Supplemental meteorological/wave/ice parameters

This table is helpful for understanding file requirements and how the meteorological parameter line (informally, the WTIMINC line) should look in the fort.15 file. These are principally determined by the value of the NWS line (also in the fort.15 file), though note that the “NWS” values below are for the full-length value in the fort.15 file. Useful information is also contained in the fort.22 file format and wind stress pages.

Meteorological Data Format	Forcing	NWS Value	WTIMINC Line	Requirements	Notes
none	nonexistent	0	nonexistent	none	none
wind stress, every node, every timestep	m	1	nonexistent	f22	[1]
	m, rs	101	RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	301	RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	401	RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
wind stress, every node, every ``WTIMINC``	m	2	WTIMINC	f22	[1]
	m, rs	102	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	302	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	402	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
US Navy Fleet Numeric	m	3	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec	f22	none
	m, rs	103	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	303	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	403	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12003	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12103	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12303	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12403	irefyr irefmo irefday irefhr irefmin refsec RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
PBL/JAG	m	4	WTIMINC	f22	none
	m, rs	104	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	304	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	404	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12004	WTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12104	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12304	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12404	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
wind velocity, every node, every ``WTIMINC``	m	5	WTIMINC	f22	none
	m, rs	105	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	305	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	405	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12005	WTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12105	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12305	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12405	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
wind velocity, rectangular grid, every ``WTIMINC``	m	6	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC	f22	none
	m, rs	106	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	306	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	406	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12006	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12106	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12306	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st ,ic	12406	NWLAT NWLON WLATMAX WLONMIN WLATINC WLONINC WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
wind stress, regular grid, every ``WTIMINC``	m	7	WTIMINC	f22	[1]
	m, rs	107	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	307	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	407	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
symmetric vortex model	m	8	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj	f22	none
	m, rs	108	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	308	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	408	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12008	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12108	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12308	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12408	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
asymmetric vortex model (no longer available)	n/a	9	n/a	n/a	none
National Climatic Data Center GFS	m	10	WTIMINC	f2xx+	none
	m, rs	110	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f2xx+, f23	[2]
	m, sw	310	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f2xx+, A+S	[3]
	m, st	410	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f2xx+, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12010	WTIMINC cice_timinc	f2xx+, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12110	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f2xx+, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12310	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f2xx+, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12410	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f2xx+, STW, f25	[3]
National Weather Service ETA 29km	m	11	nonexistent	f22	none
	m, rs	111	RSTIMINC	f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	311	RSTIMINC	f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	411	RSTIMINC	f22, STW	[3]
	m,ic	12011	cice_timinc	f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12111	RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12311	RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12411	RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22, STW, f25	[3]
Oceanweather Inc (OWI)	m	12	WTIMINC	f22x	none
	m, rs	112	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22x, f23	[2]
	m, sw	312	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22x, A+S	[3]
	m, st	412	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22x, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12012	WTIMINC cice_timinc	f22x, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12112	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22x, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12312	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22x, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12412	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22x, STW, f25	[3]
Oceanweather Inc (OWI) NetCDF	m	13	WTIMINC	f22nc	NWS13
	m, rs	113	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22nc, f23	[2]
	m, sw	313	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22nc, A+S	[3]
	m, st	413	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	f22nc, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12013	WTIMINC cice_timinc	f22nc, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12113	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22nc, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12313	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22nc, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12413	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	f22nc, STW, f25	[3]
H*Wind	m	15	WTIMINC	hwind+,f22	none
	m, rs	115	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	hwind+,f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	315	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	hwind+,f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	415	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	hwind+,f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12015	WTIMINC cice_timinc	hwind+,f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12115	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	hwind+,f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12315	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	hwind+,f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12415	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	hwind+,f22, STW, f25	[3]
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Model	m	16	WTIMINC	gfdl+,f22	none
	m, rs	116	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	gfdl+,f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	316	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	gfdl+,f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	416	WTIMINC RSTIMINC	gfdl+,f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12016	WTIMINC cice_timinc	gfdl+,f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12116	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	gfdl+,f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12316	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	gfdl+,f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12416	WTIMINC RSTIMINC cice_timinc	gfdl+,f22, STW, f25	[3]
Dynamic Asymmetric Model	m	19	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj	pp,f22	none
	m, rs	119	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	pp, f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	319	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	pp, f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	419	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC	pp, f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12019	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj cice_timinc	pp, f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12119	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12319	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12419	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, STW, f25	[3]
Generalized Asymmetric Holland Model (GAHM)	m	20	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor	pp, f22	none
	m, rs	120	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC	pp, f22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	320	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC	pp, f22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	420	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC	pp, f22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12020	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor cice_timinc	pp, f22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12120	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12320	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12420	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc	pp, f22, STW, f25	[3]
Blended GAHM and OWI	m	30	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22	none
	m, rs	130	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, f23	[2]
	m, sw	330	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, A+S	[3]
	m, st	430	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, STW	[3]
	m, ic	12030	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor cice_timinc pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, f25	none
	m, rs, ic	12130	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, f23, f25	[2]
	m, sw, ic	12330	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, A+S, f25	[3]
	m, st, ic	12430	YYYY MM DD HH24 StormNumber BLAdj geofactor RSTIMINC cice_timinc pureVortex pureBackground	pp, f22, nwsf22, STW, f25	[3]

Forcing Abbreviations

• m - meteorology

• rs - Wave radiation stress in an analyst-supplied fort.23 <fort23> input file

• sw - Wave coupling using a simultaneously executing coupled SWAN model

• st - Wave coupling using a simultaneously executing ESMF coupled STWAVE model

• ic - Ice coverage using an analyst-supplied ice coverage data files

Requirements

• f22 - Requires analyst-supplied fort.22 meteorological forcing file.

• f2xx+ - Requires at least two fort.2xx meteorological forcing files from

  the GFS model. See fort.22 documentation for file naming and formatting details.

• f22x - Requires datasets of pressure and wind data in OWI formatted

  fort.221 and fort.222 files respectively, optionally including nested wind and pressure in fort.223 and fort.224 files. See fort.22 documentation for details.

• hwind+ - Requires two or more meteorological forcing files from the

  H*Wind model. See fort.22 documentation for details.

• gfdl+ - Requires two or more meteorological forcing files from the GFDL

  model. See fort.22 documentation for details.

• nwsf22 - Requires analyst-supplied NWS_20_fort.22

  meteorological forcing file. See NWS = 20: Generalized Asymmetric Holland Vortex Model (GAHM) for information on the use of aswip program to generate the NWS_20_fort.22 file.

• pp - Requires preprocessing of the ATCF formatted track file using the

  ASymmetric Wind Input Preprocessor (aswip) program (distributed with ADCIRC; see NWS = 20: Generalized Asymmetric Holland Vortex Model (GAHM)) prior to use as input for this parametric vortex model.

• f23 - Requires analyst-supplied fort.23 wave radiation stress input file.

• A+S - Requires ADCIRC+SWAN executable and input files for the coupled

  version of SWAN.

• STW - Requires ESMF-coupled ADCIRC and STWAVE and input files for STWAVE.

• f25 - Requires analyst-supplied fort.25 ice coverage input

  file as well as a fort.225 basin scale ice coverage file and possibly an optional fort.227 region scale ice coverage file.

Notes

[1] (1,2,3)

NWS formats 1, 2, and 7 do not support the use of ice coverage (fort.25) files.

[2] (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31)

Radiation stress time increment (RSTIMINC) represents the time increment between the datasets in the fort.23 file (in seconds).

[3] (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62)

RSTIMINC represents the span of ADCIRC simulation time that passes between calls to the coupled wave model.