Human-Computer Interaction Techniques in Grid Based Hydrological Model Execution – gSWAT Application
Journal Title: Romanian Journal of Human - Computer Interaction - Year 2011, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
The environmental applications development has an increasing impact in modern society, through the simulation and prediction capabilities of the Earth phenomena (e.g. temperature distribution in time, floods prevention, water pollution, etc). This paper describes the gSWAT platform, based on the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) hydrological model. There are two main objectives related to this application: SWAT model calibration and execution. Each watershed has its’ own characteristics, described in terms of hydrologic parameters. Based on the values of these parameters the users could create different scenarios to simulate and to predict the hydrological phenomena. The calibration process requires a large volume of data processing. This is the main reason why the gSWAT was implemented as a Grid-based application. The Grid infrastructure offers high storage and power computing capabilities and support for parallel executions.
Authors and Affiliations
Dănuţ Mihon, Victor Bâcu, Teodor Ştefănuţ, Dorian Gorgan
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