Accession Number:

ADA026553

Title:

User's Manual for the Coastal-Graphics System (CGS) and Dobson's Wave-Refraction Model,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS INC LOS ANGELES CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• White,Albert R.
• Cardenas,Alfonso F.
• Harvey,Wayne A.

Report Date:

1976-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

276.0

Abstract:

The Coastal-Graphics System is a user-oriented computer software system which integrates 1 Mathematical models of coastal processes, specifically R.S. Dobsons model of ocean waves refracting near shore and 2 Interactive and graphics display technology. With CGS one can easily and conveniently define interactively various inputs and parameters for a model, run it, and then view its output. One can view the various model outputs in graphical contour plots, interactively change the models input parameters and re-run it, and then display the new results. The user has a small number of high-level English-oriented commands to work with CGS to exercise the wave-refraction model.

Descriptors:

• *COASTAL REGIONS
• *OCEAN WAVES
• *INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
• *OCEAN MODELS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• WAVEFORMS
• BATHYMETRY
• COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
• REFRACTION
• WAVE FUNCTIONS
• RAY TRACING
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• CONTOURS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE