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Old   January 24, 2013, 10:56
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Where can i set ALPHA variable which Controls weighting of upstream values in advection approximations when IORDER=1, when equal 0.0, is central differencing and when equals 1.0 uses upstream differencing(upwind)
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Old   February 13, 2013, 17:34
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alpha is set in the xput namelist.
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Old   February 13, 2013, 19:10
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of course i know its in the xput namelist, i just want to know how can i change it?
Is it for example in the NUMERICS tab or...??
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Old   February 13, 2013, 19:29
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It's not in the GUI - you change it directly in the input file.
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Old   February 13, 2013, 19:40
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would you mind tell me where can i exactly access to this parameter??
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