Revision as of 14:28, 31 July 2009
WAVEWATCH III ^TM
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WAVEWATCH III ^TM Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model:
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WAVEWATCH III ^TM
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| Contact person:
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Hendrik Tolman (model developer)
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| Institute:
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NOAA/NCEP
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| City:
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Camp Springs, Maryland
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| Country:
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USA
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| Email:
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Hendrik.tolman@NOAA.gov
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| 2nd person involved:
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--
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| 3rd person involved:
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--
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Model description
| Model type:
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Spectral wind wave model for the coastal/marine domain
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| Description:
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Third generation random phase spectral wave model, including shallow water physcis.
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Technical information
| Supported platforms:
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UNIX, Linux
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| Programming language:
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Fortran77, Fortran90, Matlab
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| Model was developed started from:
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1992 and development still takes place
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| To what degree will the model become available:
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As code
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| Current license type:
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--
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| Memory requirements:
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--
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| Typical run time:
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--
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Input / Output description
| Input parameters:
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wind at 10m, air-sea temperature difference, ice concentration, curents and water levels (bathymetry)
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| Input format:
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ASCII & Binary
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| Output parameters:
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From wave heights to spectral data, see manual
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| Output format:
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ASCII & Binary
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| Post-processing software (if needed):
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Matlab and other possible but not necessary
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| Visualization software (if needed):
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Matlab and GrADS
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Process description
| Processes represented by model:
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Evolution of wind wave spectra under influence of wind, breaking, nonlinear interactions, bottom interaction (including shoalng and refraction), currents, water level changes and ice concentrsations. No diffraction.
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| Key physical parameters & equations:
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Spectral action balance equation.
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| Length scale & resolution constraints:
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Theoretically length scale larger than longest wave length (10km), practically highest resolution sub km. Largest scales should correspond to spatial scales of forcing.
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| Time scale & resolution constraints:
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Time steps from seconds to 1h. Time length of runs can be up to years.
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| Numerical limitations and issues :
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Explicit schemes make high resolution runs expensive.
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Testing
| Available calibration data sets:
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Separate publications.
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| Available test data sets:
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ONR test bed and others.
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| Ideal data for testing:
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Field data should be used for testing. Lab data has incosistent scaling between gravity and capilary waves.
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User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with:
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Many present contributors to code. Are considering user groups. WISE has been acting as informal in person only user group.
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Documentation
Issues
Help
Input Files
Output Files
Download
WAVEWATCH III is made available through the WAVEWATCH III ^TM website: http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/wavewatch/wavewatch.shtml#documentation
Source
WAVEWATCH III ^TM is made available through the WAVEWATCH III ^TM website: http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/wavewatch/wavewatch.shtml#documentation
