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USER MANUAL SWAN Cycle III version 40.72A

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62 Chapter 4<br />

| BSBT<br />

PROP < | Sec |<br />

| GSE [waveage] < MIn ><br />

| | HR |<br />

| | DAy |<br />

Command to choose:<br />

• the BSBT scheme (stationary and nonstationary) instead of the default S&L scheme<br />

(in case of nonstationary cases) or the default SORDUP scheme (in case of stationary<br />

cases) or<br />

• the wave age (for the default nonstationary S&L scheme).<br />

BSBT<br />

GSE<br />

[waveage]<br />

the BSBT scheme will be used in the computations.<br />

garden-sprinkler-effect is to be counteracted in the S&L propagation scheme<br />

(default for nonstationary computations) by adding a diffusion term to the basic<br />

equation. This may affect the numerical stability of <strong>SWAN</strong> (see Scientific/<br />

Technical documentation).<br />

the time interval used to determine the diffusion which counteracts the so-called<br />

garden-sprinkler effect. The default value of [waveage] is zero, i.e. no added<br />

diffusion. The value of [waveage] should correspond to the travel time of<br />

the waves over the computational region.<br />

Notes:<br />

• All schemes (BSBT, SORDUP and S&L) can be used in combination with curvilinear<br />

grids. With the higher order schemes (S&L and SORDUP) it is important to<br />

use a gradually varying grid, otherwise there may be a severe loss of accuracy. If<br />

sharp transitions in the grid cannot be avoided it is safer to use the BSBT scheme.<br />

• In the computation with unstructured meshes, a first order upwind scheme will be<br />

employed. This scheme is very robust but rather diffusive. This may only be significant<br />

for the case when swell waves propagate over relative large distances (in the<br />

order of thousands of kilometers) within the model domain.<br />

| -> ACCUR [drel] [dhoval] [dtoval] [npnts]<br />

NUMeric ( <<br />

| STOPC [dabs] [drel] [curvat] [npnts]<br />

&<br />

| -> STAT [mxitst] [alfa] |

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