Fort.38: Surface Temperature Boundary Values Input File

The Surface Temperature Boundary Values Input File (fort.38) is used when the RES_BC_FLAG parameter is set to -3, 3, -4, or 4 in the fort.15 file (i.e., when a lateral temperature boundary condition is being used). The format of this file depends on the BCFLAG_TEMP parameter in the fort.15, which controls the surface heat flux parameterization in ADCIRC.

File Structure

The file format varies depending on the value of BCFLAG_TEMP:

  1. If BCFLAG_TEMP=1:

for i=1 to numberOfDataSets
    for k=1 to NP
        k, q_heat(k)
    end k loop
end i loop

  1. If BCFLAG_TEMP=2:

for i=1 to numberOfDataSets
    (K, (TMP(K,J), J=1,6),K=1, NP)
end i loop

  1. If BCFLAG_TEMP=3:

for i=1 to numberOfDataSets
    (K, (TMP(K,J), J=1,4),K=1, NP)
end i loop

Notes

  • This file is only required when running simulations with RES_BC_FLAG = -3, 3, -4, or 4

  • NP is the number of nodes in the horizontal mesh (i.e., the 2D fulldomain number of nodes)

  • For BCFLAG_TEMP=2 and 3: - TMP(K,J) represents the Jth heat flux component for the Kth horizontal mesh node - The data are read using an implicit Fortran i/o loop, hence the parentheses - BCFLAG_TEMP=2 requires 6 heat flux components - BCFLAG_TEMP=3 requires 4 heat flux components

  • For BCFLAG_TEMP=1: - q_heat(k) represents the heat flux at node k