=curr_t_ind,k=0), show_colorbar=True,<br>                              cmin=-1e7, cmax=1e7, cmap='RdBu_r', user_lon_0=-67, dx=0.2, dy=0.2)<br>plt.title(r'U advection of potential temperature at the sea surface [$^\circ$C s$^{-1}$] during ' +<br>          str(tmp)[0:4] +'/' + str(tmp)[5:7], fontsize=16)<br>plt.show()<br></div><div>#=======================================================================</div><div>The data file I used has been attached. It is downloaded from: <a href="https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?portal=podaac-cloud&p=C1991543740-POCLOUD&pg[0][v]=f&pg[0][gsk]=-start_date&q=ECCO_L4_OCEAN_3D_TEMPERATURE_FLUX_LLC0090GRID_MONTHLY&tl=1703109688!3!!&lat=-0.5625&zoom=0">https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?portal=podaac-cloud&p=C1991543740-POCLOUD&pg[0][v]=f&pg[0][gsk]=-start_date&q=ECCO_L4_OCEAN_3D_TEMPERATURE_FLUX_LLC0090GRID_MONTHLY&tl=1703109688!3!!&lat=-0.5625&zoom=0</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your time. I'm looking forward to your response.</div><div><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);padding:5px;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12JTIby5oVpS688QwXCfkmf01ofPWz9yw/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;max-width:366px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-decoration-line:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none" aria-label="OCEAN_3D_TEMPERATURE_FLUX_mon_mean_2017-12_ECCO_V4r4_native_llc0090.nc"><img style="vertical-align: bottom; border: none;" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">OCEAN_3D_TEMPERATURE_FLUX_mon_mean_2017-12_ECCO...</span></a><img src="//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/common/x_8px.png" style="opacity: 0.55; cursor: pointer; float: right; position: relative; top: -1px; display: none;"></div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Li Pan</div><div><br></div></div></div>