GeoClaw -- a variant of Clawpack for geophysical flows

GeoClaw is a subset of Clawpack ... About this software, license, etc.

Please see the GeoClaw documentation and Gallery of GeoClaw applications.
Additional applications can be found in the Clawpack Applications repository and through some of the links below.

Contents:

• Publications using GeoClaw
• Some work related to GeoClaw development
• Other papers by developers and collaborators
• Posters
• Zotero database

Publications using GeoClaw

Long ago we stopped trying to keep track of all papers that use GeoClaw. A few papers by the developers are listed below, but for other publications, a Google Scholar search on GeoClaw plus the application you are interested is the best way to find them, e.g.

• Google Scholar search on 'geoclaw software'
• Google Scholar search on 'geoclaw tsunami'
• Google Scholar search on 'geoclaw surge'
• Google Scholar search on 'geoclaw dam-break floods'

See also:

• UW Tsunami Modeling Group projects
• D-Claw software for debris flows and landslides.
• ForestClaw software includes many GeoClaw capabilities with a different AMR strategy based on p4est.
• The swMATH information service and citation tracker for software has some additional lists of citations for Clawpack, GeoClaw, D-Claw, and ForestClaw.

Some work related to GeoClaw development:

• Tsunami modelling with adaptively refined finite volume methods, by R. J. LeVeque, D. L. George, and M. J. Berger, Acta Numerica, 2011.
  • Reprint and codes
  • Journal page

• The GeoClaw software for depth-averaged flows with adaptive refinement , by M. J. Berger, D. L. George, R. J. LeVeque and K. M. Mandli, Advances in Water Resources 34 (2011), pp. 1195-1206.
  • Preprint: arXiv:1008.0455v1 [physics.geo-ph]
  • Codes and other links

• Validation of the GeoClaw model by F. I. Gonzalez, R. J. LeVeque, P. Chamberlain, B. Hirai, J. Varkovitzky, and D. L. George, 2011. This report contains GeoClaw results for a set of benchmark tests, prepared for the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
  • Results, workshop proceedings and some animations: NTHMP benchmarking project.
  • Github repository of benchmarking data and tools

• High-resolution finite volume methods for the shallow water equations with bathymetry and dry states , by Randall J. LeVeque and David L. George. In Advanced Numerical Models for Simulationg Tsunami Waves and Runup, P. L-F. Liu, H. Yeh, C. Synolakis, eds., Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol 10, pp. 43-73, World Scientific, 2007. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Catalina, 2004.
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• Finite volume methods and adaptive refinement for global tsunami propagation and local inundation , by D. L. George and R. J. LeVeque, Science of Tsunami Hazards 24(2006), pp. 319-328.
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• Augmented Riemann Solvers for the Shallow Water Equations over Variable Topography with Steady States and Inundation. D. L. George. J. Comp. Phys. , 227(6):3089-3113, March 2008.

• Finite Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Tsunami Propagation and Inundation. D. L. George, PhD Thesis, University of Washington, 2006. [pdf file]

• A few slides illustrating Adaptive Mesh Refinement with GeoClaw (An example from the Acta Numerica paper above.)

Other papers by developers and collaborators

(Out of date -- many more to add...)

• Validating Velocities in the GeoClaw Tsunami Model using Observations Near Hawaii from the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami, by M. E. M. Arcos and R. J. LeVeque. [Link]

• Comparison of earthquake source models for the 2011 Tohoku-oki event using tsunami simulations and near field observations, by Breanyn T MacInnes, Aditya Riadi Gusman, Randall J LeVeque, Yuichiro Tanioka. [Link]

• Tsunami Modeling, by R. J. LeVeque, to appear in the Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics (N. J. Higham, Editor). [Link]

• Modeling and Simulating Tsunamis with an Eye to Hazard Mitigation, by J. Behrens and R. J. LeVeque SIAM News, Volume 44, May 2011 ... [pdf file]

• Adaptive Finite Volume Methods with Well-Balanced Riemann Solvers for Modeling Floods in Rugged Terrain: application to the Malpasset dam-break flood (France, 1959). D. L. George, Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids, 66(8):1000-1018, July 2011.

