Simulator for Hydrologic Unstructured Domains (SHUD v1.0): numerical modeling of watershed hydrology with the finite volume method

Shu, Lele; Ullrich, Paul A.; Duffy, Christopher J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2743-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2743-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2743-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Model description paper

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18 Jun 2020

Model description paper |

| 18 Jun 2020

Simulator for Hydrologic Unstructured Domains (SHUD v1.0): numerical modeling of watershed hydrology with the finite volume method

Lele Shu, Paul A. Ullrich, and Christopher J. Duffy

Data sets

Vauclin1979: v0.0.1 Lele Shu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3566020

Cache-Creek v0.0.1 Lele Shu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3566034

V-Catchment: v0.0.1 Lele Shu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3566022

Model code and software

SHUD: v1.0 Lele Shu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3561293

SHUDtoolbox: Ver 1.0 Lele Shu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3758097

Short summary

Hydrologic modeling is an essential strategy for understanding and predicting natural flows. The paper introduces the design of Simulator for Hydrologic Unstructured Domains (SHUD), from the conceptual and mathematical description of hydrologic processes in a watershed to the model's computational structures. To demonstrate and validate the model performance, we employ three hydrologic experiments: the V-Catchment experiment, Vauclin's experiment, and a model study of the Cache Creek Watershed.