Qube

River flow estimation for SEPA

River flow estimation in three dimensions

  1. From gauged to ungauged catchments.
  1. From natural river flows to actual river flows incorporating the influence of abstractions, discharges and impounding reservoirs within catchments.
  1. From mean flows and flow duration curve statistics to daily time series.

Using Qube you can

  • Define catchment boundaries and get key catchment characteristics.
  • Estimate annual and monthly mean flows and flow duration curve statistics.
  • Estimate daily flow time series.
  • Incorporate and review local gauged data.
  • Interrogate catchment artificial influences.
  • Produce Residual Flow Diagram charts and maps.
  • Export tables of flows and artificial influences, charts, maps and catchment shapefiles.
  • Explore the rich mapping interface and search by place, catchment and feature names or grid references.

Qube is the evolution of the LowFlows Enterprise modelling system to move beyond the estimation of natural and influenced flow statistics.

The vision for Qube was the seamless modelling of flow statistics and time series anywhere, with the only distinction being the difference in accuracy between gauged and ungauged catchments. The incorporation of generalised time series models builds on 25 years of research and implementation by Wallingford HydroSolutions.