SMS:BOUSS-2D Files

BOUSS-2D makes use of input files during the model run and has options for outputing files.

Input Files

BOUSS-2D makes use of the following files during a model run.

• Required files

• Parameter File (*.par)
• Bathymetry File (*_bathy.grd)

• Optional files

• Damping File (*_damping.grd)
• Current File (*_current.grd)
• Porosity File (*_porosity.grd) (Still under development – be advised to use with caution)
• Variable Roughness File (*_friction.grd) (Still under development – be advised to use with caution)

Output Files

BOUSS-2D can output both spatial and locational files. Output file options are specified in the BOUSS-2D Model Control dialog.

• Spatial files – values at every active computation point, These can be saved in 5 separate native BOUSS-2D formatted files (three ASCII and two binary) or in a single binary XMDF file (*.h5 – this is an HDF5 file). The native format files include:

• Transient datasets

• Water Surface File (*.eta) (This also includes breaking index at each cell.)
• Current File (*.uv)

• Mean values

• Significant Wave Height File (*_hs.grd)
• Mean Current File (*_mean_uv.grd)
• Mean Water Level File (*_mwl.grd)

• Locational files – These files contain information for specifaclly selected cells (probes)

• Water Level at Probes File (*_ts_eta.ts1)
• U Component of current at Probes File (*_ts_u.ts1)
• V Component of current at Probes File (*_ts_v.ts1)
• Pressure at Probes File (*_ts_p.ts1)

Related Topics

• BOUSS-2D
• BOUSS-2D Parameter File