Software Documentation

CIG software manuals and other useful information.

Cigma Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2009-01-22 04:11 PM

Manual for CIG Model Analyzer (Cigma), a suite of tools that facilitates the comparison of numerical models, and performs error analysis, benchmarking, and code verification.

CitComCu README — by root — last modified 2006-10-12 11:53 PM

README for CitcomCU, a finite element parallel code capable of modeling thermochemical convection in a three dimensional domain appropriate for convection within the Earth's mantle.

CitComS Manual — by root — last modified 2006-12-08 04:50 PM

Documentation for CitComS, a finite element code designed to solve thermal convection problems relevant to Earth's mantle.

ConMan Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-09-18 03:51 PM

User manual for ConMan, a finite element program for the solution of the equations of incompressible, infinite-Prandtl number convection in two dimensions, originally written by Scott King, Arthur Raefsky, and Brad Hager.

Ellipsis3d README — by root — last modified 2006-10-12 11:56 PM

Documentation for ellipsis3d, a three-dimensional version of the particle-in-cell finite element code ellipsis, a solid modeling codes for visco-elastoplastic materials.

Flexwin Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2009-04-17 01:54 PM

User manual for FLEXWIN, a seismology code which automates the time-window selection problem for seismologists.

Gale Manual — by root — last modified 2008-02-06 11:30 AM

Documentation for Gale, an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian code for the long term tectonics community. The code solves problems related to orogenesis, rifting, and subduction with coupling to surface erosion models

Geodynamics AMR Suite (deal.II) — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-08-18 10:15 AM

Online documentation for Geodynamics AMR Suite (deal.II), a C++ program library targeted at the computational solution of partial differential equations using adaptive finite elements. This documentation is updated monthly using doxygen.

HC README — by root — last modified 2009-04-15 02:07 PM

A README for HC, a global mantle circulation solver following Hager and O'Connell (1981) which can compute velocities, tractions, and geoid for simple density distributions and plate velocities.

LithoMop README — by root — last modified 2006-10-13 12:00 AM

A README for LithoMop, a finite element code for the solution of visco-elastic/plastic deformation that was designed for lithospheric modeling problems.

MAG Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-02-06 11:31 AM

Manual for MAG, a serial version of a rotating spherical convection/magnetoconvection/dynamo code that solves the non-dimensional Boussinesq equations for time-dependent thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell filled with an electrically conducting fluid.

Mineos Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-08-18 10:13 AM

Manual for Mineos, a 1D code that simulates synthetic seismograms in the spherical symmetric nonrotated Earth by normal mode summation.

PyLith Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2009-06-22 12:09 AM

Latest user manual for PyLith, a finite element code (formerly known as LithoMop) for the solution of visco-elastic/plastic deformation that was designed for lithospheric modeling problems.

Pyre Documentation — by root — last modified 2008-02-06 11:32 AM

A collection of information on Pythia/Pyre

SNAC Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2009-01-22 04:09 PM

User manual for SNAC (StGermaiN Analysis of Continua), an updated Lagrangian explicit finite difference code for modeling a finitely deforming elasto-visco-plastic solid in 3D

SEISMIC_CMPL — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-02-06 11:36 AM

Documentation on SEISMIC_CPML, a set of six Fortran90 programs that solve the 2D or 3D isotropic or anisotropic elastic wave equation using a finite-difference method with Convolutional Perfectly Matched Layer (C-PML) conditions, developed by Dimitri Komatitsch and Roland Martin from University of Pau, France.

SPECFEM2D README — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-02-06 11:46 AM

README manual for SPECFEM2D, a seismology code which simulates seismic wave propagation in two-dimensional anisotropic viscoelastic or coupled viscoelastic-acoustic media.

SPECFEM3D Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-02-06 11:39 AM

Manual for SPECFEM3D, a seismology code which simulates seismic wave propagation in sedimentary basins.

SPECFEM3D_GLOBE Manual — by Sue Kientz — last modified 2008-02-06 11:42 AM

Manual for SPECFEM3D_GLOBE, a seismology code which simulates global and regional (continental-scale) seismic wave propagation.