Model:BatTri

BatTri

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Spatial dimensions	2D
Spatial extent	Regional-Scale
Model domain	Coastal, Marine
One-line model description	A graphical Matlab interface to the C language 2-D quality finite element grid generator Triangle.
Extended model description	BATTRI does the mesh editing, bathymetry incorporation and interpolation, provides the grid generation and refinement properties, prepares the input file to Triangle and visualizes and saves the created grid.

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Name	Jonathan Shewchuk
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	University of California at Berkeley
Postal address 1	625 Soda Hall, Computer Science Division
Postal address 2
Town / City	Berkeley
Postal code	94720
State	California
Country	United States
Email address	jrs@cs.berkeley.edu
Phone	510-642-3936
Fax	510-642-3962

Supported platforms	Linux, Windows
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Programming language	Matlab
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Code optimized	Single Processor
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Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	http://www-nml.dartmouth.edu/Software/battri/
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Describe input parameters	To generate a grid, the user should input the boundary node information, boundary segment information and hole (or island) information in form of a .poly file, as described in the Triangle manual (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.poly.html). These input nodes and segments in the .poly file are forced into the triangulation of the domain. Alternatively (and this is a strong point of BATTRI), all this information can be created from only a bathymetric dataset with the use of the editing options of BATTRI (see Option 0 in Running BATTRI section). This process may require manual deleting of unnecessary segments and nodes, closing of islands by segment adding, addition of an open ocean boundary segment, etc. As a starting point, ordered digital coastline node data can be extracted from the National Geophysical Data Center's webpage (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/) at various scales ranging from 1:70,000 to 1:5,000,000. If the coastline is very highly resolved, causing an excessive number of elements along the shoreline, the routine "xy_simplify.m" can be used to reduce the number of nodes to the desired resolution. Remember to format this data into a .poly file, consisting of nodes and segments, before inputting into BATTRI. To refine an already created grid, the user can input the above referenced information either in the form of a previously created .poly file or in the form of NML standard .nod, .ele and .bat files (see next section, Running BATTRI).
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Pre-processing software needed?	No
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Post-processing software needed?	No
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Visualization software needed?	No
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Is there a manual available?	Yes
Upload manual if available:	Media:BATTRI 2-D TRIANGULAR GRID GENERATOR.pdf
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OpenMI compliant	No but possible
BMI compliant	No but possible
WMT component	No but possible
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Jonathan Shewchuk

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Nr. of publications:	1
Total citations:	37
h-index:	1
m-quotient:	0.06

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Nr. of publications:	1
Total citations:	37
h-index:	1
m-quotient:	0.06

Featured publication(s)	Year	Model described	Type of Reference	Citations
Bilgili, Ata; Smith, Keston W.; Lynch, Daniel R.; 2006. BatTri: A two-dimensional bathymetry-based unstructured triangular grid generator for finite element circulation modeling. Computers & Geosciences, 32, 632–642. 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.09.007 (View/edit entry)	2006	BatTri	Model overview	37
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