--- title: "ANUGA Hydro" chunk: 2/3 source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANUGA_Hydro" category: "reference" tags: "science, encyclopedia" date_saved: "2026-05-05T10:10:23.608024+00:00" instance: "kb-cron" --- Additional viewing capability is available via several other options: – Using Commercial Software such as WaterRide (Ref to WebSite) – Using Free tools Such as Mirone (Grid viewing software) which has a specific tool called Aquamoto – Using SWW2DEM in combination with any GIS platform – Using Crayfish viewer as plugin in QGIS – Possibly using tools such as VisIt (Ref to Web Site) === Validation studies === ANUGA has been extensively validated against wave tank experiments and field studies where available, and ships with a validation test suite with about 30 analytical solutions, wave tank and field tests. Examples include validation against the wave tank experiment for the Okushiri 1995 tsunami, wave tank runup experiments at University of Queensland, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami impact at Patong Beach, comparison to other models, ANUGA was a late entry in the UK 2D model Benchmarking project in 2010 using version 1.1beta_7501. As a result, not all tests were completed. However of the basic tests ANUGA was well within the comparable range of results of other models. Since late 2013 the standard test suite for the model also includes a full catchment model (Towradgi Creek Catchment) which has been validated against the 17 August 1998 storm event. === ANUGA software development methodology === ANUGA was developed as an AGILE project so with strong adherence to Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration. ANUGA has more than 1200 individual tests that can be run by users or developers to verify that a given installation works as expected. ANUGA is fully versioned using the source code control system git, which allows a user to replicate a model run from a previous version at any time. It also of course thereby allows comparison with the current version. === ANUGA development timeline summary === Noting that ANUGA runs both in serial (1 core) and parallel (many cores) tested on 1000s. Here is a rough time line of major developments: Date : Version : Comment 1999 : ------- : Zoppou Roberts Paper 2004 : ------- : Storm Surge Open Source project started at Geoscience Australia in collaboration with the ANU. In: AusGEO news, No. 75, September 2004; pages: 8-9. Availability: 2006/08/16: 3500 : Moved code to SVN 2006/09/07: 3548 : Offline viewer with Animation capability 2006/09/20: : Published work on Tsunami Modelling answers tsunami questions. In: AusGEO news, No. 83, September 2006; Availability: