Advancing the Open Modeling Interface (OpenMI) for integrated water resources modeling

Buahin, Caleb A.; Horsburgh, Jeffery S.

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.07.015

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“… Ayllón et al, 2018 ). The Open Modeling Interface (OpenMI, Moore and Tindall, 2005 ), for example, has had to evolve from its initial focus in the hydrological sciences to accommodate an interdisciplinary modeling process ( Buahin and Horsburgh, 2018 ). Thus, while the processes and requirements of such frameworks may be generally applicable, there remains some difficulty in their generic implementation and adoption within the interdisciplinary context of SoS modeling.…”

Section: Scale Issues To Considermentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

Iwanaga

Wang

Hamilton

et al. 2021

Environmental Modelling & Software

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System-of-systems approaches for integrated assessments have become prevalent in recent years. Such approaches integrate a variety of models from different disciplines and modeling paradigms to represent a socio-environmental (or social-ecological) system aiming to holistically inform policy and decision-making processes. Central to the system-of-systems approaches is the representation of systems in a multi-tier framework with nested scales. Current modeling paradigms, however, have disciplinary-specific lineage, leading to inconsistencies in the conceptualization and integration of socio-environmental systems. In this paper, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, from engineering, natural and social sciences, have come together to detail socio-technical practices and challenges that arise in the consideration of scale throughout the socio-environmental modeling process. We identify key paths forward, focused on explicit consideration of scale and uncertainty, strengthening interdisciplinary communication, and improvement of the documentation process. We call for a grand vision (and commensurate funding) for holistic system-of-systems research that engages researchers, stakeholders, and policy makers in a multi-tiered process for the co-creation of knowledge and solutions to major socio-environmental problems.

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Section: Scale Issues To Considermentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

Iwanaga

Wang

Hamilton

et al. 2021

Environmental Modelling & Software

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“…HydroCouple is a software tool that applies these standards to hydrologic models. A core part of this tool is a graphical user interface that depicts connections between model components (Buahin & Horsburgh, 2018). These model description tools do not necessarily provide a deep descriptions of component models, and are text or flowchart-based rather than intuitively visual but they are a step in the right direction and could be expanded upon to provide visual representations.…”

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Visualization and ecohydrologic models: Opening the box

Tague

Frew

2020

Hydrological Processes

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Earth system models synthesize the science of interactions amongst multiple biophysical and, increasingly, human processes across a wide range of scales. Ecohydrologic models are a subset of earth system models that focus particularly on the complex interactions between ecosystem processes and the storage and flux of water. Ecohydrologic models often focus at scales where direct observations occur: plots, hillslopes, streams, and watersheds, as well as where land and resource management decisions are implemented. These models complement field‐based and data‐driven science by combining theory, empirical relationships derived from observation and new data to create virtual laboratories. Ecohydrologic models are tools that managers can use to ask “what if” questions and domain scientists can use to explore the implications of new theory or measurements. Recent decades have seen substantial advances in ecohydrologic models, building on both new domain science and advances in software engineering and data availability. The increasing sophistication of ecohydrologic models however, presents a barrier to their widespread use and credibility. Their complexity, often encoding 100s of relationships, means that they are effectively “black boxes,” at least for most users, sometimes even to the teams of researchers that contribute to their design. This opacity complicates the interpretation of model results. For models to effectively advance our understanding of how plants and water interact, we must improve how we visualize not only model outputs, but also the underlying theories that are encoded within the models. In this paper, we outline a framework for increasing the usefulness of ecohydrologic models through better visualization. We outline four complementary approaches, ranging from simple best practices that leverage existing technologies, to ideas that would engage novel software engineering and cutting edge human–computer interface design. Our goal is to open the ecohydrologic model black box in ways that will engage multiple audiences, from novices to model developers, and support learning, new discovery, and environmental problem solving.

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“…Regarding interfaces for SWMM, an OpenMI interface was developed for SWMM that allows information to be exchanged with other OpenMI‐compliant models during runtime (Shrestha et al 2012; Buahin and Horsburgh 2018). However, few OpenMI‐compliant GI models are available.…”

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Incorporating External Green Infrastructure Models into Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) Simulations Using Interface Files

Yang

Chui

2020

J American Water Resour Assoc

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This paper presents a method and a toolbox for coupling green infrastructure models and a popular urban drainage model-SWMM, which enhances the flexibility and capacity of current modeling practices. ABSTRACT: The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is widely used to predict the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff and runoffs from other drainage systems in urban catchments. However, it can be useful to replace the green infrastructure (GI) model in SWMM for certain applications. This paper explains why and how GIs can be modeled using models of choice and proposes a method to systematically incorporate external GI models into SWMM when using it to model the other elements of the catchment. A file-based coupling method is presented that uses a GI model of choice to compute the output hydrographs of selected contributing drainage areas. These GI outputs are then used as input flows to SWMM in the form of routing interface or rainfall data files. This study also presents a toolbox that contains functions to create the external files and to modify the SWMM input files to accommodate the external modeling of a part of the catchment using a GI model of choice. Finally, the use of the coupling method and the toolbox is illustrated using two case studies investigating the effectiveness of different GI models and the parameter estimation of subcatchments after implementing GIs. In summary, the proposed method and toolbox enable the use of different GI models in SWMM catchment-scale studies.

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Advancing the Open Modeling Interface (OpenMI) for integrated water resources modeling

Cited by 28 publications

References 51 publications

Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

Visualization and ecohydrologic models: Opening the box

Incorporating External Green Infrastructure Models into Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) Simulations Using Interface Files

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