UW Hydrology Research Group

The Computational Hydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo works to develop the next-generation of models and methods for simulating the hydrologic cycle. Their software tools and data products are used across Canada and internationally for flood and reservoir inflow forecasting, model calibration, climate change studies, and water resources management.

People

• Prof. James R. Craig
• Prof. John Quilty
• Prof. Bryan Tolson

Software

• the Raven Hydrological Modelling Framework (and associated utilities)
• Ostrich Optimization Software (featuring DDS and PADDS algorithms)
• BasinMaker

Models

• OHMS - the Ontario Hydrologic Modelling System

Data Products

• CLRH - the Canadian Lake and River Routing Product
• OLLRP - the Ontario Lake and River Routing Product
• Canadian Watercrossings Database (an output of the Open-FRANC project)

Other Resources

• the CSHS GreyJay project page great resource for accessing data, models, and R tools.