Visual HEIFLOW(VHF) is a comprehensive graphical modeling environment for integrated hydrological modeling. Currently, VHF is specially designed for an integrated ecological-hydrological model called HIEFLOW, but it can be easily extended to support other hydrological models.
VHF is developed by the HEIFLOW Team (see the CONTRIBUTORS file) at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology.
A demo video is provided to illustrate how to use VHF.
- Streamlines the entire integrated modeling procedure, from data preparation at the very beginning to visualization and analysis of modeling results, in a uniform environment.
- Provides complete access to the relational database, as well as mapping, and 3D visualization tools to support the model development process. It allow users to take advantage of all types of GIS data available for hydrologic modeling.
- Uses a generic multivariable-space-time data cube model, which enables the system to efficiently handle large time-series datasets over a large spatial domain.
- Allows updating the land use input at user-specified time points without manual interruption and therefore enables the model to directly simulate the hydrological effects of changing land use.
If you use VHF in a publication, please cite the following paper that describes VHF:
- Tian Y., Zheng Y., Han F., Zheng C., Li X. A comprehensive graphical modeling platform designed for integrated hydrological simulation. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2018, 108:154-173. Paper Link
If you use HEIFLOW in a publication, please cite the these papers:
- Tian Y., Zheng Y., Wu B., Wu X., Liu J., Zheng C. Modeling surface water-groundwater interaction in arid and semi-arid regions with intensive agriculture, Environmental Modelling & Software, 2015, 63: 170-184.
- Tian Y., Zheng Y., Zheng C., Xiao H., Fan W., Zou S., Wu B., Yao Y., Zhang A., Liu J. Exploring scale-dependent ecohydrological responses in a large endorheic river basin through integrated surface water-groundwater modeling, Water Resources Research, 2015, 51(6): 4065-4085.
Download the VHF setup file and install it on your PC.
A step-by-step tutorial for modeling the Miho catchment located in Korea is provided. All necessary data used for the modeling accompany the tutorial document.
Several third-party libraries are used when developing VHF:
The Visual HEIFLOW project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41501024; No. 41622111; No. 91425303; No. 91225301). Additional support was provided by the Southern University of Science and Technology (No. G01296001) and the Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Committee (JCYJ20160530190547253).
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