Building a model#
This plugin allows to build a complete Wflow Sediment model from available data. Once the configuration and data libraries are set, you can build a model by using:
activate hydromt-wflow
hydromt build wflow_sediment path/to/built_model "{'basin': [x, y]}" -i wflow_sediment_build.ini -d data_sources.yml -vvv
The recommended region options for a proper implementation of the Wflow Sediment model are:
basin
subbasin
Configuration file#
Settings to build or update a Wflow Sediment model are managed in a configuration file. In this file, every option from each model component can be changed by the user in its corresponding section.
Note that the order in which the components are listed in the ini file is important:
setup_basemaps should always be run first to determine the model domain
setup_rivers should be run right after setup_basemaps as it influences several other setup components (lakes, reservoirs, riverbedsed, floodplains, gauges)
Below is an example ini file that can be used to build a complete Wflow Sediment model
.ini file. Each section corresponds
to a model component with the same name.
[global]
data_libs = [] # add optional paths to data yml files
[setup_config] # options parsed to wflow ini file <section>.<option>
starttime = 2010-01-01T00:00:00
endtime = 2010-03-31T00:00:00
timestepsecs = 86400
[setup_basemaps]
hydrography_fn = merit_hydro # source hydrography data {merit_hydro, merit_hydro_1k}
basin_index_fn = merit_hydro_index # source of basin index corresponding to hydrography_fn
upscale_method = ihu # upscaling method for flow direction data, by default 'ihu'
[setup_rivers]
hydrography_fn = merit_hydro # source hydrography data, should correspond to hydrography_fn in setup_basemaps
river_geom_fn = rivers_lin2019_v1 # river source data with river width and bankfull discharge
river_upa = 30 # minimum upstream area threshold for the river map [km2]
rivdph_method = powlaw # method to estimate depth {'powlaw', 'manning', 'gvf'}
min_rivdph = 1 # minimum river depth [m]
min_rivwth = 30 # minimum river width [m]
slope_len = 2000 # length over which tp calculate river slope [m]
smooth_len = 5000 # length over which to smooth river depth and river width [m]
[setup_reservoirs]
reservoirs_fn = hydro_reservoirs # source for reservoirs based on GRAND: {hydro_reservoirs}; None to skip
min_area = 1.0 # minimum lake area to consider [km2]
priority_jrc = True # if True then JRC data from hydroengine is used to calculate some reservoir attributes instead of the GRanD and HydroLAKES db.
[setup_lakes]
lakes_fn = hydro_lakes # source for lakes based on hydroLAKES: {hydro_lakes}; None to skip
min_area = 1.0 # minimum reservoir area to consider [km2]
[setup_riverbedsed]
bedsed_mapping_fn = None # path to a mapping csv file from streamorder to river bed particles characteristics
[setup_lulcmaps]
lulc_fn = globcover # source for lulc maps: {globcover, vito, corine}
[setup_laimaps]
lai_fn = modis_lai # source for LAI: {modis_lai}
[setup_canopymaps]
canopy_fn = simard # source for vegetation canopy height: {simard}
[setup_soilmaps]
soil_fn = soilgrids # source for soilmaps: {soilgrids}
usleK_method = renard # method to compute the USLE K factor: {renard, epic}
[setup_hydrodem] # adds hydrologically conditioned elevation FloodplainZ
[setup_gauges]
gauges_fn = grdc # If not None add gaugemap. Either a path or known gauges_fn: {grdc}
snap_to_river = True # If True snaps gauges from source to river
derive_subcatch = False # if True derive subcatch map based on gauges.
[setup_constant_pars] # constant parameters values
c_Bagnold = 0.0000175
eros_expo = 1.5
eros_ov = 0.9
eros_spl_EUROSEM = 2.0
exp_Bagnold = 1.4
ResTrapEff = 1.0
Selecting data#
Data sources in HydroMT are provided in one of several yaml libraries. These libraries contain required information on the different data sources so that HydroMT can process them for the different models. There are three ways for the user to select which data libraries to use:
If no yaml file is selected, HydroMT will use the data stored in the hydromt-artifacts which contains an extract of global data for a small region around the Piave river in Northern Italy.
Another options for Deltares users is to select the deltares-data library (requires access to the Deltares P-drive). In the command lines examples below, this is done by adding either -dd or –deltares-data to the build / update command line.
Finally, the user can prepare its own yaml libary (or libraries) (see HydroMT documentation to check the guidelines). These user libraries can be added either in the command line using the -d option and path/to/yaml or in the ini file with the data_libs option in the [global] sections.
Extending a Wflow (SBM) model with a Wflow Sediment model#
If you already have a Wflow model and you want to extend it in order to include sediment as well, then you do not need to build the
Wflow Sediment model from scratch. You can instead update the Wflow model with the additional components needed by Wflow Sediment.
These components are available in a template .ini file and shown below. The corresponding
command line would be:
activate hydromt-wflow
hydromt update wflow_sediment path/to/wflow_model_to_extend -o path/to/wflow_sediment_model -i wflow_extend_sediment.ini -d data_sources.yml -vvv
[global]
data_libs = [] # add optional paths to data yml files
[setup_config]
# model.dolake = True # uncomment if there are lakes in the wflow model
# model.doreservoir = True # uncomment if there are reservoirs in the wflow model
[setup_riverbedsed]
bedsed_mapping_fn = None # path to a mapping csv file from streamorder to river bed particles characteristics
[setup_lulcmaps]
lulc_fn = globcover # source for lulc maps: {globcover, vito, corine}
[setup_canopymaps]
canopy_fn = simard # source for vegetation canopy height: {simard}
[setup_soilmaps]
soil_fn = soilgrids # source for soilmaps: {soilgrids}
usleK_method = renard # method to compute the USLE K factor: {renard, epic}
[setup_gauges]
gauges_fn = grdc # If not None add gaugemap. Either a path or known gauges_fn: {grdc}
snap_to_river = True # If True snaps gauges from source to river
derive_subcatch = False # if True derive subcatch map based on gauges.
[setup_constant_pars] # constant parameters values
c_Bagnold = 0.0000175
eros_expo = 1.5
eros_ov = 0.9
eros_spl_EUROSEM = 2.0
exp_Bagnold = 1.4
ResTrapEff = 1.0