Bay-Delta SCHISM User Guide

The following topical guides take you through what it takes to set up a basic model run using the Bay-Delta SCHISM toolchain. You won’t have action items on all the topics for every run, but the Bay-Delta SCHISM Essentials section will get you started on a basic hindcast and the Topical Guides describe numerous common modeling tasks and where the gotchas are.

Bay-Delta SCHISM Setup

• Getting the Tools and Setting Up
  • Overview
  • SCHISM Code or Binaries
    • Downloading
    • Compile Settings
  • Git
  • Bay-Delta Package
  • Required Python Packages
  • Configuration System
    • Overview
    • Configuration File Locations and Priorities
    • Usage
    • Example Configuration File
  • Bathymetry
  • Complete Sample Inputs
  • VisIt SCHISM Plug-in
  • Links to tools
• Running a Preprepared Setup

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Bay-Delta SCHISM Essentials

Overview

• Overview of a Bay-Delta SCHISM Run
• Vignette: Hindcast Bay Delta SCHISM at Delta Modeling Section with Preprocessor
• Required Files, Directory Structure and Recommended Study Practices
• Grid, Spatial Data and Preprocessor

Boundaries & Input Files

• Prepare Ocean Boundary (elev2D.th.nc)
• Inflow/Outflow Boundaries
• Atmospheric setup
• Ocean Boundary Stabilization: Barotropic Warmup
• Key Run Parameters and Gotchas
• Run Initialization and Restart (Hotstart)
• Nudging Files
• Vegetation

Inspection of Model Setup

• Checklists
• Test Suite for Prechecking Runs

Output Files

• Output

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Advanced Tasks and Concepts

• Common Problems and Diagnosis
• Simulating water age
• Sea Level Rise
• Sources, Sinks, Delta Channel Depletions
• Hydraulic Structures
• Gridding the Horizontal Mesh
• Utilities and Scripts