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1. E minimum and maximum values of the M and N coordinates n mesh of the grid in M and N direction Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Grid Dimensions M coordinate Minimum value Maximum value N coordinate Minimum value Maximum value M direction N direction OK Cancel B HLHILIEDEDHBEHBHHHHM 32222 R essnasnssuttouasaensaasuhscossato Alt X Exi OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 Menu Getting Started The variables to be set are M coordinate Minimum Value grid coordinate value of the most western grid point M coordinate Maximum Value grid coordinate value of the most eastern grid point N coordinate Minimum Value grid coordinate value of the most southern grid point N coordinate Maximum Value grid coordinate value of the most northern grid point Mesh M direction mesh of the grid in east west direction Mesh N direction mesh of the grid in north south direction 2 3 1 3 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model File Settings The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC also has to be provided with information on the model data files to be used Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model File Settings provides a dialog box for entering 5 directory where the data files reside a reference time and date of the data files a number of data files to be used The reference time and date relate the start of the numerical model time base with a recognised event e g lowtide Hook of Ho2. HU OF Q207F3 Report on a TIDAL MOVEMENT CORRECTION PROGRAM USER MANUAL Prepared for Rijkswaterstaat Tidal Waters Division MAST TRA1 October 1992 Rijkswaterstaat Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee RIKZ Bibliotheek Middelburg Oceanographic Company of the Netherlands z Q cn Rotterdamseweg 185 a 3009 Delft i V SY Manuk Rijkswaterstaat Tidal Waters Division Koningskade 4 The Hague Contents o 0 OS MPTTTTRTITISITIQIITIITILTITLOTTTTITTOTTITTIT TII TT l L MEE oa mene ENOR a a ee ee ee EN ee 2 C a ee ee ee ee ee ee ae 3 2 1 The openingssoreed and function Keys senen rereaass as 3 Re e a a ee ee ee ee eee ee 5 AG EREN 8 ASE Ke EON ARE FOE DEO MORO RON RE E om 6 2 3 1 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model 7 2 3 1 1 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid NE PUE a ee Ex 7 2 3 1 2 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid EINEN on 0 we etat Oe CEE HES ORO DSO 9 2 3 1 3 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model ENE are mr erder a a Ek 10 2 3 1 4 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model PUN nna as gp eons haee even oem ee gt I1 2 3 2 Tidal Correction Measurements s eee 12 2 3 3 Tidal Correction Tidal Movement Correction 14 oc 3 5 5 en ND drei ER DRA derde ee 14 BAL OEE POE en attenderen is 16 LEGEND EDE 4 hee ce rennen ee Eee we Bed 16 ee i1 TP 16 OAE o IT Q
3. Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Flow Simulation Model gt Measurements Tidal Movement Correction Alt X Exit Getting Started 2 3 1 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model In order to run the Tidal Movement Correction program TMC has to be provided with some information on the numerical model that has calculated the current data Four categories can be distinguished Reference point of the grid with respect to Earth coordinates Size and dimensions of the grid General information about the model data files Names of the data files from the model Therefore the item Flow Simulation Model gives access to four more menu items E Grid Reference Point amp Grid Dimensions B Model File Settings E Model Filenames 3 Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Flow simulation model gt Grid Reference Point Grid Dimensions Model File Settings Model Filenames vaansarssarnvenen Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD F1 Help F10 Menu 2 3 1 1 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid Reference Point The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC will only produce correct quasi synoptic measurement points when the location of the grid with respect to the Earth is provided ah as Getting Started Therefore the location of one grid point has to be related to an Earth coordinate Choosing the option Grid Reference Point opens a dialog box for entering the coordinates of this reference point The grid
4. Getting Started Furthermore TMCSHELL provides mouse support Clicking on the menu bar on a menu item or on an item in a dialog box with the mouse will activate respectively the menu bar the menu item or the item in the dialog box 2 2 Information Pressing F10 Activate menu bar will make the menu bar at the top of the screen active The menu item active label green bar appears on the item Information With the cursor keys the active menu item can be changed The item Information gives access to information on organisations involved in the development of the program TMCSHELL a O C N R W S T W D and a short description on the programs Tidal Movement Correction program E Surfer Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 Menu By pressing Enter a pull down menu appears with the items O C N R W S T W D Tidal Correction Surfer and Exit Getting Started With the up ft and down 4 cursor keys a menu item can be selected and by pressing Enter a menu item can be executed Read the information and the short descriptions by executing each item The item Exit exits TMCSHELL to DOS 2 3 Tidal Correction The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC needs a configuration file to run This configuration file is made by the menu items in the pull down menu of Tidal Corr ction The menu items defined under Tidal Correction are m Flow Simulation Model Measurements Tidal Movement Correction
