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BASEMENT: a not-so-basic simulation environment for river process modelling



Abstract
Modelling river physical processes is of critical importance for flood protection, river management and restoration of riverine environments. Because of the continuous increment of computational power and the development of novel numerical algorithms, numerical models are nowadays widely and standardly used. The freeware BASEMENT is a flexible tool for one and two-dimensional river process simulations that bundles solvers for hydrodynamic, morphodynamic, scalar advection-diffusion and feedbacks with riparian vegetation. The adoption of a fully costless workflow and a light GUI facilitate its broad utilization in research, practice and education. In this seminar I introduce the different tools within the BASEMENT suite, present some domains of application and ongoing developments.

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Of interest for:
  • Terrestrial Working Group
  • Coastal Working Group
  • Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group
  • Hydrology Focus Research Group
  • Chesapeake Focus Research Group
  • Critical Zone Focus Research Group
  • Human Dimensions Focus Research Group
  • Ecosystem Dynamics Focus Research Group
  • Coastal Vulnerability Initiative
  • River Network Modeling Initiative