| The NetWork - A community newsletter for DHI Software users | May 2005 |
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OpenMI is Open SourceThe new international, open standard and software environment for linking water models, the OpenMI, has now become Open Source. The standard has been developed by leading European modelling software vendors and users in a project supported by the European Commission. A number of future users have already received training in the use of the standard and the associated tools, and the first OpenMI compliant models are scheduled for release later this year. DHI plans to make the majority of our software products compliant with the new standard as part of our general policy to encourage interoperability and openness in the modelling community. Look for this logo, if you want to make sure that you are getting OpenMI compliant software: 
An advanced non-hydrostatic meso-scale atmospheric model was recently made OpenMI compliant by DHI, and coupled to MIKE SHE. The coupled modelling system is currently being used to investigate the significance of atmospheric feedback in hydrological impact assessment studies, such as land-use change studies. Preliminary results shows that even in impact assessment studies involving relatively moderate changes, feedback may have a significant influence on the simulated impact. The coupled model system will provide the means to identify the situations where feedback will significantly affect the simulated impact and in those cases help to produce more accurate predictions. The plug-compatibility between existing MIKE SHE setups and any OpenMI compliant atmospheric model, across differences in time step and spatial resolutions will ensure that these coupled simulations can be carried out with an absolute minimum of effort. This will hopefully lead to more investigations of real-life situation where feedback and inter-patch interactions may play a role, overall leading to a better understanding of the land surface - atmosphere interactions. More information about OpenMI can be found on www.harmonit.org. The standard and tools can be downloaded from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openmi. |
| MIKE URBAN is being well received around the world! | ^ |
MIKE URBAN is being well received around the world!
MIKE URBAN has now been sent out to thousands of our urban clients and we are getting a lot of positive feedback on the potential of this new product, which combines the best of two worlds - GIS-based user interface and numerical modelling - in one streamlined package covering both water distribution and collection systems.
A few weeks ago we announced a series of Webinars for existing and potential clients in order to help you getting started - Webinars are presentations via the internet where you can sit in your office and get online presentation of some of the new features. The introduction webinars have been very well received and many people already used this opportunity to learn more about MIKE URBAN. Please see www.dhisoftware.com/webinar/index.htm
A number of MIKE URBAN seminars have been planned around the world and we have had around 150 participants for the first seminars which has been held in Spain and China (See pictures via link from www.dhisoftware.com/). Many more seminars are planned in the coming months in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Baltics, USA, South Africa and more. Please contact your local DHI office for detailed information about these seminars in your area. You can find more information about MIKE URBAN at www.dhisoftware.com/mikeurban
| New 2005 Product catalogue | ^ |
New 2005 Product catalogue
If you wish to receive a hard copy of the 2005 DHI Software catalogue by mail then please click here and fill in the form.
http://www.dhisoftware.com/general/download/orderprintedcatalog.html
| From the WinHEC Fast Lane Area | ^ |
From the WinHEC Fast Lane Area
..our experts on spot reported the following:
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates opened the third decade of Windows, on April 25th at WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference), by announcing the availability of Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server (TM) 2003 x64 Editions. These 64-bit enabled OS editions provide new opportunities for memory and computationally intensive applications in areas such as gaming, data warehouses, 3D graphics and scientific computing. The x64 OS versions, which are expected to be the mainstream Windows platforms by the end of 2006, were received with enthusiasm by the WinHEC audience.
One of the highlights of the WinHEC event was the x64 Fast Lane, in which more than 20 partners demonstrated their x64 solutions to the 2800 WinHEC attendees. In partnership with Fujitsu-Siemens, DHI succesfully demonstrated x64-enabled versions of DHI Software running on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. As such, DHI is now among the world's leading software vendors supplying native 64-bit software, utilizing the performance enhancements and extended memory capabilities of the Windows x64 platform.
Read more about DHI Software and the Windows x64 platform which also hold links to the DHI experts to contact if you would like to discuss matters further
| 64-Bit Partners | ^ |
64-Bit Partners
You can find more information about the Microsoft's 64-Bit industry partners and their press material on http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/partner.asp
DHI's partners in Microsoft's Technical Adaption Program (TAP) for the Windows x64 bit launch testing and applying DHI Software on a x64 Windows platform are:
- Waterforecast.com (Denmark)
- ABPmer (UK) and
- USGS (USA)
The joint DHI/Partner applications fullfil needs such as providing accurate global metocean forecast data on a spatial scale never seen before and making use of high-resolution models that describe the complex physical, chemical and biological processes in marine and estuarine waters, ie integrated applications with DHI Software that addresses societal needs and ecological problems.
