LISFLOOD: a GIS‐based distributed model for river basin scale water balance and flood simulation

2008/11/24 by Johan van der Knijff, Jalal Younis, A. P. J. De Roo · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Flood Risk Assessment and Management #Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

paper · doi:10.1080/13658810802549154

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Abstract

In this paper we describe the spatially distributed LISFLOOD model, which is a hydrological model specifically developed for the simulation of hydrological processes in large European river basins. The model was designed to make the best possible use of existing data sets on soils, land cover, topography and meteorology. We give a detailed description of the simulation of hydrological processes in LISFLOOD, and discuss how the model is parameterized. We also describe how the model was implemented technically using a combination of the PCRaster GIS system and the Python programming language, and discuss the management of in‐ and output data. Finally, we review some recent applications of LISFLOOD, and we present a case study for the Elbe river.

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