Based on initial discussion here are draft objectives for 2026:
- introduce and evaluate irrigation driven by monthly activation maps
- intruduce and evaluate CaMa-Flood inundation flux
- introduce and evaluate runoff and infiltration fixes
- develop an hydrological calibration suite and explore the use of AI emulators
- contribute to CAMS-RD proposal for enhance land carbon/vegetation modelling
2025:
- test water extent by CaMa-Flood interaction with subgrid Open-Water (Flake).
- The additive water algorithm has been tested on a number of flood cases in the period 2016-2026
- A flooded area extent benchmarking has been prepared using GFM and VIIRS data.
- experiment on the shallow-water vertical exchange with focus on water and energy (eg. wet soil after inundation or lake retract, re-evaporation)
- The lake model miminum depth has been tested reducing to 0.5m without instabilities.
- An infiltration flux has been tested first in the context of irrigation as a step to consider flooded water reinfiltration
- An irrigation scheme is coded in offline forecast and analysis proving positive impact on scores.
- investigate the runoff generation spottiness with link to daily report case studies.
- The runoff spots have been understood and link with deep soil layer freezing. A modified infiltration mitigate the issue
- collaborate with Jasper the SDFOR/SDOR runoff generation sensitivity (Gp focus on water exchange and coupling)
- A revision of the orographic runoff based on conserving the surface runoff fraction across resolution has been implemented.
- collaborate with Souhail/Gabriele/Francesca on the 9-layer sensitivities to hydrological changes
- This development has been deprioritised in agreement with my line manager
- collaborate with Patricia on the investigation of Africa drought motivating the OPER vs ERA5 differences
- The difference in runoff has been understood and attributed to the change of vegetation cover since 49r1