| More about Tsunami modelling with MIKE 21 | ^ |
More about Tsunami modelling with MIKE 21
In the first months of 2005 DHI, in cooperation with our Japanese partner company Alpha Hydraulic Engineering Consultants, have been gathering information relating to both the fault parameters of the quake and the initial shape of the water level displacement, including as many observations as have been possible. Read more about the latest MIKE 21 simulations including whom to contact.
| Take part in our poll | ^ |
Take part in our poll
In the wake of news announcements lately regarding DHI and Windows x64 platform some may find it slightly provacative to initiate an poll on the interest in the DHI Marine Software products on Client/Server platform using Linux as Operating System. However, now and then we recieve requests about the availability of DHI marine Software products (MIKE 21, MIKE 3 or LITPACK) for Linux. Presently it is our impression that adoption of Linux OS has only limited relevance for our present users and for most of potential users. But is our 'by intuition' sense correct? Please make you opinion come through and take part in the poll:
DHI Marine Software on Client/Server platform using Linux as OS ?- relevant
- not relevant
http://www.dhisoftware.com/general/News/MarineLinux/index.html
| Satellite based water forecast | ^ |
DHI Software demonstrates assimilation of satellite earth observations for marine forecasting
DHI Water & Environment has in consortium with GRAS A/S and ARGOSS demonstrated the feasibility of near real time operational assimilation of satellite data in the Water Forecast, which uses DHI Marine Software. The project is supported under the European Space Agency Earth Observation Envelope Programme as an Earth Observation Marked Development initiative.
The project has undertaken the task of providing an operational Water Forecast service with improved prediction skill by integrating satellite earth observation data. Within half an hour of observation, satellite data of sea surface temperature are processed, quality assured and available for the Water Forecast system. The data are assimilated into MIKE 3 and improved forecasts are issued for the benefit of sea farmers, entrepreneurs, ferry captains, municipalities and ocean leisure activities to mention just a few. The project has also investigated data processing and assimilation techniques for the integration of satellite earth observed chlorophyll-a and wave height data. An extensive model validation service is presently being developed. This service will provide performance statistics of the forecast system by comparing model predictions with independent in situ and satellite data.
The system and software are being progressively improved and expanded in close collaboration with customers and the improved performance is being monitored continually. As an example a tailor made Water Forecast web product has been provided to the fish farm Musholm Lax, who has successfully used this in planning of operations and feeding control.
For more information on the project please contact Karl Iver Dahl-Madsen or Jacob V. Tornfeldt Sørensen.
| Upcoming events | ^ |
Location |
Venue |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| St. Pete Beach, FL, USA | 3rd North American DHI Software Conference | 16-17 May 2005 |
| St. Pete Beach, FL, USA | 3rd North American DHI Software Conference | 16-17 May 2005 |
| Tokyo, Japan | DUC 2005 | 13 September 2005 |
| Osaka, Japan | DUC 2005 | 16 September 2005 |
| Tromsø, Norway | Flood Relief Conference | 17-19 October 2005 |
| Warsaw, Poland | ESRI EUC05 (with separate DHI track) | 26-28 October 2005 |
| Professional training courses: | ^ |
Courses held in May and June, are listed below. The complete 2005 course calendar is available here
| MAY 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Title & Course Reference |
Dates |
Place |
Organizer |
| MIKE 11 MIKE 11 for Advanced Users (Course Ref.: R102) |
3-4 May 2005 (2 days) |
Sydney, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE FLOOD Getting Started With MIKE FLOOD (Course Ref.: R201) |
5-6 May 2005 (2 days) |
Sydney, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE 11 Flood modelling |
10-12 May 2005 (2 days) |
