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Version of Clawpack for geophysical waves and flows
http://www.clawpack.org/geoclaw
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Documentation for usage and values mx*my*mt dtopo headers #470

Open JomaMinoza opened 3 years ago

JomaMinoza commented 3 years ago

I am creating cellular automata landslide model. I am passing each displacement topography per time step from cellular automata. Is there detailed documentation for the usage of mxmymt headers for particularly if it could use for specifying the slide velocity of that dtopo file.

Thank you very much!

mandli commented 3 years ago

There's some python tools to work with dtopo files on the clawpack website. Is that what you are looking for or something more specific regarding translating a slide to a dtopo file?

JomaMinoza commented 3 years ago

More specific regarding translating a slide, particularly specifying slide velocity, to a dtopo file. Based on my understanding, mx,my and mt can be used for this but I could not find specific documentation defining these dtopo header parameters.

mandli commented 3 years ago

There is no velocity prescribed in a dtopo, only change of the ground elevation. There are horizontal movement components that some codes allow you to specify but at this point GeoClaw does not allow that at all.