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CitcomS

by Sue Kientz last modified 2010-01-25 01:54 PM

CitcomS is a finite element code designed to solve compressible thermochemical convection problems relevant to Earth's mantle.

CitcomS User Manual Written in C, the code runs on a variety of parallel processing computers, including shared and distributed memory platforms.

code status yes no contact
CIG developed   x  
CIG maintained x   cig-mc@geodynamics.org
CIG supported x   cig-mc@geodynamics.org
accepting bug reports x   RoundUp
license GNU Public License


Latest Release (3.1.1)

CitcomS-3.1.1.tar.gz [2009-07-31]
This release of CitcomS 3.1 adds the ability to convert temperature and composition to seismic velocities. The seismic velocities output can be uploaded to CIG seismic portal for SPECFEM3D simulation to generate synthetic seismograms. Other enhancements in bug-fix version 3.1.1 include: Allowing tracers in global model with nproc > 2; Simplified convergence control for Stokes solver; The norms of div(u), u, and p are no longer dependent on the grid size; Adding self-gravitational effect on geoid and adding Consistent-Boundary-Flux (CBF) method to compute dynamic topography; Adding GMT/NetCDF grd input for surface velocity boundary conditions, initial temperature, material dependence and local Rayleigh number in surface layers; Adding capability to read in time- and geographic-dependent, top surface temperature boundary conditions; Allowing multi-component chemical viscosity; Optimizing the speed (Cookbook 8 becomes 13% faster than v3.0); Better convergence for the coupled solver case; Several bugs are fixed. See the NEWS file in the package for more details.

This release is slightly backward incompatible with v3.0. See the History section in the manual for more details.
CitcomS-cookbook8-restart.tar.gz
Checkpoint at the 9,000th time step which allows user to shorten the computation time (if the solver is interrupted before finishing the computation, one can resume the computation from the checkpointed state). NOTE: The checkpoint files are produced by an x86 machine and may not be usable by other types of machines, e.g., PowerPC.

Development Version

If you are interested in following the main line of development, use the following Subversion command:

svn checkout http://geodynamics.org/svn/cig/mc/3D/CitcomS/trunk CitcomS

Documentation

CitcomS Manual [2010-01-25]
A PDF containing Citcom's history, installation and running instructions, tests, and cookbook examples.
CitcomS Tutorial
PDF slides of talk given by Eh Tan, CIG Training Session, EarthScope 2009, Boise, ID (May 12, 2009), on large scale models
CitcomS Animations
Two movies that visualize CitcomS results.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ for common problem in installing/using CitcomS.
Benchmarks
Benchmark results for CitcomS.
CitcomS Cookbooks
Cookbook examples of the types of geophysical problems that CitcomS solves (two excerpts from the User Manual).
Document Archive
Some old and probably outdated documents.

CitcomS Users Map

Shows location of all users who downloaded CitcomS since the code was released (image updated daily).

map showing location of all users who downloaded CitcomS since the code was released (image updated daily)

Help

To identify known issues, report bugs, request help, or provide feedback or suggestions:

 

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