mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications
This paper describes the first version of a stand-alone runoff routing tool, mizuRoute. The mizuRoute tool post-processes runoff outputs from any distributed hydrologic model or land surface model to produce spatially distributed streamflow at various spatial scales from headwater basins to continen...
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doaj-7328c3568b4342ad84b46aace308bf5b2020-11-24T22:02:16ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscientific Model Development1991-959X1991-96032016-06-01962223223810.5194/gmd-9-2223-2016mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applicationsN. Mizukami0M. P. Clark1K. Sampson2B. Nijssen3Y. Mao4H. McMillan5R. J. Viger6S. L. Markstrom7L. E. Hay8R. Woods9J. R. Arnold10L. D. Brekke11National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USANational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USANational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USANational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New ZealandUnited States Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USAUnited States Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USAUnited States Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USAUniversity of Bristol, Bristol, UKU.S. Army of Corps of Engineers, Seattle, WA, USABureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO, USAThis paper describes the first version of a stand-alone runoff routing tool, mizuRoute. The mizuRoute tool post-processes runoff outputs from any distributed hydrologic model or land surface model to produce spatially distributed streamflow at various spatial scales from headwater basins to continental-wide river systems. The tool can utilize both traditional grid-based river network and vector-based river network data. Both types of river network include river segment lines and the associated drainage basin polygons, but the vector-based river network can represent finer-scale river lines than the grid-based network. Streamflow estimates at any desired location in the river network can be easily extracted from the output of mizuRoute. The routing process is simulated as two separate steps. First, hillslope routing is performed with a gamma-distribution-based unit-hydrograph to transport runoff from a hillslope to a catchment outlet. The second step is river channel routing, which is performed with one of two routing scheme options: (1) a kinematic wave tracking (KWT) routing procedure; and (2) an impulse response function – unit-hydrograph (IRF-UH) routing procedure. The mizuRoute tool also includes scripts (python, NetCDF operators) to pre-process spatial river network data. This paper demonstrates mizuRoute's capabilities to produce spatially distributed streamflow simulations based on river networks from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geospatial Fabric (GF) data set in which over 54 000 river segments and their contributing areas are mapped across the contiguous United States (CONUS). A brief analysis of model parameter sensitivity is also provided. The mizuRoute tool can assist model-based water resources assessments including studies of the impacts of climate change on streamflow.http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/2223/2016/gmd-9-2223-2016.pdf |
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N. Mizukami M. P. Clark K. Sampson B. Nijssen Y. Mao H. McMillan R. J. Viger S. L. Markstrom L. E. Hay R. Woods J. R. Arnold L. D. Brekke mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications Geoscientific Model Development |
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mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications |
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mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications |
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This paper describes the first version of a stand-alone runoff routing tool,
mizuRoute. The mizuRoute tool post-processes runoff outputs from any
distributed hydrologic model or land surface model to produce spatially
distributed streamflow at various spatial scales from headwater basins to
continental-wide river systems. The tool can utilize both traditional
grid-based river network and vector-based river network data. Both types of
river network include river segment lines and the associated drainage basin
polygons, but the vector-based river network can represent finer-scale river
lines than the grid-based network. Streamflow estimates at any desired
location in the river network can be easily extracted from the output of
mizuRoute. The routing process is simulated as two separate steps. First,
hillslope routing is performed with a gamma-distribution-based
unit-hydrograph to transport runoff from a hillslope to a catchment outlet.
The second step is river channel routing, which is performed with one of two
routing scheme options: (1) a kinematic wave tracking (KWT) routing
procedure; and (2) an impulse response function – unit-hydrograph (IRF-UH)
routing procedure. The mizuRoute tool also includes scripts (python, NetCDF
operators) to pre-process spatial river network data. This paper
demonstrates mizuRoute's capabilities to produce spatially distributed
streamflow simulations based on river networks from the United States
Geological Survey (USGS) Geospatial Fabric (GF) data set in which over 54 000
river segments and their contributing areas are mapped across the contiguous
United States (CONUS). A brief analysis of model parameter sensitivity is
also provided. The mizuRoute tool can assist model-based water resources
assessments including studies of the impacts of climate change on
streamflow. |
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