Template:Wavelength and Celerity

Primitive Weighting

This tool creates one or two functions representing the celerity and/or the wavelength at each node, based on the depth at each node. The celerity (C) is defined as the relative velocity of a wave with respect to the fluid in which it is travelling.

Note: the variable here is depth, not elevation. For applications relative to mean sea level, using the negative of the elevation relative to a datum is acceptable, but if the water level will vary, the depth is actually the water level minus the ground elevation. This operation can be performed using the Data Calculator.

The Output base name edit field allows the modeler to customize the name of the dataset being created.

$Celerity=(Gravity*Depth)^{0.5}$.

$Wavelength=Period*Celerity$.

Input parameters

• Input dataset –
• Input dataset is depth –
• Gravity (m/s² or ft/s²) –
• Period (seconds) –
• Minimum depth (m or ft) –
• Wavelength/Celerity dataset basename –

Output parameters

• Wavelength/Celerity dataset basename –

Current Location in toolbox

Datasets/Wavelength and Celerity