SMS is a complete program for building and simulating surface watermodels from Aquaveo. It features 1D and 2D modeling and a unique conceptual model approach. Currently supported models include ADCIRC, CMS-FLOW2D, FESWMS, TABS, TUFLOW, BOUSS-2D, CGWAVE, STWAVE, CMS-WAVE, GENESIS,PTM, and WAM. Version 9.2 introduced the use of XMDF, which is a compatible extension of HDF5. XMDF files are smaller and allow faster access times than ASCII files.
SMS modeling was used to “determine flooded areas in case of failure or revision of a weir in combination with a coincidental 100-year flood event”. Furthermore, “concerning the water level calculations in case of failure of a weir, the Bavarian Environmental Agency provided the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute with those two-dimensional depth-averaged hydrodynamic models, which are covering the whole Bavarian part of the river Main. The models were created with the software Surface-Modeling System of Aquaveo LLC”.
This article “describes the mathematical formulation, numerical implementation, and input specifications of rubble mound structures in the Coastal Modeling System operated through the Surface-water Modeling System ”. Describing the input specifications, the authors write, “Working with the SMS interface, users can specify rubble mound structures in the CMS by creating datasets for different structure parameters. Five datasets are required for this application” and “users should refer to Aquaveo for generating a XMDF dataset under the SMS”.
This study examined the “need of developing mathematical models for determining and predicting water quality of 'river-type' systems. It presents a case study for determining the pollutant dispersion for a section of the River Prut, Ungheni town, which was filled with polluted water with oil products from its tributary river Delia”. “The obtained numerical models were developed using the program Surface-water Modeling System v.10.1.11, which was designed by experts from Aquaveo company. The hydrodynamics of the studied sector, obtained using the SMS module named RMA2 , served as input for the RMA module 4, which determined the pollutant dispersion”.
This study focused on finding “recommendations for optimization” of the “Chusovskoy water intake located in the confluence zone of two rivers with essentially different hydrochemical regimes and in the backwater zone of the Kamskaya hydroelectric power station”. “A two-dimensional model for the examined region of the water storage basin was constructed by making use of the software product SMS v.10 of the American company AQUAVEO LLC”. Evaluations of the SMS-derived, two-dimensional model as well as a three-dimensional model yielded the discovery that “the selective water intake from the near-surface layers can essentially reduce hardness of potable water consumed by the inhabitants of Perm”.
