Input Files 



217. GENESIS Is operated through use of six input data files, as 

 illustrated in Figure 22. Input and output file names consist of five letters 

 with the three-letter extension ".DAT." Input files contain the modeler's 

 conceptualization of the project site, the factors that influence shoreline 

 change from the perspective of shoreline change modeling, and data and 

 technical information to run the simulation. GENESIS reads the input files 

 and performs the shoreline change simulation according to the instructions and 

 data contained in them. The present chapter deals in great part with the 

 content and preparation of the input files. 



218. Appendix B contains blank copies of input files that may be 

 photocopied for use in projects or in working through the case study presented 

 in Part VIII. Segments of START files, the main interface file for running 

 GENESIS, are given in Part VII in discussion of examples. 







G 



E 

 N 

 E 

 S 



1 



s 







START 

















SHORL 





SETUP 













SEAWL 











OUTPT 







DEPTH 

















WAVES 





SHORC 





■*" 









SHORM 

















Figure 22. Schematic of input and output file structure of GENESIS 



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