This small idealized grid is used to test netCDF-provided initial and boundary conditions. The ocean is initialized with zero velocity and a constant temperature and salinity. Time-varying boundary conditions are then applied for velocity, temperature, or salinity (provided by netCDF file). The default is to used a clamped boundary condition for all quantities, but options for Chapman-Flather and radiation conditions are available. This test also verifies correct behavior with land-sea masking when using the _masked grid file.

The netCDF files needed to run these tests can be found in the remora-data repository under the IdealMiniGrid directory.