EEMS provides access to a number of online data sources that can be used to automatically populate time series. These should be used with care and we do not guarantee the quality of the data. Access to this feature is provided from the Tools menu, and selecting Download Online Data. There are three sub-options: Model Open Boundary Conditions, Tidal Level for Model Boundaries, and Tidal Harmonics for Station as shown in Figure 1.
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The data source of water surface elevation is from HAMTIDE. And water HYCOM Global Surface Data. Water salinity and water temperature are from the Navy Global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). These data can be added to sources are present in file *.ini in OnlineData folder of EEMS (e.g., C:\Program Files\DSI\EEMS11.6\OnlineData), we can open these files by text editor.
In the case of a model that has an existing open boundary, open the 2DH View, turn on the light in the Boundaries layer of the Layer Control to show the boundaries of the model as shown in Figure 2. This displays the locations of the open boundary.
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