A scalable and modular reservoir implementation  for large-scale integrated hydrologic simulations

West, Benjamin D.; Maxwell, Reed M.; Condon, Laura E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-245-2025

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15 Jan 2025

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| 15 Jan 2025

A scalable and modular reservoir implementation for large-scale integrated hydrologic simulations

Benjamin D. West, Reed M. Maxwell, and Laura E. Condon

Model code and software

parflow/parflow: ParFlow Version 3.13.0 S. Smith et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10989198

Reservoir Test Cases for ParFlow B. D. West et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14201537

Short summary

This article describes the addition of reservoirs to the hydrologic model ParFlow. ParFlow is particularly good at helping us understand some of the broader drivers behind different parts of the water cycle. By having reservoirs in such a model, we hope to be able to better understand both our impacts on the environment and how to adjust our management of reservoirs to changing conditions.