Model:GEOMBEST

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GEOMBEST


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Model type Single
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model
Incorporated models or components:
Spatial dimensions 2D
Spatial extent Landscape-Scale, Watershed-Scale
Model domain Coastal
One-line model description Geomorphic Model of Barrier, Estuarine, and Shoreface Translations
Extended model description GEOMBEST is a morphological-behaviour model that simulates the evolution of coastal morphology and stratigraphy resulting from changes in sea level and sediment volume within the shoreface, barrier, and estuary.
Keywords:

barrier island, coastal morphdynamics, coastal sediment transport, morphologic, longshore sediment transport,

Name Laura Moore
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Postal address 1 104 South Road
Postal address 2
Town / City Chapel Hill, NC
Postal code 27514-3315
State North Carolina
Country United States
Email address moorelj@email.unc.edu
Phone
Fax


Supported platforms
Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Other platform
Programming language

Matlab

Other program language
Code optimized Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development 2002
Does model development still take place? Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status Active
When did you indicate the 'code development status'? 2020
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through CSDMS repository
Source web address
Source csdms web address https://github.com/csdms-contrib/geombest
Program license type Other
Program license type other GNU
Memory requirements --
Typical run time 2 minutes to 2 hours depending on time step size and grid cell size


Describe input parameters Excel files. See User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010
Input format Binary
Other input format
Describe output parameters Barrier island morphology and stratigraphy and migration rate.

See User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010 for more details.

Output format Binary
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed? No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed? No
Describe post-processing software
Visualization software needed? No
If above answer is yes
Other visualization software


Describe processes represented by the model see User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010
Describe key physical parameters and equations see User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010
Describe length scale and resolution constraints see User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010
Describe time scale and resolution constraints see User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010
Describe any numerical limitations and issues see User's Guide and Moore et al., 2010


Describe available calibration data sets
Upload calibration data sets if available:
Describe available test data sets
Upload test data sets if available: Media:SampleSimulation.zip
Describe ideal data for testing


Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? --
Is there a manual available? Yes
Upload manual if available: Media:Geombest Users Guide v2012.pdf
Model website if any --
Model forum / discussion board --
Comments Laura Moore updated this questionaire and uploaded sample simulations and a user's guide on 10/29/2012.


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OpenMI compliant No but possible
BMI compliant No but possible
WMT component No but possible
PyMT component
Is this a data component
DOI model 10.5281/zenodo.16576
For model version 1.1
Year version submitted 2015
Link to file https://csdms.colorado.edu/pub/models/doi-source-code/geombest-1.1.tar.gz
Can be coupled with:
Model info

Nr. of publications: 9
Total citations: 430
h-index: 8
m-quotient: 0.4

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Nr. of publications: 9
Total citations: 430
h-index: 8
m-quotient: 0.4



Featured publication(s)YearModel describedType of ReferenceCitations
Stolper, David; List, Jeffrey H.; Thieler, E. Robert; 2005. Simulating the evolution of coastal morphology and stratigraphy with a new morphological-behaviour model (GEOMBEST). Marine Geology, 218, 17–36. 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.019
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2005 GEOMBEST
Model overview 118
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