HydroTrack

This software provides high precision analysis with graphics and comprehensive report writing.

It should be a useful tool for professionals and researchers working on water pollution problems.

The program consists of two closely linked programs, the hydrodynamic kernel and the pollutant transport model.

The hydrodynamic kernal solves the 2D shallow water equations with a finite-difference scheme to obtain the flow velocities and water surface elevations in any complex geometry site.

The integrated pollutant transport model tracks the pollutant using a 3D tracer particle method taking into account advection by flow velocities, turbulent dispersion and buoyancy effects.

In addition to this, the pollutant model may also be used independently from the hydrodynamic kernel for quick preliminary simulations.

The user-friendly interface simplifies the data input and allows the simulation of complex pollutant transport scenarios in a few minutes.

All data is validated in order to minimize common input errors.Results may be visualized as velocity vector plots, isoconcentration contours and time-evolution plots of water surface elevation, velocity and pollutant concentration at any selected point. Graphics may be imported into any MS-Windows word processor for report preparation.