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cellarea_regional


INTERFACE:

   subroutine cellarea_regional (nlat  ,nlon  ,numlon, lats ,lonw , &
                                 edgen, edgee, edges , edgew, area)
DESCRIPTION:

   Area of grid cells (square kilometers) - regional grid
   (can become global as special case)
ARGUMENTS:
     implicit none
     integer , intent(in) :: nlat               !dimension: number of latitude points
     integer , intent(in) :: nlon               !dimension: number of longitude points
     integer , intent(in) :: numlon(nlat)       !number of grid cells per latitude strip
     real(r8), intent(in) :: edgen              !northern edge of grid (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(in) :: edges              !southern edge of grid (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(in) :: edgew              !western edge of grid (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(in) :: edgee              !eastern edge of grid (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(in) :: lats(nlat+1)       !grid cell latitude, southern edge (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(in) :: lonw(nlon+1,nlat)  !grid cell longitude, western edge (degrees)
     real(r8), intent(out):: area(nlon,nlat)    !cell area (km**2)
REVISION HISTORY:
   Created by Mariana Vertenstein



Mariana Vertenstein 2003-01-14