Computer programs to estimate wave parameters in the coastal zone / R.G. Bell and J.H. Burton

By: Bell, R.G.
Contributor(s): Burton, J.H | Water Quality Centre (Hamilton, N.Z.).
Series: Internal report / Water Quality Centre, Hamilton: no. 86/8Publisher: Hamilton, N.Z. : Hamilton Science Centre, 1986Description: 11 leaves + 6 appendices (various pagings) ; 30 cm.Report number: HPW-IR--86/08Subject(s): WAVE MEASUREMENT | SOFTWARE | FORTRAN | WATER QUALITY In: Internal report / Water Quality Centre, HamiltonSummary: Three FORTRAN programs are presented which perform the following tasks : (i) ORBIT - computes wave generated orbital velocities at any height above the seabed; (ii) THRESH - calculates the threshold velocities for different sediment sizes which are a function of grain density and wave period; (iii) WAVES - the stochastic simulation of waves and tidal characteristics. During each iteration of WAVES, the movement of a set of waves from deep water to the shoreline is simulated. From the tables produced by these programs the stability of surface sediments can be assessed, the wave conditions capable of moving sediment in the onshore-offshore direction can be identified, and the effects of wave action on offshore coastal structures and oceanographic instrumentation can be determined.
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Three FORTRAN programs are presented which perform the following tasks : (i) ORBIT - computes wave generated orbital velocities at any height above the seabed; (ii) THRESH - calculates the threshold velocities for different sediment sizes which are a function of grain density and wave period; (iii) WAVES - the stochastic simulation of waves and tidal characteristics. During each iteration of WAVES, the movement of a set of waves from deep water to the shoreline is simulated. From the tables produced by these programs the stability of surface sediments can be assessed, the wave conditions capable of moving sediment in the onshore-offshore direction can be identified, and the effects of wave action on offshore coastal structures and oceanographic instrumentation can be determined.

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