HarmoniQuA: Harmonising Quality Assurance in model based catchment and river basin management Huub Scholten and Sjoukje Osinga Wageningen University, Information Technology Group, The Netherlands
Jan 17, 2016
HarmoniQuA:Harmonising Quality Assurance in model based
catchment and river basin management
Huub Scholten and Sjoukje Osinga
Wageningen University, Information Technology Group, The Netherlands
July, 2001 HS & SO, CSM2001, Laxenburg 2
Contents
Which problems to solve? State-of-the-art HarmoniQuA Discussion
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What kind of problems to solve?
The ‘art’ of modelling Modelling risks:
– wrong model concept (unsound theories, inconsistencies)– implementation errors– numerical errors– no estimates of uncertainties
WFD forces organisations to co-operate in integrated studies:– between EU-countries: methodological differences– between (sub)domains: methodological differences + different
languages
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State-of-the-art
Growing interest in QA-issues for Modelling and Simulation (M&S) in water management
Present European initiatives:– The Netherlands:
Good Modelling Practice Handbook for Water Management– Denmark:
Guidelines for Good Practices in Groundwater Modelling– United Kingdom:
Informal Discussions on Model Quality Assurance
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The Netherlands: GMP handbook Objectives:
– improving the quality M&S for water management
– making the process reproducible, reconstructable, auditable
How:– by decomposition of the network of processes
– until all steps are straightforward and simple
– and using this decomposition as a definition of the M&S process for water management
– which definition is shared by all stakeholders (client/customer, modeler, user, decision maker, etc.) = ontology
Partners: – Wageningen University, Delft Hydraulics, RIZA, Alterra, TNO and
others for comments
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GMP handbook: example
not OK
OK
not OK
determinewhich input
data
define system
determinewhich analysis
data
step 4
makeconceptual
model
choosediscretisation(space + time)
choose amodel program
choosenumericalapproach
implementmodel
verify modelstep 2
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Denmark: Good Practice in Groundwater modelling
Establishment of formal guidelines:– groundwater modelling– comprehensive handbook– course material– guidance material
Partners– Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)– Danish Hydraulic Institute– Environmental Protection Agency– regional water authorities
Comments and discussions with other stakeholders
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UK: discussions on model QA
Informal discussions on model Quality Assurance topics Involved:
– CEH Wallingford (formerly the Institute of Hydrology)– Environment Agency– Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food– water industry– consultants– academics
Later: more formal basis and involvement of other stakeholders (professional, academics, commercial)
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HarmoniQuA:present shortcomings to state-of-the-art
Only national initiatives No tools for storing the steps and choices of the Modelling
& Simulation Process No tools for reporting No dedicated support for different users/stakeholders Hard to update Difficult to disseminate the knowledge on M&S for water
management
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HarmoniQuA: new challenges
Technological– Internet– KB-technology– platform / operating system independent
Water Framework Directive– international co-operation on river basin scale management– coupling of models, represented in different formats, belonging to
different domains, including socio-economic (the so-called integrated approach)
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HarmoniQuA: the project
EC funded project (start Jan 2002) Workplan:
– 4 years– consortium of 12 partners in 10 countries (all key-players)– aim:
developing infrastructure to help modellers and other stakeholders in all steps of the M&S process for water management
– 2.57 million Euro project (of which 1.65 million Euro will be funded by EC in EESD program)
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HarmoniQuA: partners (1)
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HarmoniQuA: partners (2)
WU, The Netherlands GEUS, Denmark NTUA, Athens, Greece CEH-Wallingford, UK WL|Delft Hydraulics,The
Netherlands Cemagref, France
BfG, Germany SMHI, Sweden VITUKI Plc, Hungary Uni Dortmund, Germany LNEC, Portugal DHI Hydroinform a.s., Czech
Republic
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HarmoniQuA: workpackages (a)
Collecting knowledge on M&S for water management and identifying and filling knowledge gaps– generic part with Do’s and Don’ts– parts specific for each subdomain:
• precipitation runoff models
• hydrodynamic models (incl. sediment and morphology)
• flood forecasting models
• water quality and emission models
• biota models (ecology)
• socio-economical models
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HarmoniQuA: workpackages (b)
Design and implementation of a knowledge base and filling it with the knowledge collected in WP1
Developing tools to work with the knowledge base for:– storing/recording the process– reporting to different types of stakeholders (modelers, client,
model users, policy makers, problem owners, concerned members of the public)
– facilitating auditing– structuring negotiations between stakeholders– facilitating re-use of models and/or results– learning from previous projects
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HarmoniQuA: workpackages (c)
Testing the tools– 2 series of 10 real life case studies:
• series 1: single subdomain or multi-subdomain• series 2: multi-subdomain or integrated studies (incl. socio-economics)
Dissemination– website for internal and external communication– courses and courseware
• academic• professionals
– dissemination to all stakeholders including concerned members of the public
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HarmoniQuA: workpackages (c)
Knowledge on M&Sgeneric + subdomain specific
Knowledge BaseTools to work with KB
Testing tools of WP 2Testing knowledge of WP1
WP 1
WP 2 WP 3
DisseminationCourseware / WebsiteExtension material
WP 4
Academics
Public
Existingknowledge
Experts
Professionals
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HarmoniQuA: co-operation Co-operating projects to establish an infrastructure for
M&S in water management to facilitate the implementation of WFD:
– HarmonIT: software to couple various kinds of models
– HarmoniQuA: methodology, guidelines and tools facilitating M&S
– BMW: support in selecting models
– Euroharp: quantification of and guidance to assess N and P losses
– Tisza River Project: comprehensive test case model system of a single catchment
Optimised exchange of information between projects Mutual use of intermediate products in the other projects
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Discussion GMP handbook is a start GMP has many shortcomings HarmoniQuA will try to overcome some of these Further:
– NEN-norm: using part I of GMP Handbook
– ISO-norms to be derived from HarmoniQuA???
– HarmoniQuA will co-operate with other projects within EESD 1.1 (tools for model-component selection, for conceptual modelling, etc.)
QA in M&S will benefit from GMP and HarmoniQuA
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HarmoniQuA: more information
http://www.info.wau.nl/harmoniqua/