MIKE HYDRO

Purpose: Integrated water resources analysis, management, and, planning performed at a basin scale
Developer: DHI
Key Features: Decision support tool; process geospatial data; link to other DHI models
Latest Release: 2014
OS Platform: Windows
Cost: Perpetual license, subscription fee
Related Software: eWater source, RIBASIM, WEAP
Website: MIKE HYDRO

Introduction

MIKE HYDRO, formerly known as MIKE BASIN, is an integrated water resources management program that incorporates allocation, management, and planning of water resources at a river basin scale. MIKE HYDRO is a network model that represents rivers and tributaries by a network of branches and nodes. The program consists of two modules: a basin module and a river module. The basin module allows the user to allocate, manage, and analyze water resources at a basin scale. The river module, a subset of MIKE 11, is a 1D river hydraulics model. MIKE HYDRO has been used for reservoir optimization, sediment transport, water quality, and streamflow forecasting.

Key features of the MIKE HYDRO model include GIS integration, rainfall-runoff modeling, ranking of water users, and scripting.

Advantages and Limitations

Advantages Limitations
  • Map-centric user interface
  • Integrates GIS spatial data
  • Global ranking to prioritize water allocations among various water users
  • Detailed technical report and user manual
  • Availability of training and customer support via vendor
  • NAM hydrologic model does not allow for spatial variability
  • Network models are insufficient to answer physically based questions such as flood propagation, attenuation, and surface groundwater interaction
  • Simplified snowmelt and glacier assumptions
  • Linear groundwater flow model is a simplified method

Illustrative Screens

Sample Applications

Africa East Asia and the Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia
Analysis of water use, Abbay River basin, Ethiopia Water resources modeling of the Ganghes-Brahmaputra-Meghna River basins

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