Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Watershed Hydrology Modeling
MIKE SHE is one of the only commercially available and widely-used integrated surface water/groundwater modelling tools available. MIKE SHE includes process models for overland flow, vegetation-based evapotranspiration, unsaturated flow, groundwater flow, and fully dynamic channel flow. It is a modular modelling system that includes both simple and advanced process models. This allows you to solve problems across the full hydrologic spectrum - i.e. from detailed wetland studies to basin-wide water resource management studies. This presentation will provide an overview of the integrated modelling approach and capabilities of MIKE SHE as well as highlighting some recent improvements that provide more support for cold-climate hydrology and some on-going research with the University of Calgary to integrate dynamic land-use planning considerations.
