SMS:CMS-Flow Output Control
Output files specified here are associated with observation cells that have been assigned within the grid. For example, if a time series observation cell exists, an output file will be written out by M2D for every file type that is checked within this dialog. The same holds true for flow rate observation cells. All observation cell output files are given the file extension of “.m2o”. A prefix is specified for all time series and flow rate output files. The user must also specify the time step increment (in seconds) at which to write to the output files. This increment should be a multiple of the simulation time step.
A brief explanation of the information that each of the following observation cell output file types contains is given (* = prefix):
Time Series Output Files:
- U Output (*_u.m2o): Velocity in the x-direction
- V Output (*_v.m2o): Velocity in the y-direction
- ETA Output (*_h.m2o): Water level
- U DETA/DX (u /x) (*_udhdx.m2o):
- V DETA/DY (v /y) (*_vdhdy.m2o):
- ETA DU/DX (u/x) (*_hdudx.m2o):
- ETA DV/DY (v/y) (*_hdvdy.m2o):
- X-Momentum Advection U DU/DX (u u/x) (*_xmomu.m2o): U component of the momentum advection term in the x-direction
- Y-Momentum Advection U DV/DX (u v/x) (*_ymomu.m2o): U component of the momentum advection term in the y-direction
- X-Momentum Advection V DU/DY (v u/y) (*_xmomv.m2o): V component of the momentum advection term in the x-direction
- Y-Momentum Advection V DV/DY (v v/y) (*_ymomv.m2o): V component of the momentum advection term in the y-direction
- X Bottom Friction (*_xbfric.m2o): X component of the bottom friction
- Y Bottom Friction (*_ybfric.m2o): Y component of the bottom friction
- X Wind Stress (*_xwnd.m2o): X component of the wind stress
- Y Wind Stress (*_ywnd.m2o): Y component of the wind stress
Flow Rate Output Files:
- X Direction (*_qx.m2o): Flow rate in the x-direction
- Y Direction (*_qy.m2o): Flow rate in the y-direction
