ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the first attempt to use a computer simulation model to describe the hydrology of the Everglades under a more natural landscape. This simulation is accomplished by eliminating the man-made modifications to the landscape (canals, structures, pumps, etc.) from an existing calibrated and verified regional hydrologic model of today’s managed system, the South Florida Water Management Model. All the dominant hydrologic processes are incorporated in this two-dimensional, integrated ground and surface water model. The model domain covers an area of 19,736 km2 (7620 mi2) south of Lake Okeechobee and runs on a daily time step using historical meteorological conditions for the period 1965-89.
