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ANUGA
ActiveOpen-source 2D shallow-water modelling in Python from Geoscience Australia — strong for dam break and tsunami.
by Geoscience Australia / ANU
- Pricing
- Open Source
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- Python
- Platform
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Install
pip install anugaAbout ANUGA
ANUGA, developed by Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University, solves the 2D shallow-water equations with a finite-volume scheme on unstructured triangular meshes, driven entirely from Python scripts. Its shock-capturing solver handles dam breaks, flash floods and tsunami inundation robustly, and the scripted workflow makes scenario batching natural.
Because the entire model is a Python program, ANUGA appeals to teams who want full automation and reproducibility without licence servers. The trade-off is the absence of a polished GUI — you work in code and visualise results in QGIS or ParaView.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
Appears in collections
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