IHACRES Version 1.0

copyrights (c) 2008 Stefan Liersch
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.

Parameters

Table
Input Table
Date Column
Table field
Select the column containing the Date
Streamflow Column
Table field
Select the Column containing Discharge Values
Precipitation Column
Table field
Select the Column containing precipitation Values
Temperature Column
Table field
Select the Column containing Temperature Values
Using temperature data?
Boolean
If checked, then temperature data are used.
Area of the Watershed in [km2]
Floating point
Area of the Watershed in [km2] used for unit conversion
Minimum: 1e-05
Non-Linear Module
Node
Parameter (c)
Floating point
Parameter (c) to fit streamflow volume
Maximum: 1.0
(Tw) wetness decline time constant
Floating point
Tw is approximately the time constant, or inversely,the rate at which the catchment wetness declines in the absence of rainfall
Minimum: 0.01; Maximum: 150.0
Storage Configuration
Node
Storage
Choice
Available choices: Single Storage, Two Parallel Storages, Two Storages in Series !!! not yet implemented !!!
IHACRES Version
Node
IHACRES Version
Choice
Available choices: Jakeman & Hornberger (1993), Croke et al. (2005)
Using the snow-melt module?
Boolean
If checked, snow-melt module is used.
Write all calculated Time Series in a table?
Boolean
If checked, then a second output table with all Time Series data is created.
Table
Output Data Object
Table
Output Data Object
Table
Output Data Object