Integrated hydrological modelling in South Florida Water Management District

A physically based, integrated hydrological modelling system is used by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to address water management issues involving interactions between ground water and surface water flow regimes. The modelling system is based on the MIKE SHE (Refsgaard and Storm, 1995) and MIKE 11 (Havno and Madsen, 1995) systems developed by the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI). The MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 modelling system is being further developed and tailored to South Florida conditions, as part of the project "Small Scale Surface Water - Ground Water Model" being conducted by SFWMD. This paper provides a brief description of the applied MIKE SHE and MIKE 11 modelling systems and of the enhancements being carried out as part of the SFWMD project. Preliminary results of the first MIKE SHE application at the SFWMD are presented.