Output variables

Table 28 Overview of available keywords related to *

parameter

description

default

range

units

As

Asymmetry of short waves

BR

Maximum wave surface slope used in roller dissipation formulation

Cdrag

Vegetation drag coefficient

D

Dissipation

W/m2

D15

D15 grain diameters for all sediment classses

m

D50

D50 grain diameters for all sediment classses

m

D50top

Friction coefficient flow

D90

D90 grain diameters for all sediment classses

m

D90top

Friction coefficient flow

DR

Roller energy dissipation

W/m2

Dc

Diffusion coefficient

m2/s

Df

Dissipation rate due to bed friction

W/m2

Dp

Dissipation rate in the swash due to transformation of kinetic wave energy to potential wave energy

W/m2

Dveg

Dissipation due to short wave attenuation by vegetation

W/m2

E

Wave energy

Nm/m2

Fvegu

X-forcing due to long wave attenuation by vegetation

N/m2

Fvegv

Y-forcing due to long wave attenuation by vegetation

N/m2

Fx

Wave force, x-component

N/m2

Fy

Wave force, y-component

N/m2

H

Hrms wave height based on instantaneous wave energy

m

Hrunup

Short wave height used in runup formulation

m

L1

Wave length (used in dispersion relation)

m

Qb

Fraction breaking waves

R

Roller energy

Nm/m2

Sk

Skewness of short waves

Subg

Bed sediment transport for each sediment class (excluding pores), x-component

m2/s

Susg

Suspended sediment transport for each sediment class (excluding pores), x-component

m2/s

Sutot

Sediment transport integrated over bed load and suspended and for all sediment grains, x-component

m2/s

Svbg

Bed sediment transport for each sediment class (excluding pores), y-component

m2/s

Svsg

Suspended sediment transport for each sediment class (excluding pores), y-component

m2/s

Svtot

Sediment transport integrated over bed load and suspended and for all sediment grains, y-component

m2/s

Sxx

Radiation stress, x-component

N/m

Sxy

Radiation stress, y-component

N/m

Syy

Radiation stress, y-component

N/m

Tbore

Wave period interval associated with breaking induced turbulence

s

Tsg

Sediment response time for each sediment class

s

alfau

Grid orientation at u-point

rad

alfav

Grid orientation at v-point

rad

alfaz

Grid orientation at z-point

rad

bedfriccoef

Dimensional/dimensionless input bed friction coefficient; depends on value of parameter bedfriction

bi

Incoming bound long wave

m

breaking

Indicator whether cell has breaking nonh waves

bwalpha

Beachwizard weighting factor

c

Wave celerity

m/s

ca

Reference concentration

m3/m3

ccg

Depth-averaged suspended concentration for each sediment fraction

m3/m3

cctot

Sediment concentration integrated over bed load and suspended and for all sediment grains

m3/m3

ccz

Concentration profile

m3/m3

ceqbg

Depth-averaged bed equilibrium concentration for each sediment class

m3/m3

ceqsg

Depth-averaged suspended equilibrium concentration for each sediment class

m3/m3

cf

Friction coefficient flow

cfu

Friction coefficient flow in u-points

cfv

Friction coefficient flow in v-points

cg

Group velocity

m/s

cgx

Group velocity, x-component

m/s

cgx_s

Group velocity, x-component

m/s

cgy

Group velocity, y-component

m/s

cgy_s

Group velocity, y-component

m/s

cobs

Beachwizard observed wave celerity

m/s

costh

Cos of wave angles relative to grid direction

costh_s

Cos of wave angles relative to grid direction

ctheta

Wave celerity theta-direction (refraction)

rad/s

ctheta_s

Wave celerity theta-direction (refraction)

rad/s

cx

Wave celerity, x-component

m/s

cy

Wave celerity, y-component

m/s

dU

U-velocity difference between two vertical layers (reduced 2-layer non-hydrostatic model)

m2/s2

dUi

Velocity difference at boundary due to (short) waves

m/s

dV

V-velocity difference between two vertical layers (reduced 2-layer non-hydrostatic model)

m2/s2

dassim

Beachwizard depth change

m

dcbdx

Bed concentration gradient x-dir.