Hanover, Germany | DHI Water & Environment, Germany Att. Dr. Ole Larsen E-mail: ola@dhi-umwelt.de Phone: +49 (0) 4242 78243 |
| MOUSE MOUSE for Advanced Users (Course Ref.: U-102) |
11-12 May 2005 (2 days) |
Auckland, New Zealand | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE FLOOD Getting Started With MIKE FLOOD (Course Ref.: R201) |
18-19 May 2005 (2 days) |
Auckland, New Zealand | DHI Water and Environment New Zealand (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE SHE Integrated groundwater and surface water modelling |
18-20 May 2005 (3 days) |
Cornwall, ON, Canada | DHI Water & Environment, US www.dhi.us Att. Pat Delaney E-mail: pad@dhi.us Phone: +1 (215) 504-8497 |
| Introduction to MIKE URBAN | 23 May 2005 | Torino, Italy | Intecno-DHI, Italy (www.intecno-dhi.it) |
| MIKE URBAN CS Modelling of Urban Drainage Systems with MIKE URBAN Collection Systems (CS) (Course Ref.: 6.1) |
24-25 May 2005 (2 days) |
Torino, Italy | Intecno-DHI, Italy (www.intecno-dhi.it) |
| MIKE URBAN WD Modelling of Urban Water Distribution Systems with MIKE URBAN Water Distribution (WD) (Course Ref.: 5.1) |
24-25 May 2005 (2 days) |
Torino, Italy | Intecno-DHI, Italy (www.intecno-dhi.it) |
| MIKE 11 Advanced Hydrodynamic modelling |
24-26 May 2005 (3 days) |
Bangkok, Thailand | May Buranautama E-mail: may@dhiwae.com Phone: +66 2 524 5564 |
| MIKE SHE Course Integrated Groundwater and Surface Water Modelling (PDF 1.3mb) |
25-27 May 2005 (3 days) |
Hørsholm, Denmark | DHI Water & Environment, Denmark Att. Michael Arnskov E-mail: mac@dhi.dk Phone: (+45) 45 16 92 00 |
| JUNE 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Title & Course Reference |
Dates |
Place |
Organizer |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE URBAN CS for MOUSE Users |
31 May - 1 June 2005 (2 days) | Stavanger, Norway | DHI Water & Environment AS Norway email: dhi@dhi.no Att. Tomas Eidsmo |
| MIKE URBAN WD MIKE Urban for MIKE NET Users (Course Ref.: U304) |
6,7,8 & 9 June 2005 (4 days) dates to be confirmed |
Brisbane, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE Urban CS for MOUSE Users (Course Ref.: U204) |
13 June 2005 (1 day) date to be confirmed |
Auckland, New Zealand | DHI Water and Environment, New Zealand (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE SHE Integrated groundwater and surface water modelling |
13-14 June 2005 (2 days) | Tokyo, Japan | DHI Water & Environment, Japan Att. Francois Salesse Email: frs@dhisoftware.jp Phone: +81(0)467-31-3284 |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE Urban CS for MOUSE Users (Course Ref.: U204) |
14-15 June 2005 (2 days) |
Sydney, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE URBAN CS for MOUSE Users |
15-16 June 2005 (2 days) |
Oslo, Norway | DHI Water & Environment AS Norway email: dhi@dhi.no Att. Tomas Eidsmo |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE URBAN CS for MOUSE Users |
15-17 June 2005 (3 days) | Portland, Oregon | DHI Water & Environment, US (www.dhi.us) Att. Pat Delaney E-mail: pad@dhi.us Phone: +1 (215) 504-8497 |
| MIKE BASIN River Basin Management and Planning (Course Ref.: R301) |
16-17 June 2005 (2 days) |
Sydney, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE SHE Integrated groundwater and surface water modelling |
16-17 June 2005 (2 days) | Osaka, Japan | DHI Water & Environment, Japan Att. Francois Salesse Email: frs@dhisoftware.jp Phone: +81(0)467-31-3284 |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE Urban CS for MOUSE Users (Course Ref.: U204) |
17 June 2005 (1 day) date to be confirmed |
Christchurch, New Zealand | DHI Water and Environment, New Zealand (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE Urban CS for MOUSE Users (Course Ref.: U204) |
20 June 2005 (1 day) date to be confirmed |
Brisbane, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE 21 & MIKE 3 2-D and 3-D modelling for ocean, coastal, esturine and lake hydrodynamics |
20-21 June 2005 (2 days) |
Tokyo, Japan | DHI Water & Environment, Japan Att. Francois Salesse E-mail: frs@dhisoftware.jp Phone: +81(0)467-31-3284 |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE URBAN CS for MOUSE Users |
20-22 June 2005 (3 days) | Tampa, Florida | DHI Water & Environment, US (www.dhi.us) Att. Pat Delaney E-mail: pad@dhi.us Phone: +1 (215) 504-8497 |
| MIKE URBAN CS MIKE Urban CS for MOUSE Users (Course Ref.: U204) |
