Precise distance-based two-dimensional automated mesh generation toolbox intended for coast ocean/shallow water flow models
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OceanMesh2D is a set of user-friendly MATLAB functions to generate two-dimensional (2D) unstructured meshes for coastal ocean circulation problems. These meshes are based on a variety of feature driven geometric and bathymetric mesh size functions, which are generated according to user-defined parameters. Mesh generation is achieved through a force-balance algorithm combined with a number of topological improvement strategies aimed at improving the worst case triangle quality. The software embeds the mesh generation process into an object-orientated framework that contains pre- and post-processing workflows, which makes mesh generation flexible, reproducible, and script-able.
OceanMesh2D consists of four standalone classes that are called in sequence. It requires no paid toolboxes to build meshes and has been tested to work with a trial version of MATLAB.
OceanMesh2D::
├── geodata -- process geospatial data.
├── edgefx -- build mesh size functions.
├── meshgen -- generate mesh based on mesh size functions and boundaries.
└── msh -- store, write, read, inspect, and visualize meshes and their axuillary components for numerical simulation.
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PLEASE READ THE USER GUIDE! A recent pdf of the user guide is located in this branch. For a continually updated version click here (wait for compilation and then click download PDF)
Download the data for the following examples here
in addition to here for the GSHHG ESRI shapefile and here: "ftp://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/srtm15_plus/SRTM15+V2.nc" for the latest SRTM15_PLUS global topobathy DEM.
Featured in ┌╼ Examples/Example_1_NZ.m %<- A simple mesh around South Island New Zealand that uses GSHHS shoreline.
user guide ├── Examples/Example_2_NY.m %<- A high-resolution mesh around the New York/Manhattan area that uses a DEM created from LiDAR data.
└── Examples/Example_3_ECGC.m %<- Builds a mesh for the western North Atlantic with a local high-resolution nest around New York
Featured in ┌╼ Examples/Example_4_PRVI.m %<- Builds a mesh for the western North Atlantic with three high-resolution nests around Peurto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Geoscientific Model ├── Examples/Example_5_JBAY.m %<- An extremely high-fidelity (15-m) mesh from LiDAR data around Jamaica Bay with CFL-limiting.
Development paper[1]└── Examples/Example_6_GBAY.m %<- An example of the polyline/thalweg mesh size function along the Houston Ship Channel.
All pull requests are tested with Jenkins on a local host. However, to ensure the software is fully functional on your system it's encouraged to run the tests in Tests/ yourself.
If you make use of OceanMesh2D please include a reference to [1], and to any of [2]-[4] if pertinent:
[1] - Roberts, K. J., Pringle, W. J., and Westerink, J. J., 2019.
OceanMesh2D 1.0: MATLAB-based software for two-dimensional unstructured mesh generation in coastal ocean modeling,
Geoscientific Model Development, 12, 1847-1868. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1847-2019.
[2] - Roberts, K. J., Pringle, W. J, 2018.
OceanMesh2D: User guide - Precise distance-based two-dimensional automated mesh generation toolbox intended for coastal
ocean/shallow water. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21840.61446/2.
[3] - Roberts, Keith J. Unstructured Mesh Generation and Dynamic Load Balancing for Coastal Ocean Hydrodynamic Simulation, 2019.
https://curate.nd.edu/show/4q77fr0022c
[4] - Roberts, Keith J., Pringle W.J., Westerink J. J. Contreras, M.T., Wirasaet, D., 2019.
On the automatic and a priori design of unstructured mesh resolution for coastal ocean circulation models,
Ocean Modelling, 144, 101509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101509
The boundary of the meshing domain must be a polygon (first point equals the last and non-self intersecting) but it does not need to be simplified. Read the user guide for more information about the inputs.
