Are the hydrologic methodologies, models, analyses and assumptions sufficiently supported by available scientific knowledge, research and data?
Finding: Hydrologic analyses conducted in this study relied largely on the use of a model developed using the fully integrated, physically-based hydrologic code referred to as MIKE SHE/MIKE 11. This code simulates all of the natural primary hydrologic processes that occur within the Kissimmee Basin using standard physically-based equations and allows flexible coupling between these processes, including fully-hydrodynamic channelized flow, 2-dimensional overland flow, unsaturated zone flow, evapotranspiration and 3-dimensional saturated zone flows. Model simulations are driven by external boundary conditions, such as rainfall and RET, and MIKE SHE allows significant flexibility in specifying input the spatial and temporal input of this information. In fact, most parameters within the model can be specified as spatially variable. This code represents a valid tool for use in this analysis. The AFET-W fully-integrated MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 model and the KRFHM floodplain hydraulic model (MIKE 11
