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Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System

Cyberinfrastructure for the quantitative modeling of earth and planetary surface processes
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Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)

The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) deals with the Earth's surface---the ever-changing, dynamic interface between lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere. We are a diverse community of experts promoting the modeling of earth surface processes by developing, supporting, and disseminating integrated software modules that predict the movement of fluids, and the flux (production, erosion, transport, and deposition) of sediment and solutes in landscapes and their sedimentary basins.

CSDMS:

  • Produces protocols for community-generated, continuously evolving, open software
  • Distributes software tools and models
  • Provides cyber-infrastructure to promote the quantitative modeling of earth surface processes
  • Addresses the challenging problems of surface-dynamic systems: self-organization, localization, thresholds, strong linkages, scale invariance, and interwoven biology & geochemistry
  • Enables the rapid development and application of linked dynamic models tailored to specific landscape basin evolution (LBE) problems at specific temporal and spatial scales
  • Partners with related computational and scientific programs to eliminate duplication of effort and to provide an intellectually stimulating environment
  • Supports a strong linkage between what is predicted by CSDMS codes and what is observed, both in nature and in physical experiments
  • Supports the imperatives in Earth Science research:
    • discovery, use, and conservation of natural resources;
    • characterization and mitigation of natural hazards;
    • geotechnical support of commercial and infrastructure development;
    • stewardship of the environment; and
    • terrestrial surveillance for global security.

Learn more about CSDMS through our article in Geoscientific Model Development:

Tucker, G.E., Hutton, E.W.H., Piper, M.D., Campforts, B., Gan, T., Barnhart, K.R., Kettner, A.J., Overeem, I., Peckham, S.D., McCready, L., and Syvitski, J., 2022. CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022.

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  1. pymt pymt Public

    A Python toolkit for running and coupling Earth surface models

    Jupyter Notebook 54 20

  2. babelizer babelizer Public

    Transform BMI-wrapped models into Python packages

    Python 5 3

  3. bmi bmi Public

    The Basic Model Interface is a set of functions for coupling models to models and models to data

    TeX 51 17

  4. help-desk help-desk Public

    The CSDMS Help Desk. Ask questions. Get answers (about CSDMS products and services).

    6 1

  5. ivy ivy Public

    Course material on scientific software development for researchers in earth and planetary surface processes

    Jupyter Notebook 77 59

  6. project project Public

    Files for CSDMS repositories; home of the CSDMS Forum

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  • best-practices Public

    Slides on CSDMS-themed best practices in scientific software development

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    0 CC0-1.0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 21, 2025
  • ivy Public

    Course material on scientific software development for researchers in earth and planetary surface processes

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    Jupyter Notebook 77 59 15 1 Updated Feb 19, 2025
  • bmi-example-mesa Public

    An example of wrapping a model written with Mesa with a Python BMI

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    0 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Feb 18, 2025
  • bmi-example-agentpy Public

    An example of wrapping a model written with AgentPy with a Python BMI

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    0 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Feb 18, 2025
  • bmi-example-pynetlogo Public

    An example of wrapping a model written in NetLogo with a Python BMI

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    NetLogo 0 MIT 0 2 0 Updated Feb 18, 2025
  • babelizer Public

    Transform BMI-wrapped models into Python packages

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    Python 5 MIT 3 13 5 Updated Feb 18, 2025
  • bmi-wavewatch3 Public

    Fetch WaveWatch3 data

    csdms/bmi-wavewatch3’s past year of commit activity
    Python 6 MIT 0 1 14 Updated Feb 17, 2025
  • model_metadata Public

    Tools for working with CSDMS Model Metadata

    csdms/model_metadata’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1 MIT 0 0 4 Updated Feb 17, 2025
  • bmi-tester Public

    Test a BMI in Python

    csdms/bmi-tester’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1 MIT 4 2 8 Updated Feb 17, 2025
  • bmi-example-python Public

    An example of wrapping a model written in Python with a BMI

    csdms/bmi-example-python’s past year of commit activity
    Python 13 MIT 22 3 5 Updated Feb 17, 2025
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