Model:RCPWAVE
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RCPWAVE
Introduction
History
Papers
RCPWAVE Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model: | RCPWAVE |
| Contact person: | Mark Gravens (model developer) |
| Institute: | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| City: | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | Mark.B.Gravens@erdc.usace.army.mil |
| 2nd person involved: | -- |
| 3rd person involved: | -- |
Model Description
| Model type: | Modular model for the coastal domain. |
| Description: | RCPWAVE is a 2D steady state monocromatic short wave model for simulating wave propagation over arbitrary bahymetry. |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | Windows |
| Programming language: | Fortran77 |
| Model development started at: | 1984 and stopped in 1989 |
| To what degree will the model become available: | Executable |
| Current license type: | GPL v2, Commercial |
| Memory requirements: | typical |
| Typical run time: | minutes to hours |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | 2D bathymetric grid, offshore boundary wave height period and direction |
| Input format: | ASCII, Binary |
| Output parameters: | wave height, period, and direction throughout the specified computational domain |
| Output format: | ASCII, Binary |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | Yes, pre- and post-processing, and visualiztion tools provided in software package |
| Visualization software (if needed): | Yes, provided |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | Computes wave refraction and diffraction processes over an arbitrary bathymetry constrained only to have mild bottom slopes. |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | Linear nearshore wave transformation numerical model for estimating wave transformation over an arbitrary bathymetry constrained to have mild bottom slopes. The model is based on the numerical solution of the parabolic approximation of the velocity potential of the forward scattered wave field. |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | regional scale model |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | Steady state model |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | Linear wave theory |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | -- |
| Available test data sets: | -- |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | -- |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: | Model documentation is out of print. Limited copies exist. Ebersole, B.A., Cialone, M.A. and Prater, M.D., (1986). "Regional Coastal Processes Numerical Modeling System, Report 1, RCPWAVE - A Linear Wave Propagation Model for Engineering Use", Technical Report CERC-86-4, Waterways Experiment Station, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg MS, |
| Is there a manual available: | No |
| Model website if any: | -- |
Additional comments
| Comments: | RCPWAVE is distributed as a component of the Coastal Engineering Design and Analysis System (CEDAS). |
