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# The WAVEWATCH III Framework
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- WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > is a community wave modeling framework that includes the
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+ WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > is a community wave modeling framework that includes the
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latest scientific advancements in the field of wind-wave modeling and dynamics.
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## General Features
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- WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > solves the random phase spectral action density
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- balance equation for wavenumber-direction spectra. The model includes options
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- for shallow-water (surf zone) applications, as well as wetting and drying of
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- grid points. Propagation of a wave spectrum can be solved using regular
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- (rectilinear or curvilinear) and unstructured (triangular) grids. See
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- [ About WW3] ( https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3/wiki/About-WW3 ) for a
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- detailed description of WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > .
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+ WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > solves the random phase spectral action density
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+ balance equation for wavenumber-direction spectra. The model includes options
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+ for shallow-water (surf zone) applications, as well as wetting and drying of
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+ grid points. Propagation of a wave spectrum can be solved using regular
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+ (rectilinear or curvilinear) and unstructured (triangular) grids. See
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+ [ About WW3] ( https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3/wiki/About-WW3 ) for a
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+ detailed description of WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup >. For a web-based
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+ view of the WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > source code
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+ refer to the [ WW3 doxygen documentation] ( https://noaa-emc.github.io/WW3 ) .
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## Installation
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- The WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > framework package has two parts that need to be combined so
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- all runs smoothly: the GitHub repo itself, and a binary data file bundle that
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- needs to be obtained from our ftp site. Steps to successfully acquire and install
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+ The WAVEWATCH III<sup >® ; </sup > framework package has two parts that need to be combined so
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+ all runs smoothly: the GitHub repo itself, and a binary data file bundle that
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+ needs to be obtained from our ftp site. Steps to successfully acquire and install
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the framework are outlined in our [ Quick Start] ( https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3/wiki/Quick-Start )
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guide.
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