TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Sebastian
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Hesse, Falk
T1  - ogs5py: APython-APIfor theOpenGeoSys5 Scientific Modeling Package
T2  - Groundwater : journal of the Association of Ground-Water Scientists and Engineers, a division of the National Ground Water Association
N2  - High-performance numerical codes are an indispensable tool for hydrogeologists when modeling subsurface flow and transport systems. But as they are written in compiled languages, like C/C++ or Fortran, established software packages are rarely user-friendly, limiting a wider adoption of such tools. OpenGeoSys (OGS), an open-source, finite-element solver for thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in porous and fractured media, is no exception. Graphical user interfaces may increase usability, but do so at a dramatic reduction of flexibility and are difficult or impossible to integrate into a larger workflow. Python offers an optimal trade-off between these goals by providing a highly flexible, yet comparatively user-friendly environment for software applications. Hence, we introduceogs5py, a Python-API for the OpenGeoSys 5 scientific modeling package. It provides a fully Python-based representation of an OGS project, a large array of convenience functions for users to interact with OGS and connects OGS to the scientific and computational environment of Python.
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61017
SN  - 0017-467X
SN  - 1745-6584
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
SP  - 117
EP  - 122
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -