Hydrological Modelling of Saint John River Basin

Team

Sujata Budhathoki, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Bruce Davison, Daniel Princz, Prabin Rokaya

Date

September 2021

Purpose

• Model Benchmarking for Saint John River Basin (SJRB)

  • Model setup
  • Evaluation of forcing data

• Production run for SJRB

  • Evaluation of historical simulation driven by GCM
  • Assessmnet of future hydrological conditions

Basin Meta-data

https://wiki.usask.ca/display/MESH/Saint+John+River+Basin

Progress / Conclusion

Completed

Budhathoki, S., Rokaya, P., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2021). Impacts of future climate on the hydrology of a transboundary river basin in northeastern North America. Journal of Hydrology, 127317.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127317

References

• Kidd, S D, R A Curry, and K R Munkittrick. The Saint John River: A State of the Environment Report. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Canadian River Institute - University of New Brunswick, 2011. https://www.unb.ca/research/institutes/cri/_resources/pdfs/criday2011/cri_sjr_soe_final.pdf
• https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo/embedded/cdo.pdf
• Canadian Hydraulics Centre. (2010). Green Kenue Reference Manual.
• Pietroniro, A., Fortin, V., Kouwen, N., Neal, C., Turcotte, R., Davison, B., . . . Evora, N. (2007). Development of the MESH modelling system for hydrological ensemble forecasting of the Laurentian Great Lakes at the regional scale. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(4), 1279-1294.
• Verseghy, D. (2009). CLASS–The Canadian Land Surface Scheme (Version 3.4), Technical Documentation (Version 1.1). Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 180.
• Yamazaki, D., Ikeshima, D., Tawatari, R., Yamaguchi, T., O'Loughlin, F., Neal, J. C., ... & Bates, P. D. (2017). A high‐accuracy map of global terrain elevations. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(11), 5844-5853
• Matott, L. S. (2005). OSTRICH: An optimization software tool: Documentation and users guide. University 548 at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Folder Structure

Given the file size limitations of GitHub, only smaller files are stored here and the rest are stored on Graham. The files can be synced with the local machine via the respective push/pull bash scripts included in the Data/Raw and Model folders.

Code

• Includes pre- and post-processing scripts used in the project

Data

Raw

• Include raw data files here.

Processed

• Includes processed driving data, spatial data, and validation data (ex. streamflow).

Driving

• Processed driving data used in the model
• Scripts used to generate the files is included in the "Code" folder

Spatial

• Ex. GIS files, Green Kenue files, DEM, Soil, landcover and bedrock data

Validation

• Streamflow data

Model

• The ReadMe files gives an overview of the modelling methodology, as well as the differences between model runs

Justification

• Include files related to scenario configuration choice, parameter selection, initial conditions, etc.

MESH_Code

• MESH code used for running the model

Ostrich

• This folder contains a copy of the Ostrich program (uncompiled)

Model setup

1 folder for each configuration, each with input and output sub-folders

• Input

  • Includes the MESH inputs files, driving data files / symbolic links, and scripts for running the model

• Output

  • Includes the output files for the model configuration / each run

Presentations

• Contains powerpoint (or similar), poster, or other presentations or reports related to the project

Site

Include maps of the study site