• Finite Volume Methods for the Multilayer Shallow Water Equations with Applications to Storm Surges, by K. T. Mandli. PhD Thesis, University of Washington, 2011. [link]

• Coastal marsh stratigraphy as an indicator of past earthquakes, Puget Lowland, Washington State, by M. E. Martin. PhD Thesis, University of Washington, 2011. [link]

• Tsunami Hazard Assessment of the Ocosta School Site in Westport, WA, by Frank I. Gonzalez, Randall J. LeVeque, Loyce M. Adams, 2013. [Link]

• Tsunami Hazard Assessment of the Elementary School Berm Site in Long Beach, WA, by Frank I. Gonzalez, Randall J. LeVeque, Loyce M. Adams, 2013. [Link]

• Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) for Crescent City, CA. Final Report for Phase I by Frank I. Gonzalez, Randall J. LeVeque, Loyce M. Adams, February, 2013. [Link]

• Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) for Crescent City, CA. Final Report by Frank I. Gonzalez, Randall J. LeVeque, Loyce M. Adams, Chris Goldfinger, George R. Priest, and Kelin Wang [Link]

• Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Storm Surge, by K. T. Mandli and C. N. Dawson, Ocean Science (to appear) arxiv.org/abs/1401.5744

• A numerical method for the two layer shallow water equations with dry states, by K. T. Mandli, Ocean Modeling 72 (2013), pp. 80-91. [Link]

• The pattern method for incorporating tidal uncertainty into probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment (PTHA) by L. M. Adams, R. J. LeVeque and F. I. Gonzalez, Natural Hazards, 2014. [Link]

• Generating Random Earthquake Events for Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment, by R. J. LeVeque, K. Waagan, F. I. Gonzalez, D. Rim, and G. Lin, Pure Appl. Geophys. 173 (2016) pp. 3671-3692. [Link]

• Adjoint Methods for Guiding Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Wave Propagation Problems, by B. N. Davis and R. J. LeVeque, [Link]

• Adjoint Methods for Guiding Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Tsunami Modeling, by B. N. Davis and R. J. LeVeque, Pure Appl. Geophys. 173 (2016), pp. 4055-4074. [Link]

• Tsunami Hazard Assessment of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, by F. I. Gonzalez, R. J. LeVeque, L. M. Adams, 2015. [Link]

• Observations and Modelling of Tsunami Currents at the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand, by J. C. Borerro, R. J. LeVeque, S. D. Greer, S. O'Neill, and B. N. Davis, Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015 [Link]

• The Effect of Earthquake Kinematics on Tsunami Propagation. A. Williamson, D. Melgar, and D. Rim, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11), 11639-11650, 2019. [doi:10.1029/2019JB017522]

• A Source Clustering Approach for Efficient Inundation Modeling and Regional Scale PTHA, by A.L. Williamson, D. Rim, L.M. Adams, R.J. LeVeque, D. Melgar, and F.I. Gonzalez, Frontiers in Earth Science, 8 (2020) p. 442.

Posters

• Clawpack Miniposterium at the SIAM CSE Conference, 2015 [Link]
• Tsunami simulations for Karachi and Bombay: Sensitivity to source parameters of the 1945 Makran earthquake, by H. Hasan, H. A. Lodhi, and R. J. LeVeque [pdf file]   [Conference]
• AGU 2015: Tsunami inundation and forces on coastal communities, by S. Qin, M. Motley, R.J. LeVeque, and F.I. Gonzalez [pdf file]
• AGU 2015: Reconciling geomorphic observations with simulations of a modern landslide-dam outburst flood using GeoClaw software, by M. Turzewski, K. Huntington, and R.J. LeVeque [pdf file]
• New Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami Inundation Modeling to Guide Relocation of Coastal Infrastructure for Indian Tribes on the Northern Washington Coast by T.J. Walsh, R.J. LeVeque, L.M. Adams, F.I.Gonzalez, J.D. Schelling, R. Cakir [pdf file]
• Tsunami inundation and forces on coastal communities, by X. Qin, M.R. Motley, R.J. LeVeque, and F.I. Gonzalez, CSDMS 2017. [pdf file]
• Assessing the use of tsunami simulations as a tool to predict source magnitudes and locations of paleoearthquakes in Chile by R. Becerra, B. MacInnes, L. Ely, CWU Master's Symposium, 2018. [pdf file]
• Modeling Crustal Fault Earthquakes and Tsunamis to the Sequim Dungeness River Marsh, by T. Adams. [pdf file]
• Targeted Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Tsunami Modeling Using Adjoint Equations, by B. N. Davis and R. J. LeVeque [pdf file]

Zotero database

We are also starting to develop a Zotero GeoClaw library. Work in progress -- see Zotero notes