HarmoniQua - Data and conceptualization

In this step the modeller should gather all the relevant knowledge about the study basin and develop an overview of the processes and their interactions in order to conceptualise how the system should be modelled in sufficient detail to meet the requirements specified in the model study plan. Consideration must be given to the spatial and temporal detail required of a model, to the system dynamics, to the boundary conditions and to how the model parameters can be determined from available data. The need to model certain processes in alternative ways or to differing levels of detail in order to enable assessments of model structure uncertainty should be evaluated. The availability of existing computer codes that can address the model requirements should also be evaluated.