Introduction
Delft Dashboard is open source package and is part of the OpenEarth suite. It is written in Matlab and provides and model interface for several models (eg. Delft3D-FLOW, XBeach, ed.), however the main functionality is written for Delft3D-FLOW. It uses online available data (bathymetry: GEBCO '08, tide: TPXO). When one would like to set-up a model within minutes the Model maker toolbox can be used. For more advanced Delft3D-FLOW functionality (tropical cyclones, tsunami's ed.) also toolboxes are developed. On this page the different Matlab routines applied within Dashboard are elaborated.
Model maker
The toolbox Model Maker has two functions which can be used for all models supported (Delft3D-FLOW, Delft3D-WAVE, D-FLOW FM and XBeach) which makes it easy to set-up a rectangular grid and a matching bathymetry. For FLOW also functionality related to boundary conditions and roughness is implemented.
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1) All the relevant variables (grid, batymetrybathymetry, number of boundaries and source) are loaded from the interface in Dashboard (getHandles).
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