Appendix A — Appendix: List of parameters and initial conditions

The list of parameters and initials conditions of the different objets in RS MINERVE is presented hereafter.

A.1 Hydrology models

Table A.1: List of parameters for the virtual station

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
X, Y, Z	-	Coordinates of the virtual station	-
Search Radius	m	Search radius of the virtual stations	>0
No. min. of stations	-	Minimal number of stations used for interpolation (higher priority than “Search Radius”)	\(\geq\) 1
Gradient P	1/m	Precipitation gradient	-1
Gradient T	°C/m	Temperature gradient	-0.007 to -0.004
Gradient ETP	1/m	Evapotranspiration gradient	-2
Coeff P	-	Multiplying correction coefficient	0.5 to 2
Coeff T	°C	Adding correction coefficient	-2 to 2
Coeff ETP	-	Multiplying correction coefficient	0.5 to 2

 

Table A.2: List of parameters and initial conditions for the Snow-SD model

Name	Units	Decription	Regular range
S	mm/°C/d	Reference degree-day snowmelt coefficient	0.5 to 20
SInt	mm/°C/d	Degree-day snowmelt interval	0 to 4
SMin	mm/°C/d	Minimal degree-day snowmelt coefficient	\(\geq\) 0
SPh	d	Phase shift of the sinusoidal function	1 to 365
ThetaCri	-	Critical relative water content of the snow pack	0.1
bp	d/mm	Melt coefficient due to liquid precipitation	0.0125
Tcp1	°C	Minimum critical temperature for liquid precipitation	0
Tcp2	°C	Maximum critical temperature for solid precipitation	4
Tcf	°C	Critical snowmelt temperature	0
CFR	-	Refreezing coefficient	0 to 1
SWEIni	m	Initial snow water equivalent height	-
ThetaIni	-	Initial relative water content in the snow pack	-

 

Table A.3: List of parameters and initial conditions for the SWMM model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of runoff	>0
L	m	Length of the plane	>0
J0	-	Runoff slope	>0
K	m1/3/s	Strickler coefficient	0.1 to 90
HIni	m	Initial water level downstream of the surface	-

 

Table A.4: List of parameters and initial conditions for the GSM model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of infiltration	>0
S	mm/°C/d	Reference degree-day snowmelt coefficient	0.5 to 20
SInt	mm/°C/d	Degree-day snowmelt interval	0 to 4
SMin	mm/°C/d	Minimal degree-day snowmelt coefficient	\(\geq\) 0
Sph	d	Phase shift of the sinusoidal function	1 to 365
ThetaCri	-	Critical relative water content of the snow pack	0.1
bp	d/mm	Melt coefficient due to liquid precipitation	0.0125
Tcp1	°C	Minimum critical temperature for liquid precipitation	0
Tcp2	°C	Maximum critical temperature for solid precipitation	4
Tcf	°C	Critical snowmelt temperature	0
G	mm/°C/d	Reference degree-day glacier melt coefficient	0.5 to 20
GInt	mm/°C/d	Degree-day glacier melt interval	0 to 4
GMin	mm/°C/d	Minimal degree-day glacier melt coefficient	\(\geq\) 0
Tcg	°C	Critical glacier melt temperature	0
Kgl	1/d	Release coefficient of glacier melt reservoir	0.1 to 5
Ksn	1/d	Release coefficient of snowmelt reservoir	0.1 to 5
CFR	-	Refreezing coefficient	0 to 1
SWEIni	m	Initial snow water equivalent height	-
ThetaIni	-	Initial relative water content in the snow pack	-
QsnowIni	m3/s	Initial outflow of linear snow reservoir	-
QglacierIni	m3/s	Initial outflow of linear glacier reservoir	-

 

