Welcome, this is the homepage of the wiki for BASEveg!
# Welcome to the wiki of BASEveg
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This is the homepage of the wiki for BASEveg. You will find here:
- a [Reference Manual](Reference Manual) describing the mathematical model of vegetation growth
- a [Setup and Tutorial](Setup and Tutorial) explaining how to run the model and showcasing an example
- a short description of the main modeling steps
# Main model workflow
A model simulation runs over multiple cycles, performing steps B-E at every cycle (see Figure). Each cycle includes the simulation of a vegetation growth phase (steps B-C) and of a flood event (steps D-E). In particular:
-**step A**, the pre-processing step defines the simulation cycles and all the input (or boundary conditions) for the subsequent modeling steps by analyzing a discharge time series
-**step B** (veg. growth), runs a hydrodynamic simulation with BASEMENT that outputs water levels at known discharges
-**step C** (veg. growth), runs a python script to calculate the vegetation growth, in terms of aboveground, belowground biomass and rooting depth
-**step D** (flood), runs a steady-state hydrodynamic simulation with BASEMENT for obtaining the initial conditions for mobile bed simulation
-**step E** (flood), runs an un-steady simulation with a flood hydrograph as input. Here the riverbed changes are computed.