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USER MANUAL SWAN Cycle III version 40.72A

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78 Chapter 4<br />

LAY-OUT<br />

[idla]<br />

unstructured grids. Some MATLAB scripts are provided with the <strong>SWAN</strong><br />

source code that can be used to plot wave parameters as maps in a<br />

quick manner.<br />

with this option the user can prescribe the lay-out of the output to file with<br />

the value of [idla].<br />

see command READINP (options are: [idla]=1, 3, 4). Option 4 is recommended<br />

for postprocessing by MATLAB, however, in case of a generated binary<br />

MATLAB file option 3 is recommended.<br />

Default: [idla] = 1.<br />

ONLY MEANT FOR STRUCTURED GRIDS.<br />

For definitions of the output quantities, see Appendix A.<br />

Note that the wave parameters in the output of <strong>SWAN</strong> are computed from the wave<br />

spectrum over the prognostic part of the spectrum with the diagnostic tail added. Their<br />

value may therefore deviate slightly from values computed by the user from the output<br />

spectrum of <strong>SWAN</strong> which does not contain the diagnostic tail.<br />

HSIGN<br />

HSWELL<br />

DIR<br />

PDIR<br />

TDIR<br />

TM01<br />

RTM01<br />

RTP<br />

TPS<br />

PER<br />

RPER<br />

TMM10<br />

RTMM10<br />

TM02<br />

FSPR<br />

DSPR<br />

significant wave height (in m).<br />

swell wave height (in m).<br />

mean wave direction (Cartesian or Nautical convention, see command SET).<br />

For Cartesian convention: relative to x−axis of the problem coordinate system<br />

(counterclockwise); possible exception: in the case of output with BLOCK<br />

command in combination with command FRAME, see command QUANTITY.<br />

peak wave direction in degrees.<br />

For Cartesian convention: relative to x−axis of the problem coordinate system<br />

(counterclockwise); possible exception: in the case of output with BLOCK<br />

command in combination with command FRAME, see command QUANTITY.<br />

direction of energy transport in degrees.<br />

For Cartesian convention: relative to x−axis of the problem coordinate system<br />

(counterclockwise); possible exception: in the case of output with BLOCK<br />

command in combination with command FRAME, see command QUANTITY.<br />

mean absolute wave period (in s).<br />

mean relative wave period (in s).<br />

peak period (in s) of the variance density spectrum (relative frequency spectrum).<br />

’smoothed’ peak period (in s).<br />

mean absolute wave period (in s).<br />

mean relative wave period (in s).<br />

mean absolute wave period (in s).<br />

mean relative wave period (in s).<br />

mean absolute zero-crossing period (in s).<br />

the normalized width of the frequency spectrum.<br />

directional spreading of the waves (in degrees).

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