Non-Conservative Zonal Mean

[philipc2]

Closes #93

Overview

• Implements Non-Conservative Zonal Averaging (see Non-Conservative Zonal Mean #785 for a more detailed discussion)
• User Guide on Zonal Means

[philipc2]

@erogluorhan @hongyuchen1030 @paullric

For zonal averaging, would the primary difference between Conservative and Non-Conservative be whether we apply a weighted average as opposed to performing a standard average?

[hongyuchen1030]

@erogluorhan @hongyuchen1030 @paullric

For zonal averaging, would the primary difference between Conservative and Non-Conservative be whether we apply a weighted average as opposed to performing a standard average?

As I explained before here #785 (comment)

Both use weighted average

But non-conservative one use the arc length, conservative use the area as weights

[philipc2]

@erogluorhan @hongyuchen1030 @paullric
For zonal averaging, would the primary difference between Conservative and Non-Conservative be whether we apply a weighted average as opposed to performing a standard average?

As I explained before here #785 (comment)

Both use weighted average

But non-conservative one use the arc length, conservative use the area as weights

Sorry for the duplicate! Send this one without seeing your comment before. Appreciate the clarification

[philipc2]

@aaronzedwick

For reference, the pre-commit is failing in all the PR's and CI's too.

[hongyuchen1030]

Looks good! Pinning @amberchen122 for a closer look of the implementation

[amberchen122]

Great job! Thank you for transferring the changes over. Well done!

[philipc2]

Some timing results from my M1 Macbook for a 30km MPAS grid (~655,362 hexagons)

Single Timestep

1000 Timesteps

[rajeeja]

Good work!!

[erogluorhan]

Great work @hongyuchen1030 @philipc2 @amberchen122 !