Thanks to our exclusive collaboration with Wallingford HydroSolutions, Hydrology+ integrates the industry-standard WINFAP and ReFH2 hydrological packages with Flood Modeller, introducing enhanced flexibility and time-savings for both hydrologists and hydraulic modellers.
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This provides a step change for the flood hydrology discipline by allowing direct access to necessary data, eliminating data request delays, speeding up workflows and allowing users to quickly set up simulations and calibrate models.
Available at no cost for existing Flood Modeller customers (network and cloud-based licences only), the full implementation of Hydrology+ streamlines the integration of hydrological and hydraulic analysis.
Already a Flood Modeller user? Download v7.0 to start using Hydrology+.
Hydrology+
Seamlessly integrating hydrology and hydraulic modelling
Key features
Import FEH catchment descriptors
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Hydrology+ offers access to your FEH webservice data, allowing import and management of catchment descriptors within Flood Modeller.
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Downloaded catchments can be viewed in Flood Modeller's hydrology database, making all the necessary data available in a single location.
Access hydrological data sources
Hydrology+ is connected to the National River Flow Archive and the Environment Agency's Hydrological Explorer data in real time.
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​Hydrologists can sort by gauge location and type, visualise and inspect data, all within Flood Modeller, eliminating data request delays and speeding up workflows.
Flood Estimation and Calculation Points
Quickly and easily schematise your catchment by defining flood estimation points across the UK.
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Hydrology+ brings together FEH catchment descriptors and gauge data to enable detailed FEH analysis using WINFAP and ReFH2.4 and integrating fully into the workflow.
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Flood hydrology from WINFAP and ReFH is stored within Hydrology+, documenting provenance of analysis and rapid refinement of hydrology.
Export observed data
With Hydrology+, users can explore and extract observed data. Enabling them to quickly set up simulations, calibrate models and use the data for further analysis.
Integrate hydrology and models
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Hydrology+ workflows have been optimised to allow rapid application of hydrology to model simulations, including reconciliation of WINFAP and ReFH2 flow estimates, application of climate change uplifts and direct connection to 1D and 2D models via the hydrograph library.
Seamless integration of Flood Modeller, WINFAP and ReFH2
Each application seamlessly integrates with one another, so there's no need to switch between products or constantly copy and paste data.
The full integration of workflows allows flood analysis to be quickly and consistently completed, with all results securely stored in the Hydrology+ database. Users can also inspect and visualise results directly at each calculation point.
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Move all your network or cloud-based licences for Flood Modeller, WINFAP and ReFH2 under a single contract to streamline invoicing and renewals.
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*Requires a WINFAP and ReFH2 licence to fully utilise the integration
Hydrology+ database - a single source of truth
Accurately record and synchronise your hydrological data and analysis directly within Flood Modeller with our secure, structured database. Additionally, the backup function means you can save your work in your local database as well as share it with colleagues and clients.
Benefit from a detailed audit trail and version control, whilst removing human error, facilitating quality assurance, and helping you obtain regulatory approval.
Design Rainfall
As well as river flows, Hydrology+ allows the calculation of design rainfall using the last rainfall model (FEH22) and ReFH2.4. Rainfall can be added directly to Flood Modeller 2D models or exported for use in other analyses.
Hydrology projects
Group your analysis together using the new Hydrology+ project, allowing sharing and exporting at the click of a button.
Projects allow the storing of detailed hydrological analysis with models, ensuring data provenance and more effective model reuse.
Quickly create scenarios
Reconcile your ReFH2 and WINFAP analyses and combine them with scaling factors and climate change uplifts to create inflow hydrographs for 1D or 2D models.
Hydrology+ guides users to apply up-to-date climate change allowances from the Environment Agency, SEPA, Natural Resources Wales and the Department for Infrastructure.
Efficiently configure design hydrographs, rapidly update them with any hydrological changes, automate the linking of your hydraulic model and associated hydrology, removing manual work.
Hydrograph library
Your completed FEH analysis will form a library of flood hydrology, covering different return periods, storm durations and climate change futures, which you can choose from and apply directly to your 1D and 2D models.
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Build simulation schedules
Easily and logically build a suite of simulations by utilising hydrological data and analysis stored in the hydrology database to generate a simulation schedule.
Enabling modellers to quickly build all required simulations in a structured and automated way, saving time and reducing risk of error.
Automated report builder
Aligned with the Environment Agency's reporting requirements, the report builder function allows for the automatic generation of hydrology deliverables, saving time and reducing error. It also enables you to develop your own custom reports.
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Helping modellers rapidly achieve regulatory approval and project sign-off.