This is the first version released via the toolkit and is a re-packaging of the previous version.

Please Note - In order to install this software, you need to have the Java runtime environment (version 1.4 or later) installed. This can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/getjava.

Once you've installed the Java Runtime Environment, you install IHACRES by double-clicking on the .jar file and following the instructions in the installer.

• the original non-linear loss module including the extension for ephemeral catchments made by Ye et al (1997)
• extension of the linear routing module to include all possible second order transfer functions
• a cross correlation tool
• additional goodness of fit indicators
• visualisation tools including zoomable and 3-D plots.

IHACRES v2 (Classic Plus) is a major reimplementation of the original IHACRES (Classic) model. It is a product of the Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management (iCAM) Centre, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University.

Scientific development

• Barry Croke
• Tony Jakeman
• Ian Littlewood

Code development (iCAM)

• Felix Andrews
• Alex Luddy
• Barry Croke

Support team (iCAM)

• Susan Cuddy
• Michael Kehoe
• Jessica Spate

Testers

• Dr Ian Littlewood, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
• Dr Jeff Chanat, Univesity of Virginia, USA
• Dr Teemu Kokkonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
• Dr Barbara Baginska, Environment Protection, Department of Environment and Conservation, New South Wales, Australia

Future developments

• Short-medium term
• unit hydrograph
• CMD
• additional goodness-of-fit indicators
• Longer term
• groundwater module
• farm dam/instream dam module
• uncertainty analysis
• Spatially distributed with library of regionalised parameters