IRIS: An Interactive River System Simulation Program

DESCRIPTION

IRIS (An Interactive River System Simulation Program) allows the analysis of control policies and planning alternatives on a complex river systems that can include reservoirs, agricultural and hydroelectric water supply, flood mitigation problems and so on. The user first defines the physical characteristics of the system and than can interactively test, through repeated simulations, all the different management alternatives. The program provides a high degree of interactivity as well as a number of different output to help eveluate the system performance in a specific inflow scenario.

Keywords

description: water management, reservoir management, river systems
objectives: simulation, management, planning
application: complex river systems

SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY

      
         The program is available at:      
              Civil & Environmental Engr.      
              Hollister Hall, Cornell University      
              Ithaca, New York 14853-3501, USA      
              Phone (607) 255-4896      
              Fax   (607) 255-9004      
         or      
              International institute for Applied Systems Analysis      
              A-2361 Laxemburg, AUSTRIA      
         

AUTHORS

      
              D. P. Loucks      
              Civil & Environmental Engr.      
              Hollister Hall, Cornell University      
              Ithaca, New York 14853-3501, USA      
              Phone (607) 255-4896      
              Fax   (607) 255-9004      
         and      
              K.A. Salewicz      
              International institute for Applied Systems Analysis      
              A-2361 Laxemburg, AUSTRIA      
         

REFERENCES

• "IRIS, General Introduction and Description", School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA e IIASA A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.
• "IRIS, User's Manual version 1.1", School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA e IIASA A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.

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