Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1061-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1061-2022
Model description paper
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04 Feb 2022
Model description paper |  | 04 Feb 2022

Computation of backwater effects in surface waters of lowland catchments including control structures – an efficient and re-usable method implemented in the hydrological open-source model Kalypso-NA (4.0)

Sandra Hellmers and Peter Fröhle

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A hydrological method to compute backwater effects in surface water streams and on adjacent lowlands caused by mostly complex flow control systems is presented. It enables transfer of discharges to water levels and calculation of backwater volume routing along streams and lowland areas by balancing water level slopes. The developed, implemented and evaluated method extends the application range of hydrological models significantly for flood-routing simulation in backwater-affected catchments.