kg/m3/m

dcbdy

Bed concentration gradient y-dir.

kg/m3/m

dcmdo

Beachwizard computed minus observed dissipation

W/m2

dcsdx

Suspended concentration gradient x-dir.

kg/m3/m

dcsdy

Suspended concentration gradient y-dir.

kg/m3/m

depo_ex

Explicit bed deposition rate per fraction

m/s

depo_im

Implicit bed deposition rate per fraction

m/s

dinfil

Infiltration layer depth used in quasi-vertical flow model for groundwater

m

dnc

Grid distance in n-direction, centered around c-point

m

dnu

Grid distance in n-direction, centered around u-point

m

dnv

Grid distance in n-direction, centered around v-point

m

dnz

Grid distance in n-direction, centered around z-point (=eta-point)

m

dobs

Beachwizard observed dissipation

W/m2

dsc

Grid distance in s-direction, centered around c-point

m

dsdnui

Inverse of grid cell surface, centered around u-point

1/m2

dsdnvi

Inverse of grid cell surface, centered around v-point

1/m2

dsdnzi

Inverse of grid cell surface, centered around z-point

1/m2

dsu

Grid distance in s-direction, centered around u-point

m

dsv

Grid distance in s-direction, centered around v-point

m

dsz

Grid distance in s-direction, centered around z-point (=eta-point)

m

dzav

Total bed level change due to avalanching

m

dzbdt

Rate of change bed level

m/s

dzbdx

Bed level gradient in x-direction

dzbdy

Bed level gradient in y-direction

dzbed

No description

dzbnow

Bed level change in current time step

m

dzs0dn

Alongshore water level gradient due to tide alone

dzsdt

Rate of change water level

m/s

dzsdx

Water surface gradient in x-direction

m/s

dzsdy

Water surface gradient in y-direction

m/s

ee

Directionally distributed wave energy

J/m2/rad

ee_s

Directionally distributed wave energy

J/m2/rad

ero

Bed erosion rate per fraction

m/s

fw

Wave friction coefficient

gw0back

Boundary condition back boundary for groundwater head

m

gwbottom

Level of the bottom of the aquifer

m

gwcurv

Curvature coefficient of groundwater head function

gwhead

Groundwater head (differs from gwlevel)

m

gwheadb

Groundwater head at bottom (differs from gwlevel)

m

gwheight

Vertical size of aquifer through which groundwater can flow

m

gwlevel

Groundwater table (min(zb,gwhead))

m

gwqx

Groundwater discharge in x-direction

m/s

gwqy

Groundwater discharge in y-direction

m/s

gwu

Groundwater flow in x-direction

m/s

gwv

Groundwater flow in y-direction

m/s

gww

Groundwater flow in z-direction (interaction between surface and ground water)

m/s

hh

Water depth

m

hhw

Water depth used in all wave computations, includes h*par%delta

m

hhwcins

Water depth used in wave instationary computation in case of wci

m

hhws

Water depth used in wave stationary computation (and single_dir wave directions)

m

hold

Water depth previous time step

m

hu

Water depth in u-points

m

hum

Water depth in u-points

m

hv

Water depth in v-points

m

hvm

Water depth in v-points

m

idrift

Drifter x-coordinate in grid space

infil

Rate of exchange of water between surface and groundwater (positive from sea to groundwater)

m/s

istruct

Location of revetments toe

iwl

Location of water line (including long wave runup)

jdrift

Drifter y-coordinate in grid space

k

Wave number

rad/m

kb

Near bed turbulence intensity due to depth induces breaking

m2/s2

kturb

Depth averaged turbulence intensity due to long wave breaking

m2/s2

maxzs

Maximum elevation in simulation

m

minzs

Minimum elevation in simulation

m

n

Ratio group velocity/wave celerity

nd

Number of bed layers (can be different for each computational cell)

