GNOME Files Descripton

File Descripton Page (and Naming Convention)

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Contents:

Data Zip Folders

Data Zip Folders for Currents and Winds:
loc.yyyyMM.DD.zip

loc

cc for : Corpus Christi Bay
csa for : San Antonio and Copano Bays
gv for : Galveston Bay
mag for : Matagorda Bay
sab for : Sabine Lake

and
yyyyMM.DD is "YearMonth(01 to 12)"."Day"
Example: mag.201901.13.zip is the file for Matagorda Bay for January 13.

loc.yyyyMM.DD.wnd - Wind input for GNOME
locTxb.yyyyMM.DD.cur - Currents input for GNOME
locNotes....txt - A text file that gives the units of the data and typically has the time range of the winds.

The example above would contain the files:
magNotes.201901.13.txt mag.201901.13.wnd magTxb.201901.13.cur

The Currents File is in ptCur format which is used for Finite Element models such as TxBlend. The file covers a 5-day period with the 1st day being previous to the files labeled date. So mag.201901.13 goes from midnight Jan.12 thru Jan.16.
The Wind file goes two days into the future (ending Jan.14 in the example), but may have gaps, hence the Notes text file gives the actual range of the winds, or displays any error messages.

Map Zip Folders:

Map_AllTX.zip

allTex.bna GNOME Map for the Entire Texas Coast.

Maps_Mid_UpprCoast.zip

upCoast.bna GNOME Map for Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake; extends from southeast Louisiana to west of the Brazos River (Cedar Lakes).
midTxCoast.bna GNOME Map for Matagorda, Copano and San Antonio Bays; extends from east of the Brazos River (Quintana Beach) to just east of Port Aransas.

Map_LwrCoast.zip

lwrTxCoast.bna GNOME Map for Corpus Christi, Nueces and Aransas Bays, the Laguna Madre and its bays; and overlaps with the midTxCoast map by including Copano and San Antonio Bays; extends from the east edge of San Antonio Bay to the Mexican Border.

Physical Units :

Time: All times are in Local Time Zone (CDT/CST).
Current: feet/second. (The proper scale factor is set in the file.)
Wind: knots .