Grant: Engage Grants Program
University of Winnipeg
$25,000.00
Enhancement of Manitoba Hydro's physically-based inflow and flood forecasting capabilities through code optimization and parallel execution
EF 2016-17
Résumé
Timely and accurate predictions of watershed runoff and drainage are fundamental to Manitoba Hydro'sbusiness and crucial to its daily operations. Manitoba Hydro uses computer modelling through a program calledWATFLOOD to forecast water levels and flow rates in order to plan a wide range of river managementactivities such as flow regulation and the construction of generating stations and spillways. Manitoba Hydroalso provides water level forecasts along the Winnipeg River during flood conditions for the Province ofManitoba. As a result, making improvements in the range and accuracy of the forecasting capabilities ofWATFLOOD are very important. The objective of this project is to identify and then eliminate thecomputational bottlenecks in WATFLOOD by optimizing its code and employing parallel computingtechniques. This will greatly shorten the run-times of the computer simulations and lead to an increase in therange and accuracy of water-level and water-flow forecasts.
Programme
Engage Grants Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Manitoba, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
501861-2016
Name nom
Bidinosti, Christopher
Department département
Physics
Organization id
21
Institution établissement
University of Winnipeg
Province en
Manitoba
Province fr
Manitoba
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1555
Committee name en
Prairie Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour les Prairies
Area of application code
405
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Modelling and mathematical simulation of natural processes
Area of application fr
Modélisation et simulation mathématique des processus naturels
Research subject code
4500
Research subject group en
Hydrology
Research subject group fr
Hydrologie
Research subject en
Hydrology
Research subject fr
Hydrologie
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Enhancement of Manitoba Hydro's physically-based inflow and flood forecasting capabilities through code optimization and parallel execution
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Timely and accurate predictions of watershed runoff and drainage are fundamental to Manitoba Hydro'sbusiness and crucial to its daily operations. Manitoba Hydro uses computer modelling through a program calledWATFLOOD to forecast water levels and flow rates in order to plan a wide range of river managementactivities such as flow regulation and the construction of generating stations and spillways. Manitoba Hydroalso provides water level forecasts along the Winnipeg River during flood conditions for the Province ofManitoba. As a result, making improvements in the range and accuracy of the forecasting capabilities ofWATFLOOD are very important. The objective of this project is to identify and then eliminate thecomputational bottlenecks in WATFLOOD by optimizing its code and employing parallel computingtechniques. This will greatly shorten the run-times of the computer simulations and lead to an increase in therange and accuracy of water-level and water-flow forecasts.
