Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1111/gwat.13017 |
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Title (Primary) | ogs5py: A Python-API for the OpenGeoSys 5 scientific modeling package |
Author | Müller, S.
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Source Titel | Groundwater |
Year | 2021 |
Department | CHS |
Volume | 59 |
Issue | 1 |
Page From | 117 |
Page To | 122 |
Language | englisch |
Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
Supplements | https://ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fgwat.13017&file=gwat13017-sup-0001-supinfo.pdf |
Keywords | Numerical modeling, Python, Open source, OpenGeoSy |
Abstract | High‐performance numerical codes are an indispensable tool for hydrogeologists when modeling subsurface flow and transport systems. But as they are written in compiled languages, like C/C++ or Fortran, established software packages are rarely user‐friendly, limiting a wider adoption of such tools. OpenGeoSys (OGS), an open‐source, finite‐element solver for thermohydro‐mechanical‐chemical processes in porous and fractured media, is no exception. Graphical user interfaces may increase usability, but do so at a dramatic reduction of flexibility and are difficult or impossible to integrate into a larger workflow. Python offers an optimal trade‐off between these goals by providing a highly‐flexible, yet comparatively user‐friendly environment for software applications. Hence, we introduce ogs5py, a Python‐API for the OpenGeoSys 5 scientific modeling package. It provides a fully Python‐based representation of an OGS project, a large array of convenience functions for users to interact with OGS and connects OGS to the scientific and computational environment of Python. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=23137 |
Müller, S., Zech, A., Heße, F. (2021): ogs5py: A Python-API for the OpenGeoSys 5 scientific modeling package Groundwater 59 (1), 117 - 122 10.1111/gwat.13017 |