Cloud ANUGA

Professional ANUGA flood simulations with managed data, cloud compute, and published results. No Python environment, no desktop install.

What is Cloud ANUGA?

Hydrata hosts the ANUGA open-source 2D flood solver on cloud infrastructure. You upload terrain data, configure scenarios, and Hydrata handles:

• Mesh generation: automatic triangulation from your DEM and region definitions
• Compute provisioning: cloud compute allocated on demand
• Execution: ANUGA runs on optimized compute instances
• Results publishing: flood outputs published as OGC WMS/WFS layers

How It Works

Your DEM + scenario config
        ↓
    Hydrata API / MCP / Browser
        ↓
    Cloud compute (optimized instances)
        ↓
    ANUGA solver
        ↓
    Flood depth, velocity, extent → WMS layers

Access Methods

Method	Best for	Documentation
Browser	Interactive setup, visual results	Getting Started
MCP Server	AI-assisted modeling workflows	MCP Server
REST API	Programmatic access, automation	API Reference
Python (local)	Running locally with run_anuga	Standalone Usage

Solver Integrity

Hydrata runs the same ANUGA solver through the same simulation pipeline. Your results are directly comparable to running ANUGA locally with the same inputs.

• Solver: anuga_core (GPL, Geoscience Australia + ANU)
• Runner: run_anuga (MIT, GitHub)
• Model files: portable scenario.json format (export and run anywhere)

Validated

ANUGA has been validated against 30+ benchmark problems. See Validation for details, including the Merewether benchmark which completes in under 2 minutes on Hydrata cloud.

Get Started

1. Sign up free, no credit card required
2. Create your first project: upload a DEM and run a simulation
3. Or connect your AI assistant: run flood models from Claude Code, Copilot, or Cursor