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cellarea


INTERFACE:

   real(r8) function cellarea(latlon,i,j)
DESCRIPTION:

Comute area of grid cells (square kilometers) Verify total area from grid cells is same as area of grid as defined by its edges


USES:

ARGUMENTS:
     implicit none
     type(latlon_type), intent(in   ) :: latlon    ! latlon datatype
     integer          , intent(in)    :: i,j       ! latlon index to compute
REVISION HISTORY:
   Created by Mariana Vertenstein
LOCAL VARIABLES:




Erik Kluzek 2010-06-21