IHACRES
| Author(s) | Stefan Liersch (c) 2008 |
| Library ID | sim_ihacres |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Category | Simulation |
| Menu | Simulation | Hydrology | IHACRES |
Description
The metric conceptual rainfall-runoff model IHACRES (Identification of unit Hydrographs and Component flows from Rainfall, Evaporation and Streamflow data) originally developed by Jakeman et al. (1990) and Jakeman & Hornberger (1993) has been re-implemented within this SAGA tool library.
The tool set can be used to simulate streamflow (catchment runoff) on the basis of daily rainfall and temperature data. No spatial data, such as elevation models, soil or land use maps, is required.
IHACRES has been applied to catchments with a wide range of climatologies and sizes (Croke et al. 2004). It has been used to predict streamflow in ungauged catchments (Kokkonen et al. 2003; Post & Jakeman, 1999; Post et al. 1998), to study land cover effects on hydrologic processes (Croke et al. 2004, Kokkonen & Jakeman 2002), and to investigate dynamic response characteristics and physical catchment descriptors (Kokkonen et al. 2003, Sefton & Howarth 1998).
More recently, the model has been used to develop a rainfall-runoff database for flood risk assessment and forecasting (Liersch & Volk 2008).
References
Badjana, H. M., Fink, M., Helmschrot, J., Diekkrüger, B., Kralisch, S., Afouda, A. A., & Wala, K. (2017): Hydrological system analysis and modelling of the Kara River basin (West Africa) using a lumped metric conceptual model. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(7), 1094–1113. doi:10.1080/02626667.2017.1307571
Croke, B.F.W., Merritt, W.S., & Jakeman, A.J. (2004): A dynamic model for predicting hydrologic response to land cover changes in gauged and ungauged catchments. Journal Of Hydrology 291 (1), 115-31.
Jakeman, A.J. & Hornberger, G.M. (1993): How Much Complexity Is Warranted in a Rainfall-Runoff Model?. Water Resources Research 29 (8), 2637-49.
Jakeman, A.J., Littlewood, I.G., & Whitehead, P.G. (1990): Computation of the instantaneous unit hydrograph and identifiable component flows with application to two small upland catchments. Journal of Hydrology 117 (1-4), 275-300.
Kokkonen, T.S. & Jakeman, A.J. (2002): Structural Effects of Landscape and Land Use on Streamflow Response. In: Environmental Foresight and Models: A Manifesto, 303-321.
Kokkonen, T.S., Jakeman, A.J., Young, P.C., & Koivusalo, H.J. (2003): Predicting daily flows in ungauged catchments: model regionalization from catchment descriptors at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory. North Carolina Hydrological Processes 17 (11), 2219-38.
Liersch, S. & Volk, M. (2008): A rainfall-runoff database to support flood risk assessment. iEMSs 2008: International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. In: M. Sanchez-Marre, J. Bejar, J. Comas, A. Rizzoli and G. Guariso (Eds.): Proceedings of the iEMSs Fourth Biennial Meeting: International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2008). International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Barcelona, Catalonia, July 2008. Vol. 1: 494-502. ISBN: 978-84-7653-074-0. (PEER reviewed).
Post, D.A. & Jakeman, A.J. (1999): Predicting the daily streamflow of ungauged catchments in S.E. Australia by regionalising the parameters of a lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff model. Ecological Modelling 123 (2-3), 91-104.
Post, D.A., Jones, J.A., & Grant, G.E. (1998): An improved methodology for predicting the daily hydrologic response of ungauged catchments. Environmental Modelling & Software 13 (3-4), 395-403.
Sefton, C.E.M. & Howarth, S.M. (1998): Relationships between dynamic response characteristics and physical descriptors of catchments in England and Wales. Journal of Hydrology 211 (1-4), 1-16.
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