The effects of free-surface topography on seismic waveforms are significant, and any local study considering higher-frequency data must take topography into account. In this tutorial we'll explore how to add realistic free-surface topography to a SimulationConfiguration
object, and investigate how high-order accurate topography / material interpolation can be used to improve simulation performance. To accomplish this, we'll focus on a real-life use case using the area around Mt. St. Helens in Washington state as an example. Of course please feel free to adapt the geographical area.
As always, we'll start by importing the Salvus namespace.