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SUMMARY:Physically based hydrologic modeling with WaSiM-ETH
DTSTART:20121113T161500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Jörg Schulla\, Hydrology Software Consulting\, Zurich\, CH
 \nAlthough there are still many hydrologic models in use implementing conc
 eptual approaches\, present-day hydrologic models try to model the surface
  and sub-surface hydrologic cycle as physically based as possible in high 
 spatial and temporal resolutions. WaSiM-ETH is one of those physically bas
 ed\, distributed hydrologic models. It is working on a regular grid and so
 lves for each time step for each grid cell all the required equations - e.
 g. soil water movement\, groundwater flow\, evaporation and transpiration\
 , runoff generation and concentration etc. Depending on the nature of the 
 problem and its spatial and temporal scale\, both spatial and temporal res
 olutions as well as the choice of applied approaches can be highly customi
 zed to result in an optimal model setup. This flexibility allows WaSiM to 
 be applied to small scale problems like the subsurface flow in shallow arc
 tic permafrost soils (using spatial and temporal resolutions of some centi
 meters and seconds resp.) as well as to medium sized or large river system
 s for flood forecasting or glacier mass balance modeling - with spatial re
 solutions of some hundreds of meters and temporal resolutions of hours to 
 days. Successful applications range from arctic to tropic climate\, from f
 lat to alpine regions and from very small watersheds (or even point locati
 ons) to large basins like the Murrumbidgee River in Australia. The Swiss O
 ffice for the Environment (FOEN/BAFU) uses WaSiM for operational flood for
 ecasting for the basins of the rivers Rhone and the Emme.\n\nThis presenta
 tion gives a summary of the model components of WaSiM. Some particularly i
 nteresting modules like the dynamic glacier model or the soil heat transfe
 r model will be discussed in more detail. Also some technical aspects of t
 he application will be covered.
LOCATION:GR A3 32 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2032
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