STREAM
Spatial Tools for River basins and Environment and Analysis of Management options
STREAM is a raster based hydrological rainfall-runoff model for Windows computers. It has a user-friendly interface and an easy-to-learn script language, allowing any scientist to use it. STREAM uses Idrisi or ArcMap raster maps as input, linking it directly to GIS programs and allowing easy visualization of results. With the right data, any basin across the world can be modeled. The STREAM model requires time-series of precipitation and temperature, as well as auxiliary data on land-cover, soil conditions and elevation to calculate the water balance of all grid-cells and aggregate the streaming network. Its automated calibration function enables researchers to set up a model in a relative short amount of time.
STREAM has been used in a variety of studies, ranging from small river basins to a global model and modeling the historic, current and future situation as well as the geological past.
The model, as well as the manual and some additional files, can be downloaded from this website or ordered from the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). Researchers are encouraged to contact Jeroen Aerts or Hans de Moel to stay in touch on updates of the model. For questions or additional information they can be contacted as well.
