[CIG-LONG] Importing thermal data as the initial condition

[Walter Landry]

Dian He <hedian18 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Walter,
> 
> I want to see the evolution of the thermal pattern with kinematics, but I want
> to add the thermal initial condition from other running result which is also
> obtained from GALE, instead of traditionally horizontal isotherm initial
> condition. In another word, I want to run a model for a while, and then change
> the kinematics a little bit but still keep the thermal pattern I just got. I
> know I can do this via "RestartTimestep" function, BUT I cannot trace the
> temperature of some particles whose locations are given. That's why I want to
> import a particular thermal pattern to a new model (which has different
> kinematics with the old model that generates the thermal pattern I will use in
> the new model) instead of using RestartTimestep function.

If your new model is similar to the old model, I do not quite see why
restarting would not work, keeping all of the tracer information.  Can
you send me your input files?

Cheers,
Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org