Beach fx
Beach-fx is a event-based simulation model built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). It is intended to evaluate shore protection projects based upon their physical performance and economic costs and benefits. The Beach-fx modeling software is based upon Monte Carlo life cycle simulation and a Geographic Information System (GIS) framework. The model combines meterology, coastal engineering and economic analyses.
- Developer
- USACE
- Model Information
- For more information about this model, go to www.erdc.usace.army.mil
- Spatial Resolution
- The modeled region is divided into reaches, where a reach is a section of coast that can be defined by constant shore parameters.
- Temporal Resolution
- The time step is user specified and on the order of days. The simulation duration is on the order of years.
- Outputs
- Outputs include expected shoreline damage and economic valuation of management strategies.
- Intended User
- practitioner
- Model Type
- coastal
- Inclusion of Climate Change
- Climate conditions are explicitly incorporated through model storm input parameters.
- Geographic Region
- coast
- Data Requirements
- data provided by the user
- Source Code Availability
- closed source
- Dimensions
- 3d
- Computational Burden
- medium
- Scenario Modeling
- batch mode described
- Coding Language
- GUI
- Operating System
- windows
- Mathematical Approach
- simulation
- Maintenance Plan
- maintained
- Date of Last Known Update
- not available
- User Manual
- go to documentation at s3.amazonaws.com
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