The GeoClaw software for depth-averaged flows with adaptive refinement

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1195-1206

  Berger, Marsha J ^a,b,c   George, David L ^a,b,c   LeVeque, Randall J ^a,b,c   Mandli, Kyle T ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive refinement; Depth averaged equations; Finite volume methods; Hyperbolic equations; Numerical flow modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; DAM-BREAKS; DEPTH-AVERAGED EQUATIONS; DRY STATE; FORTRAN PROGRAMS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL FLOW; OPEN SOURCES; RECTANGULAR GRIDS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHOCK-CAPTURING; SOFTWARE USE; WAVE PROPAGATION PROBLEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOPHYSICS; OPEN SYSTEMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPHERES; USER INTERFACES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

DAM FAILURE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SOFTWARE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80052830830     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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