Simulating watersheds using loosely integrated model components: Evaluation of computational scaling using OpenMI

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 304-313

  Castronova, Anthony M ^a   Goodall, Jonathan L ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Component based modeling; Hydrologic modeling; Integrated modeling; OpenMI; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ROUTING; COMPONENT BASED; COMPONENT BASED APPROACH; COMPONENT-BASED MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION MODEL; INDEPENDENT MODEL; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTEGRATED MODELS; OPENMI; OVERHEAD COSTS; PLUG-AND-PLAY; RAINFALL/RUNOFF; RUNTIMES; SIMULATION MODEL; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SYSTEM RESPONSE; WATERSHED MODELING; WATERSHED MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOFTWARE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84870293475     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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