Model:SiStER

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SiStER


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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 Continental
Model domain Geodynamic
One-line model description An easy-to-use MATLAB code to simulate long-term lithosphere and mantle deformation.
Extended model description SiStER (Simple Stokes solver with Exotic Rheologies) simulates lithosphere and mantle deformation with continuum mechanics: Stokes flow with large strains, strain localization, non-linear rheologies, sharp contrasts in material properties, complex BCs.
Keywords:

lithosphere deflection, Mantle deformation,

Name Jean-Arthur Olive
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography,
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Cambridge
Postal code 02139
State Massachusetts
Country United States
Email address jaolive@ldeo.columbia.edu
Phone
Fax


Name Eric Mittelstaedt
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization University of Idaho
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Moscow
Postal code 83844
State Idaho
Country United States
Email address emittelstaedt@uidaho.edu
Phone
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Name Benjamin Klein
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Cambridge
Postal code 02139
State Massachusetts
Country United States
Email address bzklein@mit.edu
Phone
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Name Steve Howell
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization University of Hawaii
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Honolulu
Postal code
State Hawaii
Country United States
Email address showell@soest.hawaii.edu
Phone
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Name Mark Behn
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City Woods Hole
Postal code 02543
State Massachusetts
Country United States
Email address mbehn@whoi.edu
Phone
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Name Garrett Ito
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization University of Hawaii
Postal address 1 1680 East-West Rd.
Postal address 2
Town / City Honolulu
Postal code
State Hawaii
Country United States
Email address gito@hawaii.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
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Start year development 2011
Does model development still take place? Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Code development status
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through web repository
Source web address https://github.com/jaolive/SiStER
Source csdms web address
Program license type Other
Program license type other --
Memory requirements --
Typical run time --


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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
If above answer is yes
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Describe processes represented by the model --
Describe key physical parameters and equations 1) Conservation of mass and momentum

2) Non linear viscosity law + elasticity + plasticity 3) Conservation of energy

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Describe available calibration data sets --
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Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? --
Is there a manual available? Yes
Upload manual if available: Media:Sister overview.pdf
Model website if any http://jaolive.weebly.com/codes.html
Model forum / discussion board
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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
Can be coupled with:
Model info
Jean-Arthur Olive
Mittelstaedt, Klein, Howell, Behn, Ito
Nr. of publications: 1
Total citations: 18
h-index: 1
m-quotient: 0.12
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Nr. of publications: 1
Total citations: 18
h-index: 1
m-quotient: 0.12



Featured publication(s)YearModel describedType of ReferenceCitations
Olive, Jean-Arthur; Behn, Mark D.; Mittelstaedt, Eric; Ito, Garrett; Klein, Benjamin Z.; 2016. The role of elasticity in simulating long-term tectonic extension. Geophysical Journal International, 205, 728–743. 10.1093/gji/ggw044
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2016 SiStER
Model overview 18
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