22 June 2005 (1 day) date to be confirmed |
Wellington, New Zealand | DHI Water and Environment, New Zealand (www.dhiwae.com) |
| MIKE 21 & MIKE 3 2-D and 3-D modelling for ocean, coastal, esturine and lake hydrodynamics |
23-24 June 2005 (2 days) |
Osaka, Japan | DHI Water & Environment, Japan Att. Francois Salesse E-mail: frs@dhisoftware.jp Phone: +81(0)467-31-3284 |
| MIKE 11 MIKE 11 for Advanced Users |
27-28 June 2005 (2 days) | Brisbane, Australia | DHI Water and Environment Pty Ltd, Australia (www.dhiwae.com) |
| Contact | ^ |
| Denmark - Corporate HQ DHI Water & Environment Agern Alle 5 2970 Hørsholm, Denmark Tel: +45 4516 9333 software@dhi.dk www.dhi.dk |
Bulgaria DHI Bulgaria Ltd. Opalchenska str. 76, floor 2, office 3 District Vazrazhdane Tel: +359 2 8322063 a.dimov@dhi.cz www.dhi.cz |
Czech Republic DHI Hydroinform a.s. Na Vrsich 5 100 00 Praha 10, Strasnice, Czech Republic Tel: +420 267 227 111 office@dhi.cz www.dhi.cz |
| France DHI Eau & Environment dl 1, Rue Duguesclin F-44000 Nantes, France Tel: +33 2 4048 4040 dhi@dhi.fr www.dhi.fr |
Germany DHI Wasser und Umwelt Krusenberg 31 D-28857 Syke, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 4242 78243 dhi-umwelt@dhi.dk www.dhi-umwelt.de |
Italy Intecno-DHI Via Pomba 23 I-10123 Torino, Italy Tel: +39 011 56 24 649 software@intecno-dhi.it www.intecno-dhi.it |
| Norway DHI Water & Environment AS Abels Gate 5 N-7030 Trondheim, Norway Tel: +47 73 54 03 64 dhi@dhi.no www.dhi.no |
Slovak Republic DHI Slovakia s.r.o. Hattalova 12 831 03 Bratislava, Slovakia Tel: +421 244 442 760 t.gibala@dhi.sk www.dhi.sk |
Spain DHI Espana Agustin de Foxá, 20, 1 A E-28036 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 323 5020 dhi@dhi-es.com www.dhi-es.com |
| Sweden DHI Sverige AB Lilla Bommen 1 S-411 04 Göteborg, Sweden Tel: +46 31 80 87 98 software@dhi.se www.dhi.se |
| Contact - Americas | ^ |
| Brazil DHI Water & Environment Caixa Postal 1741 Curitiba, PR, Brazil 80011-970 Tel: (+55 41) 352 79 67 (from outside Brazil) Tel: (+carrier+41) 352 79 76 (in Brazil) ael@dhi.dk |
USA - FL Software Support DHI Inc. 311 S. Brevard Ave Tampa, FL 33606 Tel: 813 254 9427 Fax: 813 254 5847 dhi-fl@dhi.us www.dhi.us |
USA - OR - US HQ DHI Inc. 319 SW Washington St., Suite 614 Portland, OR 97204, USA Tel: 503 827 5900 dhi-or@dhi.us www.dhi.us |
| DHI - San Francisco, CA 355 Bryant Street - Unit #209 San Francisco, CA 94107 Tel: (503) 519-6179 Fax: (503) 827-5905 dhi-ca@dhi.us www.dhi.us |
DHI - Boise, ID 101 University Ave c/o University of Idaho - Boise College of Engineering 322 East Front Street, Suite 340 Boise, Idaho 83702 Tel: (208) 364-4993 Fax: (208) 364-3160 |
Software Sales DHI, Inc. PO Box 1029 Morrisville PA 19067-1029 Tel: (215) 504-8497 Tel: (215) 371-3969 Fax: (215) 504-8498 sales@dhi.us www.dhi.us |
| Contact - Asia-Pacific | ^ |
| Australia DHI Water & Environment Pty Ltd Suite 204, 781 Pacific Highway Chatswood NSW 2067, Australia Tel: +61 2 844 05700 software@dhiwae.com www.dhiwae.com |
China DHI China Donguan Road 188-58-301 Xuhui District Shanghai 200232, China Tel: +86 21 6356 3234 / +86 21 5411 1360 lqm@dhi.dk |
India DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt. Ltd. K-71, First Floor Hauz Khas Enclave New Delhi, Delhi 11016, India Tel: +91 11 26520425 software@dhi.co.in |
| Japan DHI (Japan) Water & Environment T248-022 Kanagawa-Ken; Kamakura-shi Tokiwa 162-1, Leo Palace Kamakura-203 Japan Tel: +81 (0)467-31-3284 Mobil +81 (0)80-3235-1347 software@dhisoftware.jp www.dhisoftware.jp |
Malaysia DHI Water & Environment (M) S/B 11th Floor, Wisma Perindustrian, Jalan Istiadat, Likas 88400 Koa Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Tel: +60 88 260 780 dhikk@tm.net.my www.dhi.com.my |
New Zealand DHI Water & Environment Ltd. PO Box 300-705 #103 E Centre Oaklands Rd. Albany New Zealand Tel: +64 9 912 9638 Fax: +64 9 912 9639 nz@dhiwae.com |
| Singapore DHI Water & Environment (S) Pte. Ltd. 3 International Business Park #02-19, Nordic European Centre Singapore 609927 Tel: +65 6899 3557 dhi@dhi.com.sg www.dhi.com.sg |
Thailand DHI Water & Environment P.O.Box Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120 Thailand Tel: +66 2 524 5564 may@dhiwae.com |
Vietnam DHI Water & Environment Tel: +84 4 934 8801 lfb@dhi.dk |
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