Presentation by Roel de Goede (Deltares, Netherlands) at the Symposium on Emulating 2D flood modelling, during the Delft Software Days - Edition 2023 (DSD-INT 2023). Wednesday, 27 September 2023, Delft.
2. • Provide order of magnitude(s) faster assessments of
compound flooding as an additional quickscan tool
as part of Deltares numerical modelling solutions
SFINCS: Super-Fast INundation of CoastS
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3. Modeling needs to be faster: need for speed!
− Large-scale brute force computations
− Rapid assessments for desktop studies
− Forecasting 100s of ensemble member for extreme weather impacts
But,
− Bathtub models too simple: lack of physics
− Advanced models (e.g. Delft3D, ADCIRC, XBeach) too heavy for very large areas and/or large amounts of
scenarios
An alternative are reduced-complexity solvers as SFINCS, about 100 times faster (and increasing still).
Higher computational efficiency, while still including physics
Leijnse et al. 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103796
Why SFINCS needed: faster computations!
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4. What is SFINCS?
• Linear Inertial Equations (Bates et al., 2010)
• First order explicit numerical scheme
• No morphological change
• Variable time-stepping
• Single precision for most variables
• Streamlined code build for speed
• Challenge: keep it simple!
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Momentum equation:
Continuity equation:
5. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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6. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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7. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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8. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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9. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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10. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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11. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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12. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
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13. Other terms and features
• Advection
• Point sources (rivers and pumps)
• Levees (weir formula)
• Rainfall and infiltration
• Wind forcing and atmospheric pressure
• Coriolis
• Viscosity
• Geographic coordinates
• Sub-grid topography
− Compute water levels at much lower resolution but preserve the topgraphic variation at high resolution
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14. 14
500m grid without subgrid
Example in reality – 100km of St.Johns river, FL
500m grid with subgrid
15. 1. New desktop tool to support adaptation planning
Voettekst
van
de
presentatie
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• Objective: new tool to remove modeling
bottlenecks and to empower local
communities to understand risk & evaluate
• Computational core:
− Hazard model: SFINCS
− Damage model Delft-FIAT
• Commissioned Department of Homeland
Security. The City of Charleston pilot application
• Easy coupling with FIAT damage tool makes
numbers relatable
18. 2. Operational forecasting
Forecasting Hurricane Impacts on CoastS
FliFS
PoC
–
Delft
Software
Days
2022
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- Operational forecasts during hurricanes of flooding (SFINCS)
- 12-hourly 4-day forecasts forced by COAMPS-TC weather model
- Continental shelf models forced with tidal components along the 500 m depth contour
21. Ensemble members days before landfall (n=1000)
created with DeMaria method to account uncertainty
Projects
with
SFINCS
overseas
at
Deltares
USA
–
Kees
Nederhoff
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22. Time series Fort Myers show large spread & necessity
of probabilistic forecasting days before landfall
Projects
with
SFINCS
overseas
at
Deltares
USA
–
Kees
Nederhoff
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24. Latest developments
• Quadtree approach
• Refinements where you need them
• NVIDIA GPUs - speed-ups with a factor 30-50
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25. • SFINCS is Deltares’ super fast flood solver
• Already applied in a lot of places over the world
• SFINCS is open source: https://www.deltares.nl/en/software/sfincs/
• In case of questions, ask one of us or email: sfincs@deltares.nl
Take home
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