Nexus Tools Platform: Web-Based Comparison of Modelling Tools for Analysis of Water-Soil-Waste Nexus

Mannschatz, Theresa, Hülsmann, Stephan and Wolf, Tobias, (2016). Nexus Tools Platform: Web-Based Comparison of Modelling Tools for Analysis of Water-Soil-Waste Nexus. Environmental Modelling & Software, 76 137-153

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    Author Mannschatz, Theresa
    Hülsmann, Stephan
    Wolf, Tobias
    Title Nexus Tools Platform: Web-Based Comparison of Modelling Tools for Analysis of Water-Soil-Waste Nexus
    Appearing in Environmental Modelling & Software
    Volume 76
    Publication Date 2016
    Place of Publication Oxford
    Publisher Elsevier Inc
    Start page 137
    End page 153
    Language eng
    Abstract Exploring the inter-linkages of water, soil and waste resources and advancing an integrated management (or Nexus-) approach requires integrated modelling tools. Numerous models are available dealing with speci fi c environmental processes, covering certain spatial and temporal scales and applying different mathematical process-describing relationships. However, fi nding and selecting the most appropriate (suite of) model(s) for a particular purpose is challenging, since current inventories do not allow any interactive fi ltering or model comparison. Therefore, we developed an interactive web-based platform, called Nexus Tools Platform (NTP), for inter-model comparison of existing modelling tools, which pro- vides detailed information and allows for advanced fi ltering based on real-time visualizations. The alpha version of NTP (September 2015) comprises 73 models and covers a wide range of model types and environmental processes. We present selected NTP application examples for how to fi nd and select the most appropriate modelling tools for a speci fi c application using meta-analysis.
    Keyword Model tools repository
    Model inventory
    Integrated models
    Web-based service
    Decision support tool
    Interactive comparison
    Near real-time visualization
    Copyright Holder Elsevier Ltd.
    Copyright Year 2015
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.031
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