SC5.12/HS11.5 at vEGU - Introduction to Hydrological Modelling with the GEOframe system - April 2021 9:00 to 10:00 CET

You can find the session at this vGU link.

Contributors: Riccardo Rigon, Giuseppe Formetta, Marialaura Bancheri, Michele Bottazzi, Niccolò Tubini, Concetta D'Amato, Shima Azimi, Christian  Massari, Silvia Barbetta.

GEOframe is a system for doing hydrology by computer . It is based on the OMS3/CSIP infrastructure, developed by USDA- ARS/Colorado State University. OMS3/CSIP allows to build models by components, which perform simple task andcan be joined together to build “Modelling Solutions”, suited to particular case studies. Components developed so far cover: 

• meteorological data interpolation (Bancheri et al., 2018);
• terrain analysis (Abera et al., 2014, please see also the recent Horton Machine Toolbox);
• calibration tools (Formetta et al., 2011; Formetta et al., 2014);
• rainfall-runoff models (Bancheri et al., 2020; Formetta et al., 2014);
• and runoff propagation;
• evaporation and transpiration models (Bottazzi, 2020; Bottazzi, 2021);
• snow models (Formetta et al., 2014);
• Richards’ equations solvers in WHETGEO model (paper for GM in preparation, but you can give a look to Github for it);
• Freezing soil (without water flow), Tubini et al. 2021;

The modelling solution components are executed in parallel by the OMS3/CSIP engine. Besides, a further parallelization is made thanks to the spatial discretisation of the catchments in hydrological response units. GEOframe has been applied to catchments from few thousands of square meters to two hundred thousand square kilometers, and it is also used for operational forecasting in the Basilicata region in Italy.

The short course introduces the system using some case studies already prepared and show how to join components, set the parameters, run the calibration and obtain results. The course will be based on the material already prepared for various Winter Schools on the topic, which allows the participants to use independently the system.

The material provided at the vEGU session is the following:

• A very short introduction to OMS3 and GEOframe
• The working environment of OMS3 (and GEOframe)
• The simulation (.sim) files
• The Example Dataset

• Other material to come (Work in Progress)

For installations, please refer to the Winter School page here.