This describes the components of JGrass-NewAGE, the system we went to develop for having a flexible set of modelling solutions to forecast the water cycle budgets of any basin.

1. Replicability of modelling solutions using
JGrass-NewAGE
8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
July 10-14, 2016
Bancheri M.1, Formetta G.2, Serafin F.1, Rigon R.1, Green T. R.3 & David O.3
(1) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica, Universita’ degli Studi di Trento, Italy;
(2) Natural environmental research council, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;
(3) USDA-ARS, Agricultural Systems Research Unit, Fort Collins, USA.

2. Outline
• GEOframe organization;
• Jgrass-NewAge hydrological system;
• Modelling solutions examples;
• Reproducibility and replicability.
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3. GEOframe organization
http://geoframe.blogspot.com
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4. JGrass-NewAge
Interpolations tools
Energy balance
Water balance
Solutes transport
Automatic calibration
Geomorphological tools
Formetta, G., et al. "The JGrass-NewAge system for forecasting and managing the hydrological budgets at the basin scale: models of
flow generation and propagation/routing." Geoscientific Model Development 4.4 (2011): 943-955.
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5. Modelling solution example
Posses River, Brazil
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6. Piave River, Italy Howland Forest, Maine, U.S.
Modelling solution example
Formetta, G., et al. "Modeling shortwave solar radiation using the JGrass-NewAge system." Geoscientific Model Development 6.4 (2013): 915-928.
Formetta, G., et al.: Site specific parameterizations of longwave radiation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-227, in review, 2016.
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7. Poudre River, Colorado, U.S. Little Washita River, Oklaoma, U.S.
Modelling solution example
Formetta, G., et al. "Hydrological modelling with components: A GIS-based open-source framework." Environmental Modelling & Software 55 (2014)
Formetta, Giuseppe, et al. "Snow water equivalent modeling components in NewAge-JGrass." Geoscientific Model Development 7.3 (2014)
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8. Posina River, Italy
Modelling solution example
Rigon, R., Bancheri, M., and Green, T. R.: Age-ranked hydrological budgets and a travel time description of catchment hydrology, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-210, in review, 2016.
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9. 24 Ameriflux station in U.S.
Modelling solution example
Formetta, G., et al.: Site specific parameterizations of longwave radiation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-227, in review, 2016.
Abera, W., Formetta, G., Brocca, L., and Rigon, R.: Water budget modelling of the Upper Blue Nile basin using the JGrass-NewAge model system and satellite
data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-290, in review, 2016.
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10. Modelling solution connections
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11. Modelling solution connections: OMS3
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OMS3 console:
components, parameters and
connections
SWRB
LWRB
NET RAD
ETP

12. Recent Upgrades
JGrass-NewAge
More components: Rain-Snow
separation, Clearness-Index, Net
Radiation, WFIUH, root zone
model, groundwater model..
New version in JGrass-NewAge
(April, 2016)
New in JGrass-NewAge
(January, 2016)
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13. Replicable research
Source code OMS projects
Community blog Documentation
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14. Further details:
Theory:
http://abouthydrology.blogspot.it
Components:
https://github.com/geoframecomponents
General info:
http://geoframe.blogspot.com
Replicable research
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15. Conclusions
• Thanks to its infrastructures, JGrass-NewAge allows the
end-users to create their own hydrological model with
simple components connections;
• The model was tested on several different test cases,
always with good performances;
• All the components are Java based and open-source, the
code is always available, commented and documented;
• Join the community!
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16. Conclusions
2051-Vajrapani-Elastico-Bologna-work-in-progress
Thank you!
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17. References
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Abera, W., Formetta, G., Brocca, L., and Rigon, R.: Water budget modelling of the Upper Blue Nile basin using the
JGrass-NewAge model system and satellite data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-290, in
review, 2016.
Formetta, G., Mantilla, R., Franceschi, S., Antonello, A., and Rigon, R.: The JGrass-NewAge system for forecasting
and managing the hydrological budgets at the basin scale: models of flow generation and propagation/routing,
Geosci. Model Dev., 4, 943-955, doi:10.5194/gmd-4-943-2011, 2011
Formetta, G., Rigon, R., Chávez, J. L., and David, O.: Modeling short wave solar radiation using the JGrass-
NewAge System, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 5, 4355-4393, doi:10.5194/gmdd-5-4355-2012, 2012.
Formetta, G., et al., Hydrological modelling with components: A GIS-based open-source framework. Environmental
Modelling & Software 55 (2014)
Formetta, Giuseppe, et al. "Snow water equivalent modeling components in NewAge-JGrass." Geoscientific Model
Development 7.3 (2014)
Formetta, G., et al.: Site specific parameterizations of longwave radiation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:
10.5194/hess-2016-227, in review, 2016.
Rigon R. , Bancheri M. , Formetta G. , deLavenne A. , The geomorphic unit hydrograph from a historical-critical
perspective, Earth Sci. Proc. and Landforms, 41(1), 27-37, 2016
Rigon, R., Bancheri, M., and Green, T. R.: Age-ranked hydrological budgets and a travel time description of
catchment hydrology, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2016-210, in review, 2016.