Template:SMS at a glance models

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  • SMS is a graphical interface that supports many numeric models
  • The models were developed by government or private entities
  • Hydrodynamic models compute water surface elevations and velocities
  • Wave models compute wave characteristics
  • Genesis is a shoreline model that predicts how the coastline will move based upon long term wave information
  • PTM tracks particle positions through time based upon hydrodynamics and wave effects