Modernizing DeltaRCM

Example model topography with overlaid reduced-complexity “parcels” paths

pyDeltaRCM is a documented, tested, and modular version of the popular DeltaRCM model [1, 2]. pyDeltaRCM implements a faster version of the reduced-complexity approach to river delta modeling established in the original DeltaRCM model. pyDeltaRCM also enables reproducibility by automatically recording the random-seed used to generate a given model output. Furthermore, the use of Python makes this new model open-source and accessible. Splitting the model into different components in an object-oriented framework has made the code customizable via subclasses and hooks.

For more about this project, refer to the documentation or the source code itself. pyDeltaRCM is an open-source project and we welcome any new developers and contributors to this effort. Currently the project is being developed by Andrew Moodie, Eric Barefoot, and me.

Publications

---

Moodie, A. J., Hariharan, J., Barefoot, E., & Passalacqua, P. (2021). pyDeltaRCM: a flexible numerical delta model. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(64), 3398. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03398

In Other Media

---

"Building Modern Tools for River Delta Simulation and Analysis," UTIG Discussion Hour, April 13, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDxGKvnxpo