TOPMODEL BMI

This model is in development for use in the NGen Water Modeling Framework Prototype. It includes wrapper functions for the Basic Model Interface. More BMI related references can be found here.

TOPMODEL is a physically based, distributed watershed model that simulates hydrologic fluxes of water (infiltration-excess overland flow, saturation overland flow, infiltration, exfiltration, subsurface flow, evapotranspiration, and channel routing) through a watershed. The model simulates explicit groundwater/surface water interactions by predicting the movement of the water table, which determines where saturated land-surface areas develop and have the potential to produce saturation overland flow. TOPMODEL was originally developed by Beven & Kirby (1979).

Links and Documentation

• INSTALL: How to build and run topmodel-bmi
• BMI_ADAPTION: Details of how TOPMODEL source code was adapted and extended to BMI
• STAND_ALONE: Outlines a newly introduced Boolean toggle
• OUTPUT_FILES_EXPLAINED: Explanation of model output file(s) and results variables
• INPUT_FILES_EXPLAINED: Explanation of model input file(s) and associated variables
• VARIABLE_ROLES: Description of variable role categories
• BMI_UNIT_TEST: Instructions on how to run various unit testing scripts
• PARAMS: Demonstrates parameter subcat.dat generation workflow