Changeset f20342a in flex_extract.git for For_developers/Sphinx/source/Documentation/overview.rst

Timestamp:

May 27, 2020, 8:01:54 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Petra Seibert <petra.seibert [at) univie.ac.at>

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master, ctbto, dev

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550435b

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Language corrections for the Sections Developers, Support, Changelog, and the home directory (index.html)

further improvment of documentation, close to final

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-``Flex_extract`` is an open-source software to retrieve meteorological fields from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Mars archive to serve as input files for the ``FLEXTRA``/``FLEXPART`` Atmospheric Transport Modelling system.
-``Flex_extract`` was created explicitly for ``FLEXPART`` users who wants to use meteorological data from ECMWF to drive the ``FLEXPART`` model. 
-The software retrieves the minimal number of parameters ``FLEXPART`` needs to work and provides the data in the explicity format ``FLEXPART`` understands.
+``Flex_extract`` is an open-source software to retrieve meteorological fields from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) MARS archive to serve as input files for the ``FLEXTRA``/``FLEXPART`` atmospheric transport modelling system.
+``Flex_extract`` was created explicitly for ``FLEXPART`` users who want to use meteorological data from ECMWF to drive the ``FLEXPART`` model. 
+The software retrieves the minimum set of parameters needed by ``FLEXPART`` to work, and provides the data in the specific format required by ``FLEXPART``.
 
-``Flex_extract`` consists of 2 main parts:
-    1. a Python part, where the reading of parameter settings, retrieving data from MARS and preparing the data for ``FLEXPART`` is done and 
-    2. a Fortran part, where the calculation of the vertical velocity is done and if necessary the conversion from spectral to regular latitude/longitude grids.
+``Flex_extract`` consists of two main parts:
+    1. a Python part which reads the parameter settings, retrieves the data from MARS, and prepares them for ``FLEXPART``, and 
+    2. a Fortran part which calculates the vertical velocity and, if necessary, converts variables from the spectral representation to regular latitude/longitude grids.
 
-Additionally, it has some Korn shell scripts which are used to set the environment and batch job features on ECMWF servers for the *gateway* and *remote* mode. See :doc:`Overview/app_modes` for information of application modes.   
+In addition, there are some Korn shell scripts to set the environment and batch job features on ECMWF servers for the *gateway* and *remote* mode. See :doc:`Overview/app_modes` for information of application modes.   
 
 A number of Shell scripts are wrapped around the software package for easy installation and fast job submission. 
 
-The software depends on a number of third-party libraries which can be found in :ref:`ref-requirements`.
+The software depends on some third-party libraries as listed in :ref:`ref-requirements`.
 
-Some details on the tasks and program worksteps are described in :doc:`Overview/prog_flow`.
+Details of the tasks and program work steps are described in :doc:`Overview/prog_flow`.