ndist

Cum. distance from right boundary along n-direction

m

nuh

Horizontal viscosity coefficient

m2/s

nutz

Turbulence viscosity

pbbed

No description

pdisch

Discharge locations

ph

Pressure head due to ship

m

pntdisch

Point discharge locations (no momentum)

pres

Normalized dynamic pressure

m2/s2

qdisch

Discharges

m2/s

qx

Discharge in u-points, x-component

m2/s

qy

Discharge in u-points, y-component

m2/s

refA

Reference level

m

rolthick

Long wave roller thickness

m

rr

Directionally distributed roller energy

J/m2/rad

runup

Short wave runup height

m

sdist

Cum. distance from offshore boundary along s-direction

m

sedcal

Equilibrium sediment concentartion factor for each sediment class

sedero

Cum. sedimentation/erosion

m

setbathy

Prescribed bed levels

m

shipFx

Force on ship in x-direction

N

shipFy

Force on ship in y-direction

N

shipFz

Force on ship in z-direction

N

shipMx

Moment on ship around x-axis

Nm

shipMy

Moment on ship around y-axis

Nm

shipMz

Moment on ship around z-axis

Nm

shipchi

Turning angle arround y-axis

deg

shipphi

Turning angle arround x-axis

deg

shippsi

Turning angle arround z-axis

deg

shipxCG

X-coordinate of ship center of gravity

m

shipyCG

Y-coordinate of ship center of gravity

m

shipzCG

Z-coordinate of ship center of gravity

m

shobs

Beachwizard observed shoreline

m

sig2prior

Beachwizard prior std squared

m2

sigm

Mean frequency

rad/s

sigt

Relative frequency

rad/s

sigz

Vertical distribution of sigma layers q3d

sinth

Sin of wave angles relative to grid direction

sinth_s

Sin of wave angles relative to grid direction

strucslope

Slope of structure

structdepth

Depth of structure in relation to instantaneous bed level

m

taubx

Bed shear stress, x-component

N/m2

taubx_add

Additional bed shear stress due to boundary layer effects, x-component

N/m2

tauby

Bed shear stress, y-component

N/m2

tauby_add

Additional bed shear stress due to boundary layer effects, y-component

N/m2

tdisch

Discharge time series

tdriftb

Drifter release time

s

tdrifte

Drifter retrieval time

s

thet

Wave angles

rad

thet_s

Wave angles

rad

theta

Wave angles directional distribution w.r.t. comp. x-axis

rad

theta_s

Wave angles directional distribution w.r.t. comp. x-axis

rad

thetamean

Mean wave angle

rad

tideinpt

Input time of input tidal signal

s

tideinpz

Input tidal signal

m

tsetbathy

Points in time of prescibed bed levels

s

u

Glm velocity in cell centre, x-component

m/s

ua

Time averaged flow velocity due to wave assymetry

m/s

ucrcal

Calibration factor for u critical for each sediment class

ududx

Advection

m2/s2

udvdx

Advection

m2/s2

ue

Eulerian velocity in cell centre, x-component

m/s

ue_sed

Advection velocity sediment in cell centre, x-component

m/s

ueu

Eulerian velocity in u-points, x-component

m/s

ui

Incident bound wave velocity in, x-component

m/s

umean

Longterm mean velocity at bnds in u-points, x-component

m/s

umwci

Velocity (time-averaged) for wci, x-component

m/s

ur

Reflected velocity at bnds in u-points

m/s

urepb

Representative flow velocity for sediment advection and diffusion, x-component

m/s

ureps

Representative flow velocity for sediment advection and diffusion, x-component

m/s

urms

Orbital velocity

m/s

usd

Return flow due to roller after breaker delay

m/s

ust

Stokes drift

m/s

ustr

Return flow due to roller

m/s

ustz

Stokes velocity (q3d)

