IPA (v1): a framework for agent-based modelling of soil water movement
Authored by Benjamin Mewes, Andreas H Schumann
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-11-2175-2018
Sponsors:
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
Platforms:
GAMA
Model Documentation:
Other Narrative
Mathematical description
Model Code URLs:
https://github.com/HydroMewes/IPA
Abstract
In the last decade, agent-based modelling (ABM) became a popular
modelling technique in social sciences, medicine, biology, and ecology.
ABM was designed to simulate systems that are highly dynamic and
sensitive to small variations in their composition and their state. As
hydrological systems, and natural systems in general, often show dynamic
and non-linear behaviour, ABM can be an appropriate way to model these
systems. Nevertheless, only a few studies have utilized the ABM method
for process-based modelling in hydrology. The percolation of water
through the unsaturated soil is highly responsive to the current state
of the soil system; small variations in composition lead to major
changes in the transport system. Hence, we present a new approach for
modelling the movement of water through a soil column: autonomous water
agents that transport water through the soil while interacting with
their environment as well as with other agents under physical laws.
Tags
Simulation
Hydrology
runoff
Cellular-automata model
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