SWIM: Sustainable Water through Integrated Modeling

Scientific models of complex water resource systems help us understand and experiment with the behavior of those systems. Most scientific modeling today requires the use of software that can be hard to understand, expensive to build and maintain, and present little online access. Many of these challenges can be tackled through the use of software that bridges the capabilities of water resource system modeling and the needs of water resource stakeholders.

The goal of the SWIM project is to advance water sustainability research capabilities through the integration, execution and interpretation of water models and participatory reasoning processes. Using the meaning of data and models, SWIM facilitates interpretations of water availability in the US Southwest and North of Mexico for stakeholder-driven analysis from the socio-environmental perspective.

复杂水资源系统科学模型有助于我们理解并实验这些系统的行为。现今，大多数科学建模均需依赖难以理解、构建与维护成本高昂且在线访问性有限的软件。众多挑战可通过利用连接水资源系统建模能力与水资源利益相关者需求的软件得以克服。SWIM项目旨在通过整合、执行和解读水模型及参与式推理过程，提升水资源可持续性研究能力。SWIM利用数据和模型的意义，促进对美国西南部及墨西哥北部水资源可用性的解读，以支持从社会环境视角驱动的利益相关者分析。