A 3D Cellular Automata Approach for the Wind Flow Modeling
M. Byari, A. Bernoussi, M. Amharref and M. Ouardouz
This work addresses the problem of modeling wind flow over complex terrain using three-dimensional cellular automata (3D-CA). We consider a 3D cellular discretization of the geographical field under study. To show the heterogeneity of space, in each cell, we have considered some attributes that affect the wind flow (landforms, land use and vegetation cover). The simulation results presented in this work have been realized using software developed in Java. The software offers many functionalities, in particular, data import and export, view scene in 3D and tools for processing the output data. For the areas considered, the input data were collected and processed using optical and radar remote sensing methods and tools.
Keywords: Cellular automata, 3D modeling, wind flow, complex terrain