Purpose: | Model river discharge within a river basin |
Developer: | European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
Key Features: | GIS-based distributed model; Python based interface |
Latest Release: | 2014 |
OS Platform: | Linux, Windows |
Cost: | Free |
Related Software: | CREST, HEC-HMS, SAC-SMA, MIKE-SHE |
Website: | LISFLOOD |
LISFLOOD, first developed in 2000, is a is a physically-based distributed hydrologic model that simulates long-term catchment water balance as well as individual flood events. LISFLOOD is usable for a wide variety of applications, for example, flood forecasting, water resources forecasting and climate change assessment studies. The model can also be used to assess the effects of river regulation measures and for studies incorporating trans-boundary catchments. LISFLOOD has been applied to medium and large basins as well as on a continental scale.
Key features of the LISFLOOD model include flood forecasting at a basin scale, the incorporation of remote sensing data such as radar data or altimetry data, and simulation of wetlands and lakes. PCRaster is a raster-based GIS environment used to process geospatial data for the model.
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Africa | East Asia and the Pacific | Europe & Central Asia | Latin America & the Caribbean | Middle East and North Africa | South Asia |
Ensemble flood forecasting in Juba-Shabelle River Basin |
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