SMS:ESMF - Earth System Modeling Framework

The Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) is used to couple the following Models:

• ADCIRC – STWAVE

To create a coupled simulation using ESMF, perform the following steps:

• Right click in the Project Explorer
• Choose the menu New Simulation | Hurricane
• Change the simulation name if desired
• Create the elements to be include in the simulation and drag tree pointers representing them into the simulation. The following items can be linked to an Hurricane simulation:
• ADCIRC – STWAVE
  • ADCIRC Mesh
  • STWAVE Grid
  • Hurricane Coverage
  • PBL Wind Coverage
  • WAM Simulation
• Right click on the Hurricane simulation in the Project Explorer
• Choose the menu Properties. This action will create a new Hurricane coverage containing polygons that identify overlapping grid sections and areas of interest defined by the user. It will then bring up a Hurricane Mode Project Summary property sheet containing four tabbed dialogs.
  • Overview
  • ESMF
  • Spatial View
  • Timeline
• Right click on the ESMF simulation and choose Export ESMF Files. SMS will create a folder named ESMF in the same directory as the .sms file of the current project. Inside of the ESMF folder will be a folder and input files for the ESMF Simulation. The ESMF Simulation folder name will be the same as the name given to the ESMF Simulations in the Project Explorer.

Related Topics

• Steering