tides Section

This section configures tidal forcing, including astronomical potential, LSA, and boundary conditions.


Parameter

Description

tide_flag

Flag to enable/disable tidal forcing (TRUE, FALSE).

AstronomicPotentialFlag

Flag to enable/disable gravitational forcing (TRUE, FALSE).

LSA_flag

Flag to enable/disable LSA forcing (TRUE, FALSE).

LSA_directory

Directory for LSA input files.

LSA_input_settings

Input file settings for LSA (e.g., file=XXX.nc format=NETCDF amplitude=XXX phaselag=XXX).

Atlas_directory

Directory for tidal atlas files.

Atlas_convention

Filename convention for tidal atlas (e.g., WAVE.tide.nc).

pressure_flag

Flag to enable/disable atmospheric pressure forcing (TRUE, FALSE).

pressure_directory

Directory for atmospheric pressure input files.

pressure_input_setting

Input file settings for harmonic pressure (e.g., file=XXX.nc format=NETCDF amplitude=XXX phaselag=XXX).

pressure_elligibles

Eligible pressure waves for LSA (default: S2 S1 Sa).

horizontal_diffusion

Flag to enable/disable spectral horizontal diffusion (TRUE, FALSE).

admittance

Flag to enable/disable admittance spectrum extension (TRUE, FALSE).

equilibrium

Flag to enable/disable equilibrium tide for online OBC computation (TRUE, FALSE).

nodal_correction

Flag to enable/disable nodal corrections (TRUE, FALSE).

LSA_coeff

Linear LSA coefficient (default: 0.0, dimensionless).

tidal_BC

Flag to enable/disable tidal boundary conditions (TRUE, FALSE).

BC_tide_file

File for tidal boundary conditions.

boundary_tide_interpolation

Interpolation type for tidal boundary conditions (COMPLEX, POLAR).

spectral_solver

Flag to enable/disable 2D spectral tidal solver (TRUE, FALSE).

solver_type

Spectral linear solver type (AUTO, UMFPACK, PETSC_GMRES, TUGO_GMRES, MUMPS, PASTIX, HIPS, SpDOMESTIC).

dominant_wave_1

First dominant wave for spectral solver (M2, S2, N2, K1, O1, NONE).

dominant_wave_2

Second dominant wave for spectral solver (M2, S2, N2, K1, O1, NONE).

prior_solution

Directory for prior solution for friction.

spectral_paire

Discretization for spectral solver (DGP1xLGP2, NCP1xLGP2, DNP1xLGP2, LGP0xLGP1, NCP1xLGP0, NCP1xLGP1, LGP2xLGP2, CQP1xCQP0, CQN1xCQP0).

spectral_max_iteration

Maximum iterations for dominant waves in spectral solver (default: 10).

compound_max_iteration

Maximum iterations for compound waves in spectral solver (default: 10).

spectral_specific_data

Flag to use discretization-specific database for spectral solver (TRUE, FALSE).

spectral_topo_file

Specific topography file for spectral solver.

spectral_slope_file

Specific topography slope file for spectral solver.

spectral_recycle

Flag to recycle spectral solutions for tidal OBCs (TRUE, FALSE).

spectral_reduced_archives

Flag to enable/disable reduced spectral solutions archive (TRUE, FALSE).

spectral_archive_level

Archive extent for spectral solutions (MINIMAL, MINIMAL-LAST, STANDARD, DEBUGGING, EXPLORATION).

spectral_archive_ascii

Flag to enable/disable ASCII archive for spectral solutions (TRUE, FALSE).

spectral3D_solver

Flag to enable/disable 3D spectral tidal solver (DISABLED, BAROTROPIC, BAROCLINIC, BAROCLINIC-REDUCED, BAROCLINIC-NORMAL, SW2D+1D).

spectral3D_max_reduced_modes

Maximum number of modes in reduced solver (default: -1).

spectral3D_max_analysed_modes

Maximum number of modes in diagnostics (default: -1).

spectral3D_OBCs

Open boundary conditions for 3D spectral solver (BAROTROPIC, BAROCLINIC, RADIATIONAL).

spectral3D_OBCs_MaxModes

Maximum number of modes for radiational conditions (default: -1).

spectral_density_advection

Density advection mode (IMPLICIT, EXPLICIT, BAROTROPIC, DISCARDED).

spectral_density_relaxation

Spectral density relaxation frequency (default: 0.0 s⁻¹).

radiational_OBCs_DispersionAdjustment

Flag to adjust celerity for numerical dispersion (TRUE, FALSE).

diffusion_duration

Integration duration for turbulence model (default: 72 hours).

diffusion_time_step

Time step for turbulence model (default: 120 s).

spectral3D_first_iteration

First iteration for dominant waves in 3D spectral solver (default: 0).

spectral3D_max_iteration

Maximum iterations for dominant waves in 3D spectral solver (default: 10).

spectral3D_archive_level

Archive content for 3D spectral solutions (MINIMAL, STANDARD, DEBUGGING, EXPLORATION, ADHOC).

spectral3D_modal_analysis

Vertical modes analysis for 3D spectral solutions (NONE, MINIMAL, STANDARD, DEBUGGING).