Enhancements in DSM2: Version Control, GUI Improvements, and New Modeling Features
This presentation by Eli Ateljevich, PhD, outlines key advancements in DSM2, including upgrades in information management, input handling, and a refined graphical user interface (GUI). Notable new features include gates with multiple physical structures, user-written operating rules, and improved numerical reliability. The integration of HDF5 for tidefile management enables robust data handling. The talk also highlights ongoing project statuses, including the transition to an upgraded database interface and user training efforts.
Enhancements in DSM2: Version Control, GUI Improvements, and New Modeling Features
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DSM2, Version 7 CWEMF February 26, 2007 Eli Ateljevich, PhD Department of Water Resources Delta Modeling Section
Talk Outline • Information management • Input changes and GUI • New model features • Status
Consistency Version control Scenario management Extensibility and reuse of common items Transparency NOT an archive of runs Database Information Management Goals
Layer Based Input 7 (added) 2 (revised) Grid layer 2 5 6 3 2 4 1 Grid layer 1
IO System and GUI • Graphical user interface (GUI) front end for database • Timed IO stored in DSS, assigned in GUI • Some run-specific items can be input in text • PTM is text based • HDF5 is used for the “tidefile”
New Model Features • Gates with multiple, more physical structures • User-written operating rules • More reliable solvers • Readable tidefile using HDF5 • CONDOR-friendly for batch simulations • Old/inconsistent features deprecated
Physical Gate Positions elev Variable weir crest Radial/sluice height elev
Upper Stage Trigger Stage (ft) Open Gate Lower Stage Trigger Close Gate Time Example – Operate a Gate Based on Water Levels
HDF5 Tidefile • Robust – designed for NASA satellite data • Tools – both DWR and open source • More useful data and better structure coming soon: • QUAL • Stage (as opposed to flow area)
Numerical Reliability: DB vs Text • Better closure in HYDRO • Maxiter nearly eliminated • Closure based on solution, not slowdown • Continuity ensured • Small fixes in QUAL nonconservative, conservative same • PTM velocities time-centered
Do They Give The Same Answer? • Solutions in identical cases same • Some production items have been “translated”: • Geometry: DB has one kind of cross-section • Gates: make use of the new features • Testing includes isolated calculations (e.g. gate equations) and production runs • Time centering in PTM big improvement for some situations
Project Status • Production DSM2 runs from desktop (Access) and Informix database in progress • Delta Modeling Section conversion mandated within a month • 2-day training course and tutorials completed by all • External use within 6 months
Contact • Eli Ateljevich eli@water.ca.gov Ralph Finch, Tawnly Pranger, Edward Diamond, Jon Shu, Jeff Galef Acknowledgments