5. time of measurement Integer hhmmss position 22 30 right aligned easting of measurement Integer position 31 39 right aligned northing of measurement Integer position 41 240 left aligned measurement data After the tidal correction the results are written to the Measurement Output File in the format column 1 7 corrected date of measurement Integer yymmdd column 8 14 corrected time of measurement Integer hhmm column 15 21 corrected easting of measurement Integer column 22 30 corrected northing of measurement Integer column 30 230 measurement data Me CIEL a References W J A M Aarts TMC Tidal Movement Correction Program Oceanographic Company of the Netherlands Tidal Waters Division of Rijkswaterstaat 1992 sD
6. the correct format see paragraphs 3 2 and 3 3 2 4 Surfer SURFER is a powerful and flexible tool for creating contour maps and surface plots of XYZ data The output may be viewed on screen are output to a printer or a plotter Directory Install Grid Topo Surf View Plot Util Alt X Exit Fl Help F10 Menu To present the results graphically SURFER s programs can be used 1h Getting Started A simplified flow chart illustrates the execution order of Surfer s programs X Y Z2 data v GRID EXE The GRID program is used to create regularly m4 J spaced grid data from irregularly spaced filename GRD X Y Z data supplied by the user psc TOPO EXE The TOPO program is used to create a contour map from filename GRD A P SURF EXE The SURF program is used to create a surface plot from filename GRD ERO PLOT EXE The PLOT program is used to send a PLT ede file to the installed output device printer plotter SURFER is not part of TMCSHELL and has to be purchased separately SURFER is a product of Golden Software Inc 809 14th Street Golden Colorado 80401 U S A tel 303 279 1021 fax 303 279 0909 s Getting Started 2 4 1 Surfer Directory This item sets the drive and directory where the SURFER program files reside Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Surfer Directory Directory e su
7. Ay x y t for a specified Flow Simulation Model File Time after the Flow Simulation Model Reference Time In these Flow Simulation Model Files the calculated values of the displacements Ax x y t and Ay x y t have to be given for all grid points so for all combinations of the points M and N with MMin x M x MMax and NMin x N x NMax In order to save diskspace the values of M and N are omitted and only the values of Ax x y t and Ay x y t are given In the Flow Simulation Model Files every line contains the values of Ax x y t and Ay x y t for certain values of the grid coordinates M and N with N as the fast running index On line number 1B Tidal Movement Correction Program N M 1 NMax NMin 1 the values of the displacements Ax x y t and Ay x y t of the point with grid coordinates M and N is contained The lines also have a format Ax and Ay are presented in a 10 character string with position 1 5 Ax x y t Integer position 6 10 Ay x y t Integer All other positions must be empty Not even a space is allowed This is because the program TMC uses the fact that all lines are 10 characters long to find the values of Ax x y t and Ay x y t for M and N quickly 3 3 Description of the measurement data file The program TMC expects the lines in the Measurement Input File to have the following format position 1 12 right aligned date of measurement Integer yymmdd position 14 21 right aligned
8. MCSHELL by typing On your monitor will appear the openingsscreen off TMCSHELL gt tmcshell of Information Tidal Correction Surfer Hel Version 1 0 Tidal Movement Correction Program XTRANS Funded by the E C under the MAST program Author Pim Aarts OK 5 Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 Menu Getting Started Pressing Enter or clicking with the mouse on the OK button will close the openingsscreen dialog and the bare desktop will remain In the desktop several items can be distinguished The bottom line forms the status line On this status line hot keys with commands are shown to remind you The top line of the screen forms the menu bar The menu bar gives access to the different program units In the next paragraphs all these program units will be discussed Information Tidal Correction Surfer Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 In TMCSHELL the following keys are defined Fl Context sensitive help F10 Activate menu bar Alt X Exit TMCSHELL to DOS Alt char Activate menu item with highlighted character In the dialog boxes the following keys are defined Esc Leave dialog box without changing the variables Tab Move forward one item in a dialog box Shift Tab Move backward one item in a dialog box In the input boxes the following keys are defined Home Go to beginning of line End Go to end of line Left Cursor Key lt Move cursor left Right Cursor Key gt Move cursor right dis
