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Since 2013.02 there is a command line option to skip the first timestep of a forecast in the Delft3DPreWaveAdapter. This is to be used for forecasts only and hindcasts so that the warm state will be picked up correctly due to inconsistencies in the way state files are written between FLOW and WAVE. From Delft3D version 6.02.01.5425 (Sep 2015) and newer this is no longer required. For models using online coupled FLOW and WAVE it is highly recommended to use Delft3D version 6.02.01.5425 or higher without the -skipFirstTimeStep option.
Import types
The pre-adapter converts the netcdf file specified in the optional property "input_spectra_file_to_convert" to a file in SWAN ascii spectra format with the same path and name but different extension (.BND). For example the original file input/spectra.nc is converted to input/spectra.BND. If the property "input_spectra_file_to_convert" is not specified, then this step does nothing.
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