Within SCIMAP, the hydrological connectivity is based on the ‘Network Index’ (Lane et al. 2004). This index calculates the level of landscape wetness for each point to both generate runoff and for there to be…
Questioner: How can I get hold of the rainfall grid that you refer to in the SCIMAP manual? Help: The data is freely available from the Met Office it is UKCP09 data but you can’t…
Questioner: What landcover data do we need to run SCIMAP? Where can we get it from and how much does it cost Help: The CEH LCM 2000 data is more detailed you can buy…
Question: I don’t know how to make sense of the SCIMAP outputs, how can I relate the dots on the map to real locations in my catchment? Answer: We use OS Strategi data to give…
Questioner: Have you got any info on the landcover map and the weightings given to each landcover type and how these have been calculated? Help: For the land cover data we tend to use the…
Questioner: I have used spatial analyst to cut the DEM, landcover map and annual average rainfall layers and save all of these as ascii files. They all load into SAGA and you can do all…