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Release 2012 introduces a fully dynamic AD-coupling in MIKE FLOOD, which increases the range of applications substantially.

For more than a decade, MIKE FLOOD has offered complex and flexible features for coupling 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models. Flood extents and flood hazards have been some of the key issues for flood modelling. These issues will continue to be of great importance and still be focus points for many modelling applications in the future, but in addition to this, the new release of MIKE FLOOD now offers the option to simulate the transport and spreading of pollutants during a flood event through a fully dynamic coupling of the Advection Dispersion modules of MIKE 11, MIKE 21, and MIKE URBAN.

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A new dike structure option has been implemented in the Flexible Mesh series of MIKE 21 and MIKE 3. Dike structures are defined by structure specific data parameters as well as location and geometry. The location in the horizontal domain is given by two or more geo-reference points (a polyline), which defines the width of the structure perpendicular to the flow direction. Each point in the polyline should be given a crest level, and it is therefore possible to obtain a spatial variation of crest elevations along a dike structure within the model domain.

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The 2012 release of MIKE SHE will contain a range of new improvements. Among these are the improvements in simulation of the annual variation of soil infiltration capacity due to freezing and thawing dynamics.

A simplified approach has been implemented, which allows the user to define a time-varying OL-UZ (Overland to Unsaturated Zone) leakage coefficient, and thereby enables the user to control the balance between infiltration and direct runoff from precipitation during all seasons of the year.

Photo: The Russian Emergencies Ministry press service (www.mchs.gov.ru)

On 7 July 2012, the town of Krymsk in the Krasnodar Region in Russia experienced catastrophic flash flooding caused by heavy rain. The sudden and heavy rain hit without warning in the middle of the night and left the city completely flooded between midnight and 3 o’clock in the morning with observed water depths varying from 2 to 8 metres. The consequences were devastating, as approximately 7200 households were affected by the disaster and 172 lives were lost.

Krymsk is located at the lowland of a mountain river catchment (of the Adagum River), where the daily rainfall layer is 275 mm and a maximum rain intensity of 35 mm/hour. During the rainfall on 7 July, an expert made flow estimate was set to 1500-1700 m3/s.

During the flooding, destructions left large amounts of debris floating in rivers causing bridges to be blocked. This led to flooding of the upstream territories and generated excessive flood waves when the blockings were breached by the pressure of the water.

DHI’s agent in Russia, Volga Ltd., was commissioned to create flood modelling of the catastrophe.

In order to accurately portrait the catastrophe, three models were created. A MIKE 11 Rainfall Runoff model and a MIKE FLOOD 1D river model to simulate the runoff transformation by the river network and to create flood hydrographs of the river.

3rd International FEFLOW Conference in Berlin, Germany
3-7 September 2012

Building on the success of the previous FEFLOW user conferences, FEFLOW 2012 will feature numerous opportunities for exchanging ideas and improving modelling skills. Highlights include keynote presentations, user presentations, product updates, opportunities to meet with DHI-WASY partners and FEFLOW users worldwide, software demonstrations, training courses, and workshops.

For further information and registration, please go to the Conference website (in English).

Annual User Group Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
11 September 2012

The user group meeting will include a combination of presentations of new software features and technologies, as well as practical case studies presented by Swiss users.

For further information and registration, please contact Heike Stoschek, DHI-WASY, Germany.

Workshop 'A Guide to the Functionalities in the Mesh Generator' at DHI in Hørsholm, Denmark
11 September 2012

At this workshop, you will get information about the functionalities available within the Mesh Generator for creating and/or modifying a mesh bathymetry as well as discuss cases of the optimal choice of model domain and resolution of the mesh!

The workshop is free of charge and takes place at DHI Head Office in Hørsholm, Denmark, in the afternoon of 11 September (13:00-16:00). It will be conducted in English. Hands-on (computer) exercises are not included in the workshop. Deadline for registration: Monday 3 September 2012.

The training course `MIKE 21/3 FLOW MODEL FM - Hydrodynamic modelling using flexible mesh´ is arranged in continuation of the workshop (12 September-13 September). Deadline for registration for training course: Wednesday 22 August 2012.

For further information and registration, please go to the Mesh Generator workshop website (in English).

User Group Meeting in Nice-Sophia Antipolis in France
14 September 2012

DHI France will arrange a User Group Meeting on the third day (14 September) of and at the same venue as the well-known "Conference SimHydro 2012: New Frontiers of Simulation", which will take place at the Polytech Nice-Sophia in Sophia Antipolis during 12-14 September. The SimHydro 2012 conference is jointly organised by the Société Hydrotechnique de France (SHF), the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (UNS), the International Association for Hydraulic Research (AIHR) and the Association Française de Mécanique (AFM).

For further information and registration, please contact Valérie Banneville, DHI France or download the UGM Flyer (in French).

FMA (Floodplain Management Association) Annual Conference 2012
4-7 September, 2012, Sacramento, CA, USA
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2012 International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress (IAH)
16-21 September 2012, Niagara Falls, ON, USA
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WEFTEC 2012
29 September-3 October 2012, New Orleans, LA, USA
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