Tool IHACRES Version 1.0

The Rainfall-Runoff Model IHACRES

Reference:

Jakeman, A.J. / Hornberger, G.M. (1993).
How Much Complexity Is Warranted in a Rainfall-Runoff Model?
Water Resources Research, (29), NO. 8 (2637-2649)

Croke, B. F. W. et al.(2004).
A dynamic model for predicting hydrologic response to land cover changes in gauged and ungauged catchments.
Journal Of Hydrology 291(1-2): 115-131.

Author: copyrights (c) 2008 Stefan Liersch
Menu: Simulation|Hydrology|IHACRES

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Table	Table (input)	`TABLE`	-	-
Output	Table (*)	Data Object Table (optional output)	`TABLEout`	-	-
	Table (*)	Data Object Table (optional output)	`TABLEparms`	-	-
	Table (*)	Data Object Table (optional output)	`TABLEsettings`	-	-
Options	Date Column	Table field	`DATE_Field`	Select the column containing the Date	-
	Streamflow Column	Table field	`DISCHARGE_Field`	Select the Column containing Discharge Values	-
	Precipitation Column	Table field	`PCP_Field`	Select the Column containing precipitation Values	-
	Temperature Column	Table field	`TMP_Field`	Select the Column containing Temperature Values	-
	Using temperature data?	Boolean	`USE_TMP`	If checked, then temperature data are used.	Default: 1
	Area of the Watershed in [km2]	Floating point	`AREA`	Area of the Watershed in [km2] used for unit conversion	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 100.000000
	Parameter (c)	Floating point	`CFAC`	Parameter (c) to fit streamflow volume	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 1.000000 Default: 0.001000
	(Tw) wetness decline time constant	Floating point	`TwFAC`	Tw is approximately the time constant, or inversely,the rate at which the catchment wetness declines in the absence of rainfall	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 150.000000 Default: 1.000000
	Storage	Choice	`STORAGE`	-	Available Choices: [0] Single Storage [1] Two Parallel Storages [2] Two Storages in Series !!! not yet implemented !!! Default: 0
	IHACRES Version	Choice	`IHACVERS`	-	Available Choices: [0] Jakeman & Hornberger (1993) [1] Croke et al. (2005) Default: 0
	Using the snow-melt module?	Boolean	`SNOW_TOOL`	If checked, snow-melt module is used.	Default: 0
	Write all calculated Time Series in a table?	Boolean	`WRITEALL_TS`	If checked, then a second output table with all Time Series data is created.	Default: 1
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd sim_ihacres 1 [-TABLE <str>] [-DATE_Field <str>] [-DISCHARGE_Field <str>] [-PCP_Field <str>] [-TMP_Field <str>] [-USE_TMP <str>] [-AREA <double>] [-CFAC <double>] [-TwFAC <double>] [-STORAGE <str>] [-IHACVERS <str>] [-SNOW_TOOL <str>] [-WRITEALL_TS <str>] [-TABLEout <str>] [-TABLEparms <str>] [-TABLEsettings <str>]
  -TABLE:<str>          	Table
	Table (input)
  -DATE_Field:<str>     	Date Column
	Table field
  -DISCHARGE_Field:<str>	Streamflow Column
	Table field
  -PCP_Field:<str>      	Precipitation Column
	Table field
  -TMP_Field:<str>      	Temperature Column
	Table field
  -USE_TMP:<str>        	Using temperature data?
	Boolean
	Default: 1
  -AREA:<double>        	Area of the Watershed in [km2]
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 100.000000
  -CFAC:<double>        	Parameter (c)
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Maximum: 1.000000
	Default: 0.001000
  -TwFAC:<double>       	(Tw) wetness decline time constant
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Maximum: 150.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -STORAGE:<str>        	Storage
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Single Storage
	[1] Two Parallel Storages
	[2] Two Storages in Series !!! not yet implemented !!!
	Default: 0
  -IHACVERS:<str>       	IHACRES Version
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Jakeman & Hornberger (1993)
	[1] Croke et al. (2005)
	Default: 0
  -SNOW_TOOL:<str>      	Using the snow-melt module?
	Boolean
	Default: 0
  -WRITEALL_TS:<str>    	Write all calculated Time Series in a table?
	Boolean
	Default: 1
  -TABLEout:<str>       	Table
	Data Object Table (optional output)
  -TABLEparms:<str>     	Table
	Data Object Table (optional output)
  -TABLEsettings:<str>  	Table
	Data Object Table (optional output)