COAWST model simulations of warm and cool nearshore rip-current plumes

<p>This archive contains COAWST model input, grids and initial conditions, and output used to produce the results in a submitted manuscript. The files are:</p> <p>model_input.zip: input files for simulations presented in this paper<br> &nbsp; ocean_rip_current.in: ROMS ocean model input file<br> &nbsp; swan_rip_current.in: SWAN wave model input file (example with Hs=1m)<br> &nbsp; coupling_rip_current.in: model coupling file<br> &nbsp; rip_current.h: model header file<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> model_grids_forcing.zip: bathymetry and initial condition files<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_grid_isbathy_2m.nc: ROMS bathymetry input file<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_grid_isbathy_2m.bot: SWAN bathymetry input file<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_grid_isbathy_2m.grd: SWAN grid input file<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_17.nc: Initial temperature, cool surf zone dT=-1C case<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_19.nc: Initial temperature, warm surf zone dT=+1C case<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_16.nc: Initial temperature, cool surf zone dT=-2C case<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_20.nc: Initial temperature, warm surf zone dT=+2C case<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_17p5.nc: Initial temperature, cool surf zone dT=-0.5C case<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;hbeach_init_isbathy_14_18_18p5.nc: Initial temperature, warm surf zone dT=+0.5C case</p> <p>model_output files: model output used to produce the figures<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;netcdf files, zipped<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;variables included:<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x_rho (cross-shore coordinate, m)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; y_rho (alongshore coordinate, m)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; z_rho (vertical coordinate, m)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ocean_time (time since initialization, s, output every 5 mins)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; h (bathymetry, m)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; temp (temperature, Celsius)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dye_02 (surfzone-released dye)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hwave (wave height, m)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dissip_break (wave dissipation W/m2)&nbsp;<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ubar (cross-shore depth-average velocity, m/s, interpolated to rho-points)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141817.nc: cool surf zone dT=-1C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141819.nc: warm surf zone dT=+1C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141816.nc: cool surf zone dT=-2C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141820.nc: warm surf zone dT=-2C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141817p5.nc: cool surf zone dT=-0.5C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141818p5.nc: warm surf zone dT=+0.5C Hs=1m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141817_Hp5.nc: cool surf zone dT=-1C Hs=0.5m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141819_Hp5.nc: warm surf zone dT=+1C Hs=0.5m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141817_Hp75.nc: cool surf zone dT=-1C Hs=0.75m<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Case_141819_Hp75.nc: warm surf zone dT=+1C Hs=0.75m</p> <p>COAWST is an open source code and can be download at https://coawstmodel-trac.sourcerepo.com/coawstmodel_COAWST/. Descriptions of the input and output files can be found in the manual distributed with the model code and in the glossary at the end of the ocean.in file.</p> <p>Corresponding author: Melissa Moulton, mmoulton@uw.edu</p>