Generalized Approach to Integrated Modeling of Watershed, Waterbody, and BMP Optimization

Welcome

Welcome to the online resources for the Generalized Approach to Integrated Modeling of Watershed, Waterbody, and BMP Optimization (GAIM) project. GAIM is a collaboration between the University of South Florida’s Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, along with the University of Florida’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment. Funding was provided by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center’s (US ACE ERDC) Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program.

Getting Started

If you are interested in learning more about GAIM, including the motivation for the project and a list of related publications from our team, please visit the About page. You can also download or view the User Guide, which provides detailed guidance on following our approach for any case. The Tutorials page features several videos in which we demonstrate the application of our approach to a case study with step-by-step instructions. You can browse our comprehensive Model Library, which contains useful information on manydifferent watershed and waterbody simulation models. To help select a watershed and/or waterbody model suitable for your needs, we created the HydroModelMatch App. Finally, you can use our AquaNutriOpt App to find a spatially optimized configuration of nutrient management practices implementation, in terms of strategy type and placement.