Groundwater Overlay

Groundwater overlay

The Groundwater Overlay is a variant of the Water Overlay, which in turn is a grid overlay. Water overlays are connected to the Water Module, a complex hydrological calculation module within the Tygron Platform.

The Groundwater overlay calculates and visualizes the movement of water underground and the resulting watertable.

In order to get more familiar with the different components of the Groundwater Overlay check out Quadrant 4 of the Water Module Testbed. This Testbed is available to you as a project in the Tygron Platform.

Groundwater overlay results

The Groundwater Overlay is a Water Overlay that is connected to the Water Module. This Water Module performs two dimensional grid based water simulations for a large set of input data and parameters, configured mostly through a related Water Overlay Wizard. When a simulation finishes, the module stores the result in the Groundwater overlay based on the selected result type. Only one result type can be stored per Groundwater overlay.

The Water Module however, is not restricted to generating only one type of result. Instead it can produce multiple unique result types for one single simulation. It is possible to add additional result type overlays which relate to a particular Groundwater overlay. These are known as Result Child Overlays. Again, each child overlay only stores one particular result type.

Apart from multiple result types, the Groundwater overlay can also store result data of multiple, intermediate simulation results, instead of just a single end result. These intermediate simulation results are known as timeframes.

For the full list of result types, see List of Result Types.

For non-overlay results related to the simulation, see Groundwater overlay results.

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Module

A Groundwater Overlay can be configured by opening the Groundwater Overlay Wizard. More in-depth information can be found under each of the categories below.

Water Module

Tutorials

Overview

Theory

Benchmarks

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Water Module

Water Module

Tutorials

Overview

Theory

Benchmarks

Group

Results

Output keys

Object flow output • Object height output • Object datum output a • Object datum output b • Object width output

Output other

Result type • Water balance • System visualization • Weather visualization • Debug info

Related

Building attributes • Hydraulic structures • Hydrological features •  Terrain attributes • Model attributes • Prequels • Simulation data

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Overlays

Categorization

Grid • Overlay Type • Parent • Result Child • Result Parent • Result type • Key

Default

City

Administrative

Ownership • Ownership Grid • Zipcodes • Zoning • Neighborhoods • Municipalities • Scenario

Environmental

Heat Stress • Shadow • Traffic Density • Traffic Noise • Traffic NO2 • Livability

Water

Rainfall • Flooding • Groundwater • Watershed

Grid Calculation

Average • Combo • Distance • Sight Distance • Travel Distance • Inference • Iteration

Geo Data

GeoTIFF • WCS • WMS • Image • Area • Attribute • Function

Topography

Satellite • Digital Surface Model • Digital Terrain Model • Building Floors • Underground • Source

Network

Network Distance • Network Overview • Network Ownership