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Canopy interception and evaporation (vs throughfall)
Algorithm
description
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WRSM-Pitman
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SPATSIM-Pitman
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ACRU4
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SWAT2012
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MIKE-SHE,
semi-distributed &
fully distributed
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Algorithm
inputs
(input data,
parameters,
model-calculated
states/storages)
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- Rain
- PET
- Canopy storage (state)
- Cover properties:
- max interception (OR LAI)
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Canopy interception is not explicitly modelled when using daily timestep modelling.
It is implicitly considered in the ‘initial abstraction’, see infiltration & surface runoff below
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- Rain
- PET
- Canopy storage (state)
- Cover properties:
- LAI
- canopy interception coefficient
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Function
type
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exponential & threshold
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exponential & threshold
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threshold
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threshold
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| Thresholds
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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Infiltration into soil moisture (SM)
Algorithm
description
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WRSM-Pitman
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SPATSIM-Pitman
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ACRU4
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SWAT2012
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MIKE-SHE,
semi-distributed, more conceptual
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MIKE-SHE,
fully-distributed, more physical
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Algorithm
inputs
(input data,
parameters,
model-calculated
states/storages)
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- Rain
- Rainfall distribution factor
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Infiltration rate distribution
- Soil moisture (state)
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- Rain
- Rainfall distribution factor
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Infiltration rate distribution
- Soil moisture (state)
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- Throughfall (rain-interception)
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Infiltration depth parameter
- Macropore by-pass (clay cracking)
- Soil moisture within infiltration depth (state)
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- Throughfall (rain-interception)
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Curve number (SCS-CN)
- Macropore by-pass
- Soil moisture (state)
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- Throughfall (rain-interception)
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Curve number (SCS-CN)
- Macropore by-pass
- Soil moisture (state)
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- Throughfall (rain-interception)
- Soil properties:
- Saturation soil moisture
- Curve number (SCS-CN)
- Macropore by-pass
- Soil moisture (state)
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Function
type
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exponential & threshold
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exponential & threshold
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threshold
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threshold
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| Thresholds
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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yes:
timestep interception capacity (calculated)
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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