TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Sebastian
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Heße, Falk
T1  - ogs5py: A Python‐API for the OpenGeoSys 5 Scientific Modeling Package
Y1  - 2020-06-16
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
SP  - 117
EP  - 122
JF  - Groundwater
DO  - 10.1111/gwat.13017
DO  - 10.23689/fidgeo-4201
PB  - Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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 introduce ogs5py, 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.
UR  - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8541
ER  -