Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/test/MITgcm/coupling_rules.txt
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/test/MITgcm/coupling_rules.txt	(revision 22443)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/test/MITgcm/coupling_rules.txt	(revision 22444)
@@ -5,35 +5,16 @@
 >>>> INITIALIZATION FROM SCRATCH
 
-CouplingTime=0
+Initialization (CouplingTime=0)
 1. ISSM sends CouplingTime=0 bed to MITgcm
 2. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=0:1
+3. MITgcm sends CouplingTime=0:1-time-mean melt rate to ISSM
 
 CouplingTime=1
-1. MITgcm sends time-mean melt rate for CouplingTime=0:1 to ISSM
-2. ISSM sends CouplingTime=0 bed to MITgcm (it's duplicate of above)
-3. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=0:1
-4. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=1:2
-
-CouplingTime=2
-1. MITgcm sends time-mean melt rate for CouplingTime=1:2 to ISSM
-2. ISSM sends CouplingTime=1 bed to MITgcm
-3. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=1:2
-4. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=2:3
+1. ISSM sends CouplingTime=0 bed to MITgcm (this is duplicate of Initialization)
+2. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=0:1
+3. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=1:2
+4. MITgcm sends CouplingTime=1:2-time-mean melt rate to ISSM
 
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-
-CouplingTime=N-1
-1. MITgcm sends time-mean melt rate for CouplingTime=(N-2):(N-1) to ISSM
-2. ISSM sends CouplingTime=N-2 bed to MITgcm
-3. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=(N-2):(N-1)
-4. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=(N-1):N
-
-CouplingTime=N (restart files are saved here)
-1. MITgcm sends time-mean melt rate for CouplingTime=(N-1):N to ISSM
-2. MITgcm saves CouplingTime=N MITgcm state
-3. ISSM saves CouplingTime=N-1 ISSM state and CouplingTime=(N-1):N melt rate
-
-
->>>> RESTART FROM SAVED STATE
 
 CouplingTime=N
@@ -41,10 +22,22 @@
 2. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=(N-1):N
 3. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=N:(N+1)
+4. MITgcm sends CouplingTime=N:(N+1)-time-mean melt rate to ISSM
+
+Termination (CouplingTime=N+1)
+1. ISSM saves CouplingTime=N ISSM state and N:(N+1)-time-mean melt rate
+2. MITgcm saves CouplingTime=N+1 MITgcm state
+
+
+>>>> RESTART FROM SAVED STATE
+
+Initialization (CouplingTime=N+1)
+1. ISSM reads CouplingTime=N ISSM state and N:(N+1)-time-mean melt rate
+2. MITgcm reads CouplingTime=N+1 MITgcm state
 
 CouplingTime=N+1
-1. MITgcm sends time-mean melt rate for CouplingTime=N:(N+1) to ISSM
-2. ISSM sends CouplingTime=N bed to MITgcm
-3. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=N:(N+1)
-4. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=(N+1):(N+2)
+1. ISSM sends CouplingTime=N bed to MITgcm
+2. ISSM integrates for CouplingTime=N:(N+1)
+3. MITgcm integrates for CouplingTime=(N+1):(N+2)
+4. MITgcm sends CouplingTime=(N+1):(N+2)-time-mean melt rate to ISSM
 
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