SMS:Model Specific Coverages

Specific model coverage can be selected by right-clicking on the Map Data item in the Project Explorer and selecting Type | Models followed by selecting the model coverage; or by right-clicking on the Map Data item and selecting New Coverage command followed by using the New Coverage dialog.

The following model specific coverages are available:

• 3D Structure
  • 3D Structure
  • 3D Bridge (legacy)
• ADCIRC – Used to build a conceptual model of an ADCIRC project.
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Recording Stations
• ADH – Has three coverage options.
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Materials
  • Sediment Materials
• BOUSS2D – Used to build feature objects and parameters for a BOUSS-2D model simulation.
  • Damping – Used to create arcs with damping attributes.
  • Porosity – Used to create arcs with porosity attributes.
  • Roughness – Uses polygons to define the varying roughness.
  • Wavemaker – Used to create arcs that define wave parameters.
• BOUSS Runup/Overtopping – Uses multiple coverages to create the Runup/Overtopping model simulation. The coverages are:
  • Probes – Used to create feature objects for probes.
  • Damping – Used to create arcs with damping attributes.
  • Porosity – Used to create arcs with porosity attributes.
  • Roughness – Uses polygons to define the varying roughness.
  • Transects – Used to create arcs to represent the 1-d grid used for a run-up simulation.
  • Wavemaker – Used to create arcs that define wave parameters.
• CGWAVE – Used to build a conceptual model of a CGWAVE project.
• CMS-Flow – Utilize two different coverage types.
  • Rubble Mound Jetties
  • Boundary Conditions – Used to create the computational domain (or grid).
  • Save Points – Used to define special output locations from the computation.
• CMS-Wave – Used to build a conceptual model of a CMS-Wave project.
  • Observation Cells
  • Nesting Points
  • Structures
• EFDC – Used to create curvilinear grids for use with the EFDC model (EFDC grid format).
• ESMF – Used to couple ADCIRC and STWAVE models.
• EWN – Engineering with Nature (EWN).
  • EWN Features
  • Sediment Volume Management
• FESWMS – Used to build a conceptual model of a FESWMS project.
• GenCade – Used to build a conceptual model of a GenCade project.
• Generic Model Coverage
• PTM – Allows simulating particle transport processes.
• SED-ZLJ – Sediment model used with the EFDC coverage.
• SRH-2D – Uses multiple coverages to create the SRH-2D model simulation. The coverages are:
  • Boundary Conditions – Used to create boundary conditions for hydraulic computation.
  • Obstructions – Used to create feature objects that represent obstructions, such as bank protrusions and boulder clusters.
  • Monitor Points – Used to gather specific information for that location at all time steps.
  • Materials – Allows creating material zones specific to the SRH-2D model.
• STWAVE – Used to create an STWAVE project.
  • Monitoring Cells
  • Nesting Points
• TABS (RMA2/RMA4) – Used to build a conceptual model for a RMA2 or RMA4 project.
• TUFLOW Coverages – Used to create feature objects for a TUFLOW simulation. Includes several coverages.
  • 1D Cross Sections – Used to define open channel cross section data for 1D networks.
  • 1D Networks – Used to create channels and nodes for a 1D domain.
  • 1D Water Level Lines – Define the locations where 1D solutions will be written as 2D output.
  • 1D Water Level Points – Used in conjunction with water level lines to guide TUFLOW on creating 2D output for 1D networks.
  • 1D/2D BCs and Links – Used to specify cell code (active/inactive) areas of the 2D model domain.
  • 1D/2D Connections – Used with the 2D BC coverage to link 2D and 1D domains.
  • 2D Flow Constriction Shapes – Used to define flow constrictions in TUFLOW.
  • 2D Flow Constriction (cell based)
  • 2D Grid Extents – Used to create TUFLOW grids.
  • 2D Materials – Used to assign material data for use in the TUFLOW simulation.
  • 2D Miscellaneous (FLC, WRF, IWL, SRF, and AD)
  • 2D Z Lines (advanced) – Modifies geometry through time to simulate levee failures or other changes to elevation data within the model run.
  • 2D Z Lines/Polygons (simple) – Used as geometry modifications and force grid elevation values using arcs or polygons.
  • 2D/2D Linkages – Used to setup TUFLOW to use multiple 2D domains.
• WAM – Used to build a conceptual model of a WAM project.
• Wind – Represents a storm as an arc or series of arcs that follow the storm track and define the storm attributes at the nodes along the arc.
  • Holland/PBL – Used to create a storm track for a PBL project for use in ADCIRC.
  • Synthetic Storm – Provides a mechanism for creating a PBL coverage based upon user specified parameters.

Related Topics

• Map Module
• Generic Coverages