NearCoM: FUNWAVE Circulation Module

Authors:

James T. Kirby
Center for Applied Coastal Research
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 USA

Contact information:

James T. Kirby, kirby@udel.edu

Documentation:
Kirby, J. T., Wei, G., Chen, Q., Kennedy, A., and Dalrymple, R. A., 1998, ``FUNWAVE 1.0: Fully Nonlinear Boussinesq Wave Model Documentation and User's Manual", Research Report CACR-98-06, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware. (pdf)

Overview:

FUNWAVE is a phase-resolving, time-stepping Boussinesq model for ocean surface wave propagation in the nearshore. In NearCoM, it serves as a circulation module with phase resolving wave information to drive the sediment module.

Use and initialization of the module:

An input file is used to specify all the model parameters including grid information, incident wave information and physical parameters. NOTE: the module has not been linked to the master program.

Variables provided by the circulation module:

Phase-resolving wave information and time-averaged current information.

Variables required by the circulation module:

Time-dependent bathymetry, wave input.