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CSDMS maintains a code and metadata repository for numerical models and scientific software tools. The CSDMS Model Repository, initialized in 2009, now holds 398 open source models and tools. Use the dialog below to select your set of models.
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Program
Description
Domain
Developer
parallel global-scale landscape evolution model
Climate, Hydrology, Marine, Terrestrial
Tristan Salles
A model of dunes and snow-waves
Cryosphere, Hydrology, Terrestrial
Kelly Kochanski
Python software framework for writing, assembling, and running 2D numerical models
Coastal, Hydrology, Marine, Terrestrial
Greg Tucker
Global Scalable Paleo Landscape Evolution
Climate, Geodynamic, Terrestrial
Tristan Salles
Underworld2 is an open-source, particle-in-cell finite element code tuned for large-scale geodynamics simulations.
Geodynamic
Louis Moresi
E-book: calculator for approach to equilibrium in recirculating and feed flumes
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
WOFOST (WOrld FOod STudies) is a simulation model for the quantitative analysis of the growth and production of annual field crops.
Terrestrial
Hendrik Boogaard
Monte Carlo chain of 1D non-linear diffusion hillslope model to find most likely boundary conditions
Terrestrial
Martin Hurst
A set of Matlab functions for topographic analysis
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Wolfgang Schwanghart
Infiltration process component (Green-Ampt method) for a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
Read note in extended description. Fourier filtering in 2D while solving the flexure equation
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
E-book: program for computing bedload transport in
gravel rivers.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
E-book: Calculator for evolution of long profile of a river ending in a 1D migrating delta, using a backwater formulation.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
The MITgcm (MIT General Circulation Model) is a numerical model designed for study of the atmosphere, ocean, and climate.
Climate
Nicole Lovenduski
TISC integrates quantitative models of lithospheric flexure, fault deformation, and surface mass transport (erosion/transport/sedimentation) along drainage networks.
Climate, Geodynamic, Hydrology, Terrestrial
Daniel Garcia Castellanos
E-book: calculator for aggradation and degradation of sediment mixtures in gravel-bed streams
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
Read note in extended description. 2D Gaussian fractional-noise generation with Fourier-filtering method
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
tAo is a software designed to model the interplay between lithosphere flexure and surface transport (erosion/sedimentation), particularly during the formation of orogens and foreland sedimentary basins (see details).
Geodynamic, Terrestrial
Daniel Garcia Castellanos
a 3-D diagnostic model for continental shelf circulation studies
Coastal, Marine
Christopher Naimie
Simulates flow characteristics based on gradually varied flow equation
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Rudy Slingerland
Read note in extended description. Multiple Flow Direction (MFD) flow routing method
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
Diffusive Wave process component for flow routing in a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
2D semi-implicit shallow ice approximation glacier model
Cryosphere, Hydrology, Terrestrial
Andy Wickert
E-book: Implementation of the Wright-Parker (2004) formulation for hydraulic resistance combined with the Ashida-Michiue (1972) bedload formulation.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
ANUGA is a hydrodynamic modelling tool that allows users to model realistic flow problems in complex 2D geometries.
Hydrology
Nariman Habili
A graphical Matlab interface to the C language 2-D quality finite element grid generator Triangle.
Coastal, Marine
Jonathan Shewchuk
A finite element formulation of the non-conservative form of the vertically integrated advection/diffusion/reaction (ADR) equation
Marine
Wendy Gentleman
Infiltration process component (Richards 1D method) for a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
Evaporation process component (Priestley-Taylor method) for a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
2-D model tracking cosmogenic nuclides and mixing in landslide terrain
Terrestrial
Brian Yanites
A state-of-the-art finite-element computer simulation program for coastal ocean circulation modeling
Coastal
Kristina Lynch
Saturated Zone process component (Darcy's law, multiple soil layers) for a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
Depth-averaged fluid dynamics for modeling geophysical flows and wave propagation
Coastal, Terrestrial
Randall LeVeque
Read note in extended description. 1D model of spiral troughs on Mars
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
DHSVM is a distributed hydrologic model that explicitly represents the effects of topography and vegetation on water fluxes through the landscape.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Administrator DHSVM
Mrip is a self-organization type model for the formation and dynamics of megaripples in the nearshore.