uu

Glm velocity in u-points, x-component

m/s

uv

Glm velocity in v-points, x-component

m/s

uwcins

U-velocity used in wave stationary computation in case of wci

m/s

uwf

Stokes drift, x-component

m/s

uws

U-velocity used in wave stationary computation (and single_dir wave directions)

m/s

uz

Velocity (q3d) ksi-comp

v

Glm velocity in cell centre, y-component

m/s

vdudy

Advection

m2/s2

vdvdy

Advection

m2/s2

ve

Eulerian velocity in cell centre, y-component

m/s

ve_sed

Advection velocity sediment in cell centre, y-component

m/s

vegtype

Vegetation type index

vev

Eulerian velocity in u-points, y-component

m/s

vi

Incident bound wave velocity in, y-component

m/s

viscu

Viscosity

m2/s2

viscv

Viscosity

m2/s2

vmag

Velocity magnitude in cell centre

m/s

vmageu

Eulerian velocity magnitude u-points

m/s

vmagev

Eulerian velocity magnitude v-points

m/s

vmagu

Glm velocity magnitude u-points

m/s

vmagv

Glm velocity magnitude v-points

m/s

vmean

Longterm mean velocity at bnds in u-points, y-component

m/s

vmwci

Velocity (time-averaged) for wci, y-component

m/s

vrepb

Representative flow velocity for sediment advection and diffusion, y-component

m/s

vreps

Representative flow velocity for sediment advection and diffusion, y-component

m/s

vu

Glm velocity in u-points, y-component

m/s

vv

Glm velocity in v-points, y-component

m/s

vwcins

V-velocity used in wave stationary computation in case of wci

m/s

vwf

Stokes drift, y-component

m/s

vws

V-velocity used in wave stationary computation (and single_dir wave directions)

m/s

vz

Velocity (q3d) eta-comp

wb

Vertical velocity at the bottom

m/s

wete

Mask wet/dry wave-points

wetu

Mask wet/dry u-points

wetv

Mask wet/dry v-points

wetz

Mask wet/dry eta-points

wi

Vertical velocity at boundary due to (short) waves

m/s

winddirts

Input wind direction

deg_nautical

windinpt

Input time of input wind signal

s

windnv

Wind velocity in n direction in v point at current time step

m/s

windsu

Wind velocity in s direction in u point at current time step

m/s

windvelts

Input wind velocity

m/s

windxts

Time series of input wind velocity (not s direction), x-component

m/s

windyts

Time series of input wind velocity (not n direction), y-component

m/s

wm

Mean abs frequency

rad/s

ws

Vertical velocity at the free surface

m/s

wscrit

Critial vertical velocity at the free surface for breaking

m/s

x

X-coord. original cmp. grid

m

xHrunup

Location at which short wave height for runup is taken

m

xu

X-coord. comp. grid u-points

m

xv

X-coord. comp. grid v-points

m

xyzs01

Global xy coordinates of corner (x=1,y=1)

xyzs02

Global xy coordinates of corner (x=1,y=n)

xyzs03

Global xy coordinates of corner (x=n,y=n)

xyzs04

Global xy coordinates of corner (x=n,y=1)

xz

X-coord. comp. grid (positive shoreward, perp. to coastline)

m

y

Y-coord. original comp. grid

m

yu

Y-coord. comp. grid u-points

m

yv

Y-coord. comp. grid v-points

m

yz

Y-coord. comp. grid

m

z0bed

No description

zb

Bed level

m

zb0

Initial bed level

m

zbobs

Beachwizard observed depth

m

zi

Surface elevation at boundary due to (short) waves

m

zs

Water level

m

zs0

Water level due to tide alone

m

zs0fac

Relative weight of offshore boundary and bay boundary for each grid point is stored in zs0fac

zs1

Water level minus tide

m

zswci

Waterlevel (time-averaged) for wci

m