Translations:Begriffsdefinitionen/10/en

The characteristic of a simulation model is the abstraction of reality as well as the calculation of the system elements, and their mutual dependencies at given system loads. Thereby, a certain system behaviour is determined by the calculation of all relevant hydrological and hydraulic processes. If it is a regulable system and the model is able to represent the artificial interventions in the discharge processes, it becomes an operational model. If the interventions on the water balance are carried out via reservoirs, the operating model becomes the reservoir operating model. A description of physical processes, such as the outflow from openings - which corresponds to the uncontrolled discharge from a bottom outlet - does not yet constitute a storage operating model.