SMS:CMS-Wave Monitoring Station Output File

CMS-Flow can extract the calculated wave height, period and direction information from the monitoring station output file (selhts.out) for a single station. This file will only be creaed if a monitoring station data is specified in the control file.

In SMS, monitoring stations are created as a cell attribute in the Cartesian grid.

File format

Column Number and Value

1. Spectrum label (or timestamp)
2. I index in Cartesian (i,j) or ij index in Quad-tree mesh
3. J index in Cartesian (i,j) or 0 (dummy) in Quad-tree mesh
4. Significant wave height (m)
5. Spectral peak wave period (sec)
6. Mean wave direction (deg, local coordinate system)
7. Swell height (m)
8. Swell wave period (sec)
9. Swell direction (deg)
10. Local-generated wave height (m)
11. Local-generated wave period (sec) B8 – Page 16 12 - local-generated wave direction (deg)
12. Wave breaking index (non-zero for breaking)
13. Max water elevation mark (m), include wave run-up if calculated
14. Flow discharge rate (m*m/sec) at structure cells if calculated

Related Topics

• CMS-Wave Files