Reservoir Inflow Forecasting

Posted by Jason Lillywhite

Last month, at the annual symposium hosted by the Arizona Hydrologic Society, I presented on probabilistic reservoir forecasting using GoldSim. This model combines many existing components available in our library to forecast snowmelt driven runoff inflows to a reservoir and estimates risk of spills and/or shortages.

Building Blocks in GoldSim

Posted by Jason Lillywhite

One of the many strengths of GoldSim is its graphically enhanced user interface, which allows you to quickly build your model from reusable components. During a recent webinar, I built a reservoir operations model that receives water from a snowmelt driven watershed using 6 existing models found in our Model Library. Once I understood what my modeling requirements were, I was able to quickly compile a probabilistic system model that is powerful in demonstrating how to operate a dam that services changing water demands and climate scenarios, which protects against downstream flooding.