Patent ID: 8676555
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating simulated river data for a prediction model comprising: generating river coastline segments based on river imagery, the river imagery having water location points and river boundaries, the river boundaries including coastline location points; generating river cross sections from the river coastline segments; generating synthetic bathymetry from the river cross sections; correcting portions of the river coastline segments that extend outside imagery boundaries of the river imagery; correcting gaps in the river coastline segments; editing the river coastline segments if necessary; extending a river coastline associated with the river coastline segments and the synthetic bathymetry if necessary; creating a finite element mesh based on the river cross sections, the corrected portions, the corrected gaps, the river coastline segments, and the river extension; receiving boundary nodes; receiving boundary parameters; and generating model parameters and input data files based on the synthetic bathymetry, the finite element mesh, the boundary nodes, and the boundary parameters.