9. auosasecewsenteh kde hbkauxhds saca 17 EA MENE LNE 6 oe en sees eee cewek ind oe ene es 17 ARAS RENE TEE ann ee Ke RRO eee OK OREM RE SO 17 cee Lk a ee ee ee er 17 BERN UN oe Keene eer Sac eeney ose ee a 17 3 The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC 2 4 nmn 18 3 1 Description of the program TMC EXE TMC FOR 18 3 2 Description of the displacement model files 2 2 64 660080685 18 3 3 Descrp od of the measurement data TE cca cas enen uon 19 MENNE aeannnnrtatenmsentarmnevekterdateltesnanmens 20 Introduction Introduction In tidally energetic seas results from ship surveys have to be handled with great care Mostly results will give useful spatial distribution when quasi synoptic presentations can be made For this the coordinates need to be relative to the moving water masses The research vessel however will provide Earth fixed positions Therefore the coordinates have to be transformed from Earth fixed coordinates to coordinates relative to the water This can be done by using displacements current from a numerical model tuned for the specific area of interest The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC EXE converts the Earth fixed coordinates to water fixed coordinates The program TMCSHELL EXE is an interface to generate the configuration file for TMC and run TMC EXE This manual takes you step by step through the whole program If you follow all these steps the p
10. ction Program 3 The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC 3 1 Description of the program TMC EXE TMC FOR First a number of variables are read from the file TMC CFG This file is created by TMCSHELL When the variables are read from TMC CFG a short check is made on the validity of the variables For instance it is checked if MMIN is less than MMAX and it is checked if the Flow Simulation Model Files exist These checks will not recognize all the faults that can be made when filling the file TMC CFG but it was nevertheless thought useful to check for the most obvious mistakes After the variables are checked and some preliminary calculations are carried out one line 1s read from the Measurement Input File This line consists of the date the time the easting X the northing Y of the measurements and a number of measurements Now the tidal correction is carried out the on the easting X and northing Y Finally the quasi synoptic date and time the corrected easting X the corrected northing Y and the measurement data are written in the Measurement Output File These procedures are repeated until all coordinates of measurement points are corrected for the tidal movement 3 2 Description of the displacement model files The program TMC expects the displacement values of the flow simulation model in a set of ASCII files This set of files consist of a number of Flow Simulation Model Files each containing the values for Ax x y t and
11. ing aft fe Getting Started B names of the flow simulation data files amp time of these data files relative to the reference time and date Filenames s3dlkm3 b01 Time s3dlkm3 b02 Time s3dlkm3 b03 Time s3dlkm3 b04 Time s3dlkm3 b05 Time s3dlkm3 b06 Time Next Cancel Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 Menu The times of the data files have to be positive The reference date and time therefore must precede or coincide with the time of the first data file The variables to be set are File the name of the file which contains results from the flow simulation model Time the time in minutes relative to the reference time and date of the flow simulation model The number of inputfields provided matches the number of files as set in the Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model File Settings dialog box By executing the Next button or the Previous button you can browse through the list of files 2 3 2 Tidal Correction Measurements In order to work properly the Tidal Movement Correction program needs to be provided with information on the measurement points lt T Getting Started Tidal Correction Measurements provides a dialog box for entering x directory and name of the file containing the uncorrected measurement points 3 directory and name of the file in which the corrected measurement points will be written E quasi synoptic time in minutes re
12. is supposed to be aligned north south and east west The M variable stands for the grid coordinate in the west east direction the N coordinate for the grid coordinate in south north direction N North A A TM East r gt M Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid Reference Point provides a dialog box for entering g M and N coordinates of the reference point E Earth coordinates of this point in UTM coordinates Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Grid Reference Points M coordinate 54 N coordinate 60 Easting 575069 Northing 5759868 OK B Cancel Z Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD F1 Help F10 Menu The variables to be set are Reference Point M coordinate grid coordinate of the reference point of the grid in west east direction m Getting Started Reference Point N coordinate i grid coordinate of the reference point of the grid in south north direction Reference Point Easting coordinate of the reference point in meters Easting UTM Reference Point Northing coordinate of the reference point in meters Northing UTM 2 3 1 2 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid Dimensions The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC also needs to be provided with the size and dimensions of the grid The Grid Dimensions option provides a dialog box for entering these sizes and dimensions Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Grid Dimensions provides a dialog box for entering
