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

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