Overview

Fully Integrated Hydrological Models

On this page we will try to create a complete overview of available models of the Distributed Rainfall Runoff type. Should you have additional information, feel free to create an account with Wikidot and complete the table below! For our (Dutch) project, we'll add weighting factors in order to create a subselection of the best simulation model for our purposes.

	Kalypso	Hydro Geo Sphere	REW	Mike SHE	IBRAHYM	GSFLOW	PREVAH	WaSiM	Grid2Grid	Vflo	JGrass GEOTop	ATHYS	Topkapi
Manufacturer	TUHH	Univ. of Waterloo	Paolo Reggiani	DHI	Deltares/ TNO/ Alterra/ Water schappen	USGS	ETH - Univ. Bern	ETH	CEH	Vieux	Univ. of Trento	IRD	ProGea srl
Contact	Sandra Hellmers	Rene Therrien - Université Laval	Paolo Reggiani	Douglas Graham	Mrs. Bartus- scheck; Juriaan Cock	K. Chase	Jörg Schulla	Jörg Schulla			Riccardo Rigon		ProGea srl
Country	DE	CA	NL	DK	NL	USA	CH	CH	UK	FR	IT	FR	IT
used by:		Gov.ment agencies, research institutes		Gov.ment agencies, research institutes, engineering consultants	WS Roer & Over maas, WS Peel en Maasvallei		For scientific use only!	universities, research centres, regional authorities and engineering offices					Government agencies, research institutes
Components
		FRAC3DVS MODHMS			iMOD / SIMGRO6 (SOBEK, CAPSIM > metaSWAP, Modflow)	MMS-PRMS, MODFLOW-2005							Optional link with HEC-RAS
Price
Commercial Use		CAD 3,000	To be inquired	EUR 16,000	N/A	Free	For scientific use only!	Free				Free
Educational use		To be inquired	To be inquired	To be inquired	N/A	Free	Free
Document. & support
Complete		Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	Compre- hensive manual	N/A	Yes
User Friendly		Yes	N/A	Modern user interface, with full documentation	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes
'Helpdesk' Available		Yes	Yes	Included in annual service and maintenance contract	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Active User Forum		No	No	Yes	N/A	Yes	-	-
Design & Environment
Platform		Windows	Windows & Linux	Windows	Windows	UNIX	Windows & Linux	Windows; Linux; UNIX			Windows & Linux	Windows & Linux
Open Source		Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes, GPL v3 and 2	Yes
Language		FORTRAN95	C++ / FORTRAN	N/A	N/A	C/ FORTRAN	FORTRAN	C+			JAVA / C	FORTRAN	Python
Numerical Concept		Newton-Raphson et al.	Control Volume w. Analytical Solutions	Freeze-Harlan, Abbot et al.	-	Hydrological Response Units (HRU's)	Hydrological Response Units (HRU's)	HRU's					QAS/ R-K-F
Discretization Method		3D Finite Elem.	Other	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.		Finite Elem.	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.	Finite Diff.
Groundwater Equation		Richards	Richards	3D Darcy in Saturated zone	Richards	Richards	Richards	TOPMODEL or Richards
OpenMI-compatible		No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes			Not any more
FEWS Adapter Available		No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes, for the RR-module
Simulation i.r.t. Hydrodynamics
Small-scale Catchments		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes					No
Sequential		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Simultaneous		Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes					No
Pre / Post Processing
GIS Compatible		Yes	Yes, .SHP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geostatistical Methods		Yes	Yes, Kriging	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Plotting results in 2D		Yes	Yes, via ASCI or Matlab	Yes, integrated into the user interface	Yes	Yes, with MMS	Yes	Yes					Yes
Processes: Precipitation
Rain Gauge Input		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, can be interpolated	Yes					Yes
Spatial Rainfall Input		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Snow Melt		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Processes: Surface Level
Land Use		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Interception		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Infiltration Capacity		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Solves Overland Flow		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Simple	Yes					Yes
Frozen Soil		Yes	No	Under development	No	Yes	Yes	Yes					No
Soil Evaporation		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Evapotranspiration		Yes	Under development	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, Penman - Monteith	Yes					Yes
Processes: Unsaturated Zone
Root Zone		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Percolation to Saturated Zone		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes
Capillary Rise to Unsaturated Zone		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					No
Reduction of evaporation due to dropping groundwater table		No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes					No
Processes: Phreatic Groundwater
Seepage Tables		Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					No
and/or Coupling to Artesian Groundwater		Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No					No
or Computes Artesian Groundwater Level		No	No	No	No	-	—-	Yes					Yes
Processes: Special Areas
Paved surfaces		Yes	Under development	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes					Yes
Flows to WWTP		No	No	No	No	No	No	No					No
Sewer Overflows to 1D		No	No	MOUSE	Yes	No	No	No					No
Adjustment Unpaved Area //		No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes					No
Well Fields		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes					No
Controlled Storage on Land		Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No						No
Special Strengths
		Unstructured finite-element grids		The capabilities for solving both simple and highly complex, integrated problems									Minimal Calibration requirements
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