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Criterion | Explanation |
General Description | RMA's 3D hydrodynamic and water quality model of the San Francisco estuary predicts water surface elevations, flows, 3D velocity structure, salinities, particle transport, and water quality throughout the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Specific model grids have been developed to simulate the present-day Delta as well as the historical (pre-development) Delta. |
Model Domain | The model spans the entire estuary from the Pacific Ocean through the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River. |
Developer | Resource Management Associates (RMA) |
Hardware computing requirements | Not available. |
Code language | FORTRAN - Computational engine; PYTHON - post-processing and visualization routines |
Original application | San Francisco Bay-Delta |
Public/proprietary and cost | The model is proprietary and not available for public use. |
Physically or empirically based | Physically based |
Mathematical methods used | Uses the UnTRIM computational engine |
Input data requirements | Boundary inflows, meteorological data (evaporation, precipitation, wind), grid/bathymetry parameters, water surface elevation and salinity initial conditions, flow diversions, gate operations. |
Outputs | Model output is written to text files and netCDF files. Model output includes flows, velocities, water surface elevations, and salinity. |
Pre-processing and post-processing tools | Pre-processing: Janet grid editor; Post-processing: Python routines |
Representation of uncertainty | Uncertainty is not integrated into the modeling framework. |
Prevalence | This model was built for the specific application to the San Francisco Bay-Delta. |
Ease of use for public entities | Because the model is proprietary and not available to the public, it can only be used by the model developer. |
Ease of obtaining information and availability of technical support | The model is not publicly available. |
Source code availability | The model is proprietary. |
Status of model development | No information available. |
Challenges in integration | Because the model is proprietary and not available to the public, it can only be used by the model developer. |
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