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Canopy interception and evaporation (vs throughfall)

Algorithm
description
WRSM-Pitman SPATSIM-Pitman ACRU4 SWAT2012 MIKE-SHE,
semi-distributed & fully distributed

Algorithm
inputs

(input data,
parameters,
model-calculated
states/storages)


  • Rain
  • Cover properties:
    • max interception



  • Rain
  • Cover properties:
    • max interception



  • Rain
  • PET
  • Cover properties:
    • max interception (OR LAI)
  • Canopy storage (state)



Canopy interception is not explicitly modelled when using daily timestep modelling.
It is implicitly considered in the ‘initial abstraction’, see infiltration & surface runoff below


  • Rain
  • PET
  • Cover properties:
    • LAI
    • canopy interception coefficient
  • Canopy storage (state)


Function
type
exponential & threshold exponential & threshold threshold threshold
Thresholds

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)


Infiltration into soil moisture (SM)

Algorithm
description
WRSM-Pitman SPATSIM-Pitman ACRU4 SWAT2012 MIKE-SHE,
semi-distributed, more conceptual
MIKE-SHE,
fully-distributed, more physical

Algorithm
inputs

(input data,
parameters,
model-calculated
states/storages)


  • Rain
  • Rainfall distribution factor
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Infiltration rate distribution
  • Soil moisture (state)



  • Rain
  • Rainfall distribution factor
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Infiltration rate distribution
  • Soil moisture (state)



  • Throughfall (rain-interception)
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Infiltration depth parameter
    • Macropore by-pass (clay cracking)
  • Soil moisture within infiltration depth (state)


  • Throughfall (rain-interception)
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Curve number (SCS-CN)
    • Macropore by-pass
  • Soil moisture (state)



  • Throughfall (rain-interception)
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Curve number (SCS-CN)
    • Macropore by-pass
  • Soil moisture (state)



  • Throughfall (rain-interception)
  • Soil properties:
    • Saturation soil moisture
    • Curve number (SCS-CN)
    • Macropore by-pass
  • Soil moisture (state)


Function
type
exponential & threshold exponential & threshold threshold threshold
Thresholds

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)

yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)


Surface water generation of landscape units

Surface runoff to channel network

Evapotranspiration (ET) from soil moisture (SM)

Evapotranspiration (ET) from groundwater (GW)

Interflow generation & routing to channel network

Aquifer recharge

Groundwater (GW) flow

Aquifer exchange with channel: aquifer outflow or channel transmission losses