Pacific HYCOM Model Configuration
 Horizontal grid: 1/12º equatorial resolution (2294 x 1362
   grid points, ~6.5 km spacing on average)
 20ºS to 65.8ºN
 20 vertical coordinates
 Bathymetry: Quality controlled ETOP05
 Surface forcing: (wind stress, wind speed, heat flux [using
   bulk formula], E-P + relaxation to climatological SSS)
 River runoff
 Buffer zone: ~3º band along southern and eastern boundary
   with relaxation to monthly climatological T and S
 Closed boundaries along 20ºS, in the Indonesian
   throughflow region and in the Bering Strait