Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2917-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2917-2022
Development and technical paper
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07 Apr 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 07 Apr 2022

Modeling of streamflow in a 30 km long reach spanning 5 years using OpenFOAM 5.x

Yunxiang Chen, Jie Bao, Yilin Fang, William A. Perkins, Huiying Ren, Xuehang Song, Zhuoran Duan, Zhangshuan Hou, Xiaoliang He, and Timothy D. Scheibe

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Model, data, and code for paper "Modeling of streamflow in a 30-kilometer-long reach spanning 5 years using OpenFOAM 5.x" Y. Chen, J. Bao, Y. Fang, W. A. Perkings, H. Ren, X. Song, Z. Duan, Z. Hou, X. He, and T. D. Scheibe https://doi.org/10.15485/1819956

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Climate change affects river discharge variations that alter streamflow. By integrating multi-type survey data with a computational fluid dynamics tool, OpenFOAM, we show a workflow that enables accurate and efficient streamflow modeling at 30 km and 5-year scales. The model accuracy for water stage and depth average velocity is −16–9 cm and 0.71–0.83 in terms of mean error and correlation coefficients. This accuracy indicates the model's reliability for evaluating climate impact on rivers.