Our recents efforts to model terrestrial hydrology and human impacts at (very) high resolution

The Following initiatives are underway in higher resolution modelling

PCR-GLOBWB 2.0: in development.  It operates at 6 minutes globally and is coded in PCRaster-Python.  In PCR-GLOBWB 2.0 we will fully integrate the PCR-GDEM water demand calculations and then add at run-time demand-driven water withdrawal, consumptive water use and return flows as part of the global hydrological cycle.

Discharge of South America (year 2000) as simulated at 6 minutes (10 km) with PCR-GLOBWB 2.0.

We just started working on PCR-GLOBWB 3.0. This will be a hyper-resolution parallelized version of PCR-GLOBWB having the features of version 2.0 with the intention to model the terrestrial water cycle at 1 km or below. We also attach a groundwater flow model to this version. We are working together with the TU Delft in the NWO/Surf fundedcprogram eWaterCycle. We expect first results in 2013.