Output variables

Table 42 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