The Training Course on the new applications of the MesoHABSIM model was organised by Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre in 7-8 June 2022.
In the Training Course participated LIFE GOODWATER and TRANSWAT LLI-533 projects’ experts from Latvia (Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre and Institute BIOR) and Lithuania (Lithuanian Energy Institute and Nature Research Centre), which are involved in hydromorphological pressure assessments and ecological flow calculations for rivers regulated by HPPs.
The Simstream-Web platform has been developed by Italian scientists from Torino Polytechnic University (manager – Paolo Vezza, professor).
The Simstream web modelling platform will be free available to any users. It is combined with an easy-to-use interface that allows simulate the river habitat for the freshwater organisms.
Simstream-Web is a Web service available online:https://mesohabsim.isprambiente.it/
This service generates special habitat maps in SHP format, habitat-water runoff rating curves, and habitat time series (annual habitat changes).
The Habitat Integrity Index (IH) as a result of habitat simulation is related to the ecological quality of the river and allows to assess the ecological status of water bodies.