SWAN+ADCIRC

This page summarizes the posts on this Web site that are about the coupling of SWAN+ADCIRC. It should provide a better starting introduction to running the model than a cursory search through the archives. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Instructions

New users should begin with the first link below. It provides step-by-step instructions about how to compile and run SWAN+ADCIRC, and it has been updated as the code has been revised.

• How to Compile and Run SWAN+ADCIRC
• Example Input Files for SWAN+ADCIRC
• More Example Input Files for SWAN+ADCIRC
• How to Hot-Start SWAN+ADCIRC
• Troubleshooting for SWAN+ADCIRC

Running the Model

Although the following posts do contain instructions, their focus is really on sharing our experiences while running the model. They describe a few new features as we have added them, and they illustrate some of the issues that we have faced, including some that remain works in progress.

Features Currently in Use:

• Swell Propagation on Fine Meshes
• Integral Coupling of Bottom Friction
• Wind Drag Based on Storm Sectors
• Updates to Spectral Propagation Velocities
• Updated 2020/05/02: Differences between SWAN v41.31 and v41.10
• Updated 2021/12/13: Improved Predictions with ST6 Physics and SWAN v41.31

Previous Discussion:

• Wave Refraction on Coarse Meshes
• Wave Refraction on Coarse Meshes, Part 2
• Controlling Errors with Limiters on Spectral Propagation Velocities

Publications

Finally, there are a few publications that describe SWAN+ADCIRC and its applications, especially to hurricane waves and surge in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mechanics of the Coupling:

• Modeling Hurricane Waves and Storm Surge using Integrally-Coupled, Scalable Computations
• Performance of the Unstructured-Mesh, SWAN+ADCIRC Model in Computing Hurricane Waves and Surge

Applications to Hurricane Waves and Surge:

• Origin of the Hurricane Ike Forerunner Surge
• Hurricane Gustav (2008) Waves and Storm Surge: Hindcast, Synoptic Analysis, and Validation in Southern Louisiana
• Simulating Hurricane Storm Surge in the Lower Mississippi River under Varying Flow Conditions
• Hindcast and Validation of Hurricane Ike (2008) Waves, Forerunner, and Storm Surge
• U.S. IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed : Evaluation of Tide, Wave, and Hurricane Surge Response Sensitivities to Mesh Resolution and Friction in the Gulf of Mexico
• Characterizing Hurricane Storm Surge Behavior in Galveston Bay using the SWAN+ADCIRC Model

Model Features:

• Limiters for Spectral Propagation Velocities in SWAN