Application of the South Florida Regional Simulation Model (SFRSM) to Palm Beach County, Florida

摘要

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD or District) is currently developing a new Regional Simulation Model (RSM) that simulates the integrated coupled movement and distribution of groundwater, and surface water through the canal networks and water control structures in south Florida. In this paper the RSM is applied to Palm Beach County, Florida. These hydrologic components are primarily solved using the hydrologic simulation engine (HSE) of the model code. Likewise, the operations of the canal water control structures (pumps, gated culverts, gated spillways and weirs) present in the model domain are simulated using the management simulation engine (MSE) of the RSM. The MSE consists of a multi-level control scheme which encompasses the local control of a hydraulic structure by the imposition of flow and/or stage constraints on the individual modeled water control structures, as well as the coordinated sub-regional control of multiple structures. The entire code architecture was based on object-oriented design and concepts.