Test cases
The main objectives of the test cases are to:
- check the installation of the model code by the user;
- perform simulations without any programming effort by the user;
- demonstrate the various options, available in the program (e.g. selection of a particular scheme by setting the appropriate switches) and, in particular, to show how model results are affected by different choices of model switches or parameters;
- test the portability of the program;
- provide a debugging tool for further developments of the model code.
More information about the test cases is available in the COHERENS manual.
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| Test case | Features used | Action |
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Cones Advection of a uniformly rotating cone-shaped contaminant contribution |
2d/horizontal
salinity/coded |
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Front Advection of a layered contaminant distribution by a tidal slope current |
2d/vertical
salinity/coded
open sea boundaries
tides/coded
user-defined output
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Seich Propagation of an internal wave within a closed channel |
2d/vertical
salinity/coded
user-defined output
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Fredy A bottomless cylinder of fresh water is immersed into a rotating tank containing a fluid of higher density. After removal of the cylinder the fresh water spreads radially outwardsuntil a geostrophic quasi-equilibrium state is reached |
3d
salinity/coded
user-defined output
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Pycno The evolution of a wind-driven surface mixed layer in the absence of rotation |
1d
salinity/coded
open sea boundaries
wind/coded
user-defined output
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CSnsp The annual cycle of thermal stratification at station CS (55° 30'N, 0°55'E) located in the deeper parts of the North Sea where a thermocline forms during the summer |
1d
salinity/data
tides/M2
open sea boundaries
tides/coded
wind/data
user-defined output
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River A non-rotating channel of uniform depth with open ends. Lateral effects are ignored |
2d/vertical
salinity
open sea boundaries/2
tides/coded
user-defined output
harmonic analysis
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Plume The computational domain has the form of a rectangle enclosed by a coastal (solid) boundary and three open sea boundaries |
3d
salinity
open sea boundaries/3
rivers
tides/kelvin wave
user-defined output
harmonic analysis
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Rhone The rhone test case can be considered as complementary to the plume case, but with a 'real' bathymetry |
3d
salinity
open sea boundaries/3
rivers
wind/coded
user-defined output
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Flood 2D flooding and drying by an oscillating current inside a straight channel using two different bathymetries |
2d/vertical
open sea boundaries/2
tides/coded
inundation
user-defined output
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Flood 3D Flooding and drying by an oscillating tidal current in a rectangular basin |
3d
open sea boundaries/1
tides/S2
inundation
user-defined output
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Bohai Northern part of the Yellow Sea between the Northeast coast of China and the Korean peninsula |
2d
3d
open sea boundaries/2
tides/M2,S2
user-defined output
harmonic analysis
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Bedload Test case in which the different bed load sediment transport formulae are tested |
2d/horizontal
sediment
user-defined output
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Totload Test case in which the different total load sediment transport formulae are tested |
2d/horizontal
sediment
user-defined output
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Wavload Test case in which the different wave-induced sediment transport formulae are tested |
2d/horizontal
sediment
user-defined output
waves
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Sedvprof 1D test case in which sediment concentration profiles are calculated using the advection diffusion approach |
1d
sediment
user-defined output
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Sedhprof Test case in which the adaptation of the sediment concentration over an eroding surface towards the equilibrium concentration is calculated |
2d/horizontal
sediment
user-defined output
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Seddens This test case simulates particle-driven gravity currents (also known as density currents). Results can be compared to the similarity solution of Hogg et al. (2000) |
2d
sediment
user-defined output
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Thacker Suspended sediment transport due to a seiche in a parabolic basin |
2d
sediment
inundation
user-defined output
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Bendflow This test case simulates flow and sediment transport in a 180° open channel bend |
2d
3d
sediment
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Morphctb Test case that simulates the sediment accumulation and erosion in a semi-closed basin that is subjected to a full year tide |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
tides
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Morphtidav Test case that simulates the effect of the tidal averaging acceleration technique in the semi-closed tidal basin |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
tides
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Morphgauss Test case that simulates the propagation of a gaussian hump bed form on a sediment bed |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
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Morphsort Simulation of the vertical sorting processes of armouring and filtering in a sediment bed consisting of multiple layers with different sediment composition |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
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Morphtrench Test case simulating the downstream movement of a trench |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
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Morphflat Test case simulating the development of an initially flat bed into the equilibrium bed profile |
2d
sediment
morphology
open sea boundaries
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Largedar Dredging and relocation test case that focuses on the spatial coupling between dredging and relocation sites |
2d
sediment
morphology
dredging/relocation
open sea boundaries
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Smalldar Dredging and relocation test case that focuses on the different methods of defining dredging campaigns and performing the dredging and relocation activities that are present in the module |
2d
sediment
morphology
dredging/relocation
open sea boundaries
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