3D Visualization of Flooding using PyVista

PyVista is a powerful Python front-end to VTK and allows plotting flow on 3D topography. The topography can be colored by elevation, or an image or map can be added as a texture.

We are developing tools to more easily use this with GeoClaw, in particular for visualizing 2D depth-averaged tsunami simulations, but it may also be useful for many other applications.

Examples

• Tsunamis in Westport with Buildings

• Ocean Shores Vertical Evacuation Structure (planned)

• Columbia River mouth, L1 event

• Looking south toward Ilwaco, L1 event

• Sample PyVista plots for Clawpack/GeoClaw has some additional examples, including the topography around La Push, WA.