13. lative to the reference time and date as set in the Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model File Settings dialog Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help Measurements Directory D TMC TEST File TEST TMC DAT Directory D TMC TEST File TEST TMC REV Quasi Synoptic Time s 120 OK Cancel d 3332385 Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Fl Help F10 Menu Variables to be set are Input Directory directory in which the not corrected measurement input file resides Input File filename of the not corrected measurement file Output Directory directory to which the corrected measurement output file has to be written Output File filename of the corrected measurement file This file will be made if it doesn t exist already otherwise the file will be overwritten Quasi Synoptic Time time in minutes relative to the flow model reference E Getting Started time and date towards which the measurement points are corrected 2 3 3 Tidal Correction Tidal Movement Correction The item Tidal Correction Tidal Movement Correction will make a configuration file TMC CFG with the configuration as set in Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model and Tidal Correction Measurements and start the Tidal Movement Correction program TMC Note Make sure you have set all configuration variables otherwise the results can be unpredictable Also make sure that the measurement file and the data files have
14. lland This reference time and date may coincide with the time and date of the first data file but may not be later than the time and date of the first data file Pix Getting Started Information Tidal Correction Surfer Help 1222222122222222222222222122221221222222212 1222222222122 2 12 22 112 222227 Model File Settings Directory D TMC LKM3 Number of Files 50 Reference Time 0343 Date 920921 OK Cancel i Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD F1 Help F10 Menu The variables to be set are Directory directory in which the data files from the flow simulation model reside Number of Files the number of data files that form the flow simulation model Number of Files should be greater than O and less than 198 Reference Time the reference time of the flow simulation model in hours and minutes hhmm The time of the flow simulation data files is expected in minutes relative to this reference time Reference Date the reference date of the flow simulation model in year month and day yymmdd 2 3 1 4 Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model Filenames The Tidal Movement Correction program TMC needs to know the names of the flow simulation model files and a time of these files relative to the reference time and date as provided in the Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model File Settings dialog Tidal Correction Flow Simulation Model Model Filenames provides a dialog box for enter
15. rfer Alt X Exit OCN RWS TWD Help F10 2 4 2 Surfer Install This item starts the SURFER Install program For further information on this program see the SURFER manual 2 4 3 Surfer Grid This item starts the SURFER Grid program The name of the corrected measurement file is automatically passed on to Grid For further information on this program see the SURFER manual a TE Getting Started 2 4 4 Surfer Topo This item starts the SURFER Topo program The name of the output file of the program Grid is automatically passed on to Topo For further information on this program see the SURFER manual 2 4 5 Surfer Surf This item starts the SURFER Surf program The name of the output file of the program Grid is automatically passed on to Surf For further information on this program see the SURFER manual 2 4 6 Surfer View This item starts the SURFER View program The name of the output file of the program Topo or Surf is automatically passed on to View For further information on this program see the SURFER manual 2 4 7 Surfer Plot This item starts the SURFER Plot program The name of the output file of the program Topo or Surf is automatically passed on to Plot For further information on this program see the SURFER manual 2 4 8 Surfer Util This item starts the SURFER Util program For further information on this program see the SURFER manual a Tidal Movement Corre
16. rogram should run smoothly This program is available without charge from Rijkswaterstaat Tidal Waters Division A O C T p o box 20907 NL 2500 EX The Hague tel 3170 3745521 fax 3170 3282059 Installation 1 Installation On the diskette labelled TMC are residing the following files b TMC EXE this is the Tidal Movement Correction program to correct positions for tidal movement with the use of data from a flow simulation model bs TMCSHELL EXE this is an interface to configure the configuration file for the program TMC EXE 3 TMCSHELL HLP this is the help file for the program TMCSHELL EXE 4 TMCSHELL CFG this is an example configuration file for the program TMCSHELL EXE To install the program make a directory for instance TMC and copy the files to this directory gt md tmc gt cd tmc gt copy a Now TMCSHELL is ready to use 2 Getting started Getting Started Before you start the program TMCSHELL you have to make sure that the following files are available on the harddisk L zs 3 the program files the files as mentioned under Installation the measurement file the files containing the uncorrected measurement positions the model data files the files containing the data from the model for flow simulation Make sure that the measurement file and the data files have the correct format see paragraph 3 2 2 1 The openingsscreen and function keys Now start T
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