This software package, called mizuRoute (in Japanese “mizu” means water), is designed to quickly process large ensembles of future runoff at each time step to any location within the river network (illustrated in figure), facilitating spatial and temporal analysis that can be easily modified to address specific user needs.

Model Development Team

NCAR: Martyn Clark (PI), Naoki Mizukami

University of Washington: Bart Nijssen

Contact: Martyn Clark - mclark@ucar.edu | Julie Vano - jvano@ucar.edu

Sponsors

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation

More Information At

 

Project information:   streamflow_routing

Model homepage:   https://ral.ucar.edu/projects/mizuroute-stand-alone-river-network-routing-model

Papers:

Mizukami, N., M.P. Clark, K. Sampson, B. Nijssen, Y. Mao, H. McMillan, R.J. Viger, S.L. Markstrom, L.E. Hay, R. Woods, J.R. Arnold, and L.D. Brekke, 2016: mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications. Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 2223-2238, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2223-2016