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- 08/07/24 - 08/02/24 - GenCade with SMS 13.3
- 07/29/24 - 08/02/24 - CMS Basics with SMS 13.3
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- 11/18/20 - GenCade/SBAS Demonstration
- 16-20 Sep 2019 - CMS Advanced Topics with SMS 13.0
- 06-10 May 2019 - CMS Basics with SMS 13.0
- 19-22 Apr 2016 - WaveNet and TideNet
- 04 Dec 2013 - PTM with CMS Webinar
- 25 Jul 2013 - Sediment Budget Calculator
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- Navigation Portfolio Metric Derived from AIS Vessel Traffic Data
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- Modified Bruun Rule
- Automated Extraction of Foredune Morphology from Lidar Data
- Quantification of Dune Response during Nor'easter, Outer Banks, NC
- Long-term Morphology Modeling of Barrier Island Tidal Inlets - ECM14 2016
- Sediment Mobility Tool - RARG 2016
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Coastal Modeling System (CMS)
The Coastal Modeling System is an integrated 2D numerical modeling system for simulating waves, current, water level, sediment transport, and morphology change at coastal inlets and entrances. Emphasis of the CMS is on navigation channel performance and sediment exchange between the inlet and adjacent beaches. A key objective of this work is to develop, test, and transfer the CMS to Corps Districts and industry for use on specific engineering studies.
CMS-Merged (implicit and explicit) - v5.0 to v5.3 (updated)
CMS 5.3 - Current Release is CMS2D_v5.3 (update 3) - 7 April 2023
Check wiki page for latest version
Features
- Interface - Surfacewater Modeling System (SMS) version 13.2 (should work with SMS 13.0+ and reduced functionality with SMS 11.2).
- Combined Implicit and Explicit solution schemes into one executable - New
- Cartesian and Quadtree (telescoping) grids available for both solution schemes
- Sediment Mapping capability - New
- Documentation forthcoming.
- Contact Honghai Li for information.
- Capability for 4 structure types added - New
- Permeable Rubble Mound Jetties, Weirs, Culverts, Tidal Gates
- Interface changes will be available in future updates to SMS 13.2. Rubble Mound is already available in SMS 13.1+.
- New SMS interface for CMS-Wave in SMS 13.2 with an easier to read parameter file format (.std).
- Numerous bug fixes and parallelization improvements.
Latest version of the code is always available from the CIRP Wiki page listed below:
Please note the Terms and Conditions for the Coastal Modeling System
CMS-Wave Standalone - For use with CMS-Flow Explicit or by itself
- Latest - Ver 3.2
- Interface - SMS 11.0. Reduced functionality with SMS 10.1, but operational.
- New Features (SMS interface development underway)
- Full-plane effects when using winds AND wave spectra.
- Spatially variable wind and surge fields.
- Infragravity waves
| CMS-Wave version 3.2 - executable |
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32-bit - download 64-bit - download |
Other Tools for use with the Coastal Modeling System
PTM with the Coastal Modeling System
CMS-PTM version 2.0.55 – Executable
CMS-Wave Automated Procedure
The ability to systematically execute a large number of CMS-Wave simulations with little user interaction is beneficial in applications where new and/or reruns of numerous simulations are required for model re-validation and sensitivity tests, or for a large number of production runs.
An automated procedure was developed and is described in a CHETN (in press) and uses a series of MATLAB® scripts to generate CMS-Wave model I/O files, run the model on a PC, post-process model output files to calculate basic statistics for model-data comparison, and plot the model results. It performs many individual simulations which use different wave breaking formulations, or wave model versions, or input conditions. The procedure allows users to efficiently setup CMS-Wave model both for successive or simultaneous simulations in Corps projects and to expediently evaluate model results in research studies.
Installation program and sample files:
CMS-Wave_Procedure.zip (~20 MB)
Documentation (CHETN):
CMS-Wave Model: Part 4. An Automated Procedure for CMS-Wave in Resource-Demanding Applications - PDF
Wave Information Studies (WIS) Data 
CMS Users can use data from the Wave Information Studies (WIS) program to force CMS-Wave with. The main website is located at the link below. Contact WIS@usace.army.mil to obtain 2d Spectra for forcing. Eventually this will be made possible within the Data Portal, but send an email for now.
| Documentation | CMS User's Guide (2024 Update) CMS Wiki Page CMS Documentation Portal |
| Validation Report Test Case Files | CIRP Wiki - Validation Test Cases |
| Validation Cases Documented | CIRP Wiki - Other Test Cases |
| Workshops | List of All CIRP Workshops (including CMS) |
| USACE users | SAM, SAJ, SAW, SWG, NAN, NAB, NAP, NAE, LRB, LRE, NWS, NWP, SPN, SPL, POH, POA |
| Recent CMS/C2Shore Poster | 2024 CWG Meeting, Vicksburg, MS |
Points of Contact
| Honghai Li | cirp@usace.army.mil |
| Mitch Brown | |
| Lihwa Lin | |
| Elizabeth Holzenthal |