Coastal, Hydrology
Edith Gallagher
Tools for extracting hilltops and analysing hillslope morphology
Terrestrial
Martin Hurst
E-book: Calculator for disequilibrium aggradation of a sand-bed river in response to rising base level.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
SWAT is a river basin scale model developed to quantify the impact of land management practices in large, complex watersheds.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Jeff Arnold
Algorithm for directly measuring hillslope length from high resolution topographic data
Terrestrial
Stuart Grieve
E-book: Calculator for evolution of long profile of a river ending in a 1D migrating delta, using the normal flow approximation.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
Read note in extended description. Forward Time Centered Space (FTCS) method for 2D Terrace diffusion
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
A method to test for order in a vertical succession of strata
Coastal, Marine, Terrestrial
Peter Burgess
Quantifies surface roughness with high-resolution topographic data by analyzing the local variability of surface normal vectors.
Terrestrial
David Milodowski
Read note in extended description. Numerical integration of Fourier-Bessel terms
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
Calculate wave-generated bottom orbital velocities from surface wave parameters
Coastal, Marine
Patricia Wiberg
Gausian distribution calculator of instantaneous shear stresses on the fluvial bed
Terrestrial
Rudy Slingerland
Linear inverse problems using spherical harmonics and spherical Slepian functions
Marine, Terrestrial
Frederik Simons
Spectral estimation problems using spherical harmonics and spherical Slepian functions
Marine, Terrestrial
Frederik Simons
E-book: Calculator for aggradation and degradation of a river reach using a backwater formulation.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
Tool written in Python for reading model input parameters from a simple formatted text file.
Climate, Coastal, Hydrology, Marine, Terrestrial
Greg Tucker
Reservoir: Tools for Analysis, Design, and Operation of Water Supply Storages
Hydrology
Sean Turner
An iceberg drift and melt model, developed to simulate sedimentation in high-latitude glaciated fjords.
Coastal, Cryosphere
Ruth Mugford
A turbulence-resolving numerical model for fine sediment transport in bottom boundary layer
Marine, Terrestrial
Zhen Cheng
An immersed boundary, Navier–Stokes code for the simulation of gravity and turbidity currents interacting with complex topographies.
Marine
Mohamad Nasr-Azadani
MODFLOW is a three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water model
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Paul Barlow
Pixel scale Area-Slope equation calculator
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Sagy Cohen
PHREEQC version 3 is a computer program written in the C and C++ programming languages that is designed to perform a wide variety of aqueous geochemical calculations
Hydrology, Terrestrial
David Parkhurst
Read note in extended description. Knickpoint propagation in the 2D sediment-flux-driven bedrock erosion model
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
E-book: calculator for evolution of profiles of fans in subsiding basins
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
Dynamic Wave process component for flow routing in a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model
Hydrology
Scott Peckham
Read note in extended description. Solving the flexure equation applying Advection Diffusion Implicit (ADI) method
Terrestrial
Jon Pelletier
Tightly coupled GIS interface for the Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Model
Hydrology
Christopher Duffy
Software for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers
Coastal, Hydrology, Terrestrial
Rob Runkel
The Larval TRANSport Lagrangian model (LTRANS) is an off-line particle-tracking model that runs with the stored predictions of a 3D hydrodynamic model, specifically the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS).
Coastal, Marine
Elizabeth North
E-book: Calculator for statistical characteristics of grain size distributions.
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Gary Parker
This is a two-dimensional numerical model that computes the topographic evolution of the facet slope in the footwall of an active normal fault.
Geodynamic, Terrestrial
Greg Tucker
Distributed hydrological model, water and energy budgets
Hydrology, Terrestrial
Riccardo Rigon
VIC (Variable Infiltration Capacity) is a macroscale hydrologic model that solves full water and energy balances, originally developed by Xu Liang at the University of Washington.
Hydrology
Dennis Lettenmaier