swanwaterlevelspconst#

[swanwaterlevel] = swanwaterlevelspconst(waterlevel, savedata, outfilename, outfilelocation)

Description#

Generate SWAN water level file for spatially constant water level

This function can be used for any other scalar variable as well

Inputs#

waterlevel: Water level (or any scalar variable)

If size of waterlevel>1, then it is considered as a time series

1st element is 1st time step, 2nd element is 2nd time step, …
savedata=’no’;: Define if save data in a file or not

‘no’: does not save

‘yes’: save data as ascii file
outfilename=’swanwaterlevel.wl’;: Name of output file between ‘ ‘ mark, example: ‘swanwaterlevel.wl’

outfilename should have ‘.wl’ extension

In case of using other scalar varable than water level, use proper name and extension
outfilelocation=pwd;: Location of output file between ‘ ‘ mark, example: ‘C:' in MATLAB, or ‘C:/’ in Python

Outputs#

swanwaterlevel: Spatially constant water level data (or any scalar variable) formated for SWAN

Note: Water level at each time step is assigned into 4 points,

assuming the water level domain is defined by 4 points, one at each corner

Examples#

waterlevel=[0.5;0.6;0.55]; %Data for 3 time steps
savedata='no';
outfilename='swanwaterlevel.wl';
outfilelocation=pwd;
[swanwaterlevel]=swanwaterlevelspconst(waterlevel,savedata,outfilename,outfilelocation);

References#

Booij, N. R. R. C., Ris, R. C., & Holthuijsen, L. H. (1999). A third‐generation wave model for coastal regions: 1. Model description and validation. Journal of geophysical research: Oceans, 104(C4), 7649-7666.

SWAN Team. (2007). S WAN user manual. Delft University of Technology. The Netherlands.

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