Table A.5: List of parameters and initial conditions for the SOCONT model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface	>0
S	mm/°C/d	Reference degree-day snowmelt coefficient	0.5 to 20
SInt	mm/°C/d	Degree-day snowmelt interval	0 to 4
SMin	mm/°C/d	Minimal degree-day snowmelt coefficient	\(\geq\) 0
SPh	d	Phase shift of the sinusoidal function	1 to 365
ThetaCri	-	Critical relative water content of the snow pack	0.1
bp	d/mm	Melt coefficient due to liquid precipitation	0.0125
Tcp1	°C	Minimum critical temperature for liquid precipitation	0
Tcp2	°C	Maximum critical temperature for solid precipitation	4
Tcf	°C	Critical snowmelt temperature	0
HGR3Max	m	Maximum height of infiltration reservoir	0 to 2
KGR3	1/s	Release coefficient of infiltration reservoir	0.00025 to 0.1
L	m	Length of the plane	>0
J0	-	Runoff slope	>0
Kr	m1/3/s	Strickler coefficient	0.1 to 90
CFR	-	Refreezing coefficient	0 to 1
SWEIni	m	Initial snow water equivalent height	-
HGR3Ini	m	Initial level in infiltration reservoir	-
HrIni	m	Initial runoff water level downstream of the surface	-
ThetaIni	-	Initial relative water content in the snow pack	-

 

Table A.6: List of parameters and initial conditions for the HBV model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of the basin	>0
CFMax	mm/°C/d	Melting factor	0.5 to 20
CFR	-	Refreezing factor	0.05
CWH	-	Critical relative water content of the snow pack	0.1
TT	°C	Threshold temperature of rain/snow	0 to 3
TTInt	°C	Temperature interval for rain/snow mixing	0 to 3
TTSM	°C	Threshold temperature for snow melt	0
Beta	-	Model parameter (shape coefficient)	1 to 5
FC	m	Maximum soil storage capacity	0.050 to 0.65
PWP	-	Soil permanent wilting point threshold	0.030 to 1
SUMax	m	Upper reservoir water level threshold	0 to 0.10
Kr	1/d	Near surface flow storage coefficient	0.05 to 0.5
Ku	1/d	Interflow storage coefficient	0.01 to 0.4
Kl	1/d	Baseflow storage coefficient	0 to 0.15
Kperc	1/d	Percolation storage coefficient	0 to 0.8
SWEIni	m	Initial snow water equivalent height	-
WHIni	-	Initial relative water content in the snow pack	-
HumIni	m	Initial humidity	-
SUIni	m	Initial upper reservoir water level	-
SLIni	m	Initial lower reservoir water level	-

 

Table A.7: List of parameters and initial conditions for the GR4J model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of the basin	>0
X1	m	Capacity of production store	0.01 to 1.2
X2	m	Water exchange coefficient	-0.005 to 0.003
X3	m	Capacity of routing store	0.01 to 0.5
X4	d	UH time base	-0.5 to 1
SIni	m	Initial water content in the production reservoir	-
RIni	m	Initial water level in the routing reservoir	-

 

Table A.8: List of parameters and initial conditions for the SAC-SMA model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of the basin	>0
Adimp	-	Maximum fraction of an additional impervious area due to saturation	0 to 0.2
Pctim	-	Permanent impervious area fraction	0 to 0.05
Riva	-	Riparian vegetarian area fraction	0 to 0.2
UztwMax	m	Upper Zone Tension Water capacity	0.01 to 0.15
UzfwMax	m	Upper Zone Free Water capacity	0.005 to 0.10
Uzk	1/d	Interflow depletion rate from the Upper Zone Free Water storage	0.10 to 0.75
Zperc	-	Ratio of maximum and minimum percolation rates	10 to 350
Rexp	-	Shape parameter of the percolation curve	1 to 4
Pfree	-	Percolation fraction that goes directly to the Lower Zone Free Water storages	0 to0.6
LztwMax	m	The Lower Zone Tension Water capacity	0.05 to 0.40
LzfpMax	m	The Lower Zone primary Free Water capacity	0.03 to 0.80
LzfsMax	m	The Lower Zone supplementary Free Water capacity	0.01 to 0.40
Rserv	-	Fraction of Lower Zone Free Water not transferable to Lower Zone Tension Water	0 to 1
Lzpk	1/d	Depletion rate of the Lower Zone primary Free Water storage	0.001 to 0.03
Lzsk	1/d	Depletion rate of the Lower Zone supplemental Free Water storage	0.02 to 0.3
Side	-	Ratio of deep percolation from Lower Zone Free Water storages	0 to 0.5
AdimIni	m	Initial Tension Water content of the Adimp area	-
UztwIni	m	Initial Upper Zone Tension Water content	-
UzfwIni	m	Initial Upper Zone Free Water content	-
LztwIni	m	Initial Lower Zone Tension Water content	-
LzfpIni	m	Initial Lower Zone Free supplementary content	-
LzfsIni	m	Initial Lower Zone Free primary content	-

