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Modeler information
First name Balazs
Last name Fekete
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization The City College of New York at the City University of New York
Postal address 1 160 Convent Avenue
Postal address 2
Town / City New York
Postal code 10031
State New York
Country USA
Email address bfekete@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone +1 (212) 650-8146
Fax


Additional modeler information
First name Charles
Last name Vorosmarty
Type of contact Project manager
Institute / Organization The City College of New York at the City University of New York
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City New York
Postal code 10031
State New York
Country USA
Email address
Phone
Fax


Additional modeler information
First name Dominik
Last name Wisser
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization
Postal address 1
Postal address 2
Town / City
Postal code
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Model identity
Model type
Spatial dimensions 2D
Spatial extent Global
Model domain ,
One-line model description Water Balance/Transport Model
Extended model description Gridded water balance model using climate input forcings that calculate surface and subsurface runoff and ground water recharge for each grid cell. The surface and subsurface runoff is propagated horizontally along a prescribed gridded network using Musking type horizontal transport.


Model technical information
Supported platforms Unix, Linux, Mac OS
Other platform
Programming language C
Other program language
Code optimized Single Processor
Start year development 1984
Does model development still take place? Yes
If above answer is no, provide end year model development
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through owner
Source web address
Program license type GPL v2
Program license type other
OpenMI compliant No but possible
CCA component No but possible
IRF interface No but possible
Memory requirements --
Typical run time --


Input - Output description
Describe input parameters depending on configuration, the model can be run with Air temperature and Precipitation only. In the most complex configuration, the model will also need vapor pressure, solar radiation, wind, daily minimum and maximum temperature. Built-in functions allow trading input variables (e.g. use cloud cover instead of solar radiation).
Input format Binary
Other input format
Describe output parameters The model can output any variables used for the water balance and transport calculations. The most frequently requested ones are: potential and actual evapotranspiration, soil moisture, groundwater storage, river discharge, irrigational water uptake.
Output format Binary
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed? No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed? Yes
Describe post-processing software The model is integrated into the in-house developed Global Hydrological Archive and Analysis System (GHAAS), which has a rich set of GIS tools.
Visualization software needed? No
If above answer is yes ESRI, IDL, Matlab
Other visualization software GHAAS


Process description model
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Model testing
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Users groups model
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Documentation model
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Is there a manual available? No
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Additional comments
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The WBM/WTM source code is available in a subversion repository at http://ob.sr.unh.edu/svn/WSAG