Parameters

Local wave conditions

For Transport in point you have to define the wave height, the wave period and the mean wave direction.

Nearshore wave conditions

You have to define the wave height, the wave period and the mean wave direction along with a reduction factor.

The conditions will be related to the first point of the cross-shore profile.

Offshore wave conditions

You have to define the wave height, the wave period and the mean wave direction along with a reduction factor.

The conditions will be related to the given reference depth and is not depend­ent on the cross-shore profile.

Reference Depth

The reference depth is the water depth at which the values of the offshore wave properties are defined. The reference depth is positive and measured relative to the base level for the coastal profile. It is preferable that the refer­ence depth is larger than or equal to the deepest point in the coastal profile. The reference depth is constant during the simulation but the actual water level will be added to the reference depth in refraction calculations. The waves will be refracted from the reference depth to the first point of the profile using the local offshore contour angles.

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