 

Table A.9: List of parameters and initial conditions for the SCS model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
A	m2	Surface of the basin	>0
CN	-	Curve Number	30 to 100
L	m	Width of the plane	\(\geq\) 0
J0	-	Runoff slope
Ia	mm	Initial abstraction	0 to 100000
TI	s	Lag time	\(\geq\) 0

A.2 River models

Table A.10: List of parameters and initial conditions for the channel routing model

Name	Units	Description	Regular Range
L	m	Length	>0
B0	m	Width of the channel base	>0
m	-	Side bank relation coefficient (1H/mV)	0.1 to 1
J0	-	Slope	>0
K	m1/3/s	Strickler coefficient	10 to 90
N	-	Number of sections (not for Lag-Time)	>0
Lag	min	Lag time (only for Lag-Time)	\(\geq\) 0
QIni	m3/s	Initial discharge	-

A.3 Standard models

Table A.11: Time series required data

Name	Units	Description
Series (paired data)	s (depending on the series)	Time - Value series

A.4 Infrastructure objects

Table A.12: Reservoir paired data and initial condition required

Name	Units	Description
H-V (paired data)	masl - m3	Level - Volume relation
Hini	masl	Initial level in the reservoir

 

Table A.13: HQ paired data required

Name	Units	Description
H-Q (paired data)	masl - m3/s	Level - Discharge relation

 

Table A.14: Time-Q paired data, parameters and initial condition required

Name	Units	Description
H-Q (paired data)	masl - m3/s	Level - Discharge relation
Hon	masl	Threshold in the level of the reservoir to start the turbine cycle (turbine starts when the threshold is exceeded)
Hoff	masl	Threshold in the level of the reservoir to stop the turbine cycle (turbine stops when level go below the threshold)
IsOperatingIni	0/1	First suggested value for the turbine cycle (0 = not turbine; 1 = turbine). Only taken into account if Hoff > H > Hon

 

Table A.15: Hydropower paired data and parameters required

Name	Units	Description
Q- (paired data)	m^ 3^/s - %	Discharge-Performance relation
Zplant	masl	Hydropower plant altitude
L	m	Length of the pipe
D	m	Diameter of the pipe
K	m	Roughness
	m2/s	Kinematic viscosity
Default Price	€/Kwh	Default price, only used if no data exists in the database

 

Table A.16: Diversion paired data required

Name	Units	Description
Qup-Qdiverted (paired data)	m3/s - m3/s	Upstream flow - Diverted flow relation

 

Table A.17: Consumer parameters required

Name	Units	Description
LossRate	-	Fraction of the Qsupplied lost at the demand site
ConsumptionRate	-	Fraction of the Qdelivered ultimately consumed
Default QDemand	m3/s	Default demand of consummation, only used if no data exists in the database

 

Table A.18: Structure efficiency parameters required

Name	Units	Description
Efficiency	-	Efficiency of the structure

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1. The precipitation and potential evapotranspiration gradients are function of the local conditions. Their regular ranges have to be estimated for each studied case.

2. The precipitation and potential evapotranspiration gradients are function of the local conditions. Their regular ranges have to be estimated for each studied case.