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|+<span id = "Table 1 Anchor"> <big>Background & basic characteristics of reviewed modelling tools</big></span>
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! Characteristic !! style='background: #F2CEE0' | WRSM-Pitman !! style='background: #F2D4CE' |SPATSIM-Pitman !! style='background: #CEF2CE' |ACRU !! style='background: #F2F2CE' |SWAT !! style='background: #CEE6F2' |MIKE-SHE
 
! Characteristic !! style='background: #F2CEE0' | WRSM-Pitman !! style='background: #F2D4CE' |SPATSIM-Pitman !! style='background: #CEF2CE' |ACRU !! style='background: #F2F2CE' |SWAT !! style='background: #CEE6F2' |MIKE-SHE
 
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|'''Developed in South Africa'''
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|'''Current  curator / developer'''
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|style='background: #FFF5FA' |Bailey  & Pitman Water Resources Ltd
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|style='background: #FFF7F5' |Rhodes  University, Institute of Water Resources (IWR)
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|style='background: #F5FFF5' |University of  KwaZulu Natal,
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Centre for Water Resources Research (UKZN-CWRR)
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|style='background: #FFFFF5' |Texas A&M  University &
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
 
|style='background: #F5FCFF' |Danish Hydrologic  Institute (DHI)
 
 
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|'''Free access'''
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|'''Version reviewed'''
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|style='background: #FFF5FA' |WRSM-Pitman version 2.9
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|style='background: #FFF7F5' |SPATSIM  GWv3 Global Options Threaded model
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|style='background: #F5FFF5' |ACRU  4
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|style='background: #FFFFF5' |SWAT  & ArcSWAT 2012
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|style='background: #F5FCFF' |MIKE-SHE  & MIKE Hydro River, version 2017
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|'''Reference documents'''
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|style='background: #FFF5FA' |Theory manual: (Bailey, 2015);
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User manual: (Bailey and Pitman,  2016)
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|style='background: #FFF7F5' |Theory  papers: (Hughes, 2004, 2013; Kapangaziwiri, 2007);
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User manual: (Hughes,  2019)
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|style='background: #F5FFF5' |Theory  manual: (Schulze, 1995);
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User manuals: (Clark et al., 2012; Schulze and  Davis, 2018)
 
|style='background: #FFFFF5' |Theory  manual: (Neitsch et al., 2011);
 
User manuals: (Arnold et al., 2012)
 
|style='background: #F5FCFF' |Theory  manuals:(DHI, 2017a, 2017b);
 
User’s manuals:(DHI, 2017d, 2017c)
 
 
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|'''Intended spatial scale'''
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'''(catchment or model area)'''
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|style='background: #FFF5FA' | Local to regional:
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no suggested min-max model size
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|style='background: #FFF7F5' | Local to regional:
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10-10,000’s of km<sup>2</sup>,  more typical:
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100-1,000’s km<sup>2</sup>
 
|style='background: #F5FFF5' | Field to regional:
 
no suggested min-max model size
 
|style='background: #FFFFF5' | Field to regional:
 
no suggested min-max model size
 
|style='background: #F5FCFF' | Field to regional:
 
no suggested min-max model size
 
 
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| rowspan="2" |'''Spatial discretisation'''||style='background: #FFF5FA' | Modules ('runoff' modules/subcatchments,
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special sub-areas, channels, reservoirs) linked by routes
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different process calculations within subcatchments
 
 
 
(if all process zones align, would act like HRUs)
 
 
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|style='background: #FFF5FA' |''Intended subcat size < 1,000 km2''||style='background: #FFF7F5' |  ||style='background: #F5FFF5' |''Intended subcat size 5-50 km2;''
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|'''Timestep'''||style='background: #FFF5FA' | Monthly* ||style='background: #FFF7F5' | Monthly* ||style='background: #F5FFF5' | Daily ||style='background: #FFFFF5' | Daily, sub-daily ||style='background: #F5FCFF' | Daily, sub-daily
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can vary across processes)
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Revision as of 14:31, 27 May 2021

Suggestions relevant to applying different tools to specific use cases - can make separate pages for each and link them to a list here if there is sufficient material

- IAP & afforestation

- Riparian zones

- Wetlands

- Irrigation

- Small farm dams

- Groundwater pumping


DEMO TABLE TEMPLATE TESTING

TEMPLATE TABLE
Characteristic WRSM-Pitman SPATSIM-Pitman ACRU SWAT MIKE-SHE


Intended usage of reviewed modelling tools
Intended use WRSM-Pitman SPATSIM-Pitman ACRU SWAT MIKE-SHE
Water balance estimation yes yes yes yes yes
Design hydrology (flood peaks) yes yes yes
Supply planning (general) yes yes yes yes yes
Reservoir yield yes yes yes yes yes
Irrigation planning yes yes yes yes
Groundwater recharge yes yes yes yes yes
Groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) interactions & pumping impacts yes yes yes
Land cover change impacts yes yes yes yes yes
Climate change impacts yes yes yes yes yes
Application limitations Not for peak flow, flood assessment, or design hydrology Not for peak flow, flood assessment, design hydrology Not represent deep GW processes - not for GW pumping impact Not represent deep GW processes (None listed for the modelling system

as whole, only for certain process

representation options.)

Specific development focuses particular to tool
  • Flexible network for tracking managed system transfers,
  • GW-SW interaction,
  • IAP & plantation forestry water use
  • Parsimony,
  • Uncertainty assessment,
  • GW-SW interactions
  • Land cover type representation,
  • Crop & irrigation detail,
  • IAP & plantation forestry water use
  • Land cover type representation,
  • Crop & irrigation detail,
  • Coupling to GIS tools
  • Spatial discretisation & fine scale processes,
  • GW-SW interaction,
  • Coupled hydraulic channel model